Map of the Ngorongoro crater during the dry season |
09:37 - A Kori bustard (poor birds, got a lousy name) |
09:37 - At the edge of the crater the Wildlife Lodge where we stayed the night before |
09:42 - some remarkable flora in the Lerai forest |
09:43 |
09:43 - These are the yellow fever trees |
09:44 - Velvet monkeys hidden up on the trees |
09:44 - A Strangler Fig tree |
09:44 |
09:52 |
09:53 |
09:55 - A baby velvet monkey |
09:56 |
10:09 - A male elephant and some Thompson gazelles |
10:14 |
10:44 |
10:46 |
10:51 - A bloat of hippopotami in the Gorigor swamp. It is rare to see them out of the water during the day, their skin dries and breaks up easily |
11:44 - A spotted hyena, not minding us much... |
11:44 |
11:45 - A Stand of pink flamingos on lake Magadi |
11:47 - The pink flamingos like the salty lakes, they feed on the algae that grows on them |
11:47 - there are the lesser flamingos (smaller) and the greater flamingos |
11:48 |
12:39 - Part of the pride of lions that made the buffalo kill the day before |
12:49 - Their stomachs bulge |
12:52 - There is not much left of the Cape Buffalo, the hyenas and vultures have their turn |
12:52 |
13:03 |
13:09 - Pedro, time for lunch in the picnic area |
13:10 - Gaston at the Ngoitokitok Springs |
13:12 |
13:13 - two homo sapiens caught after feeding |
13:13 - The Land Rover had a raised roof to give a more real "safari" feeling. |
14:16 - the crater is a closed basin and lake Magadi accumulates salt, which is only lost to the wind during the dry season. |
14:17 - a rock, so what? (several animals use them for scratching and hence the thread around it) |
14:21 - Baboons by the Munge river and the German Farm ruins |
14:21 |
14:22 |
14:22 |
14:24 |
14:25 - Mommy, don't leave without me |
14:25 |
14:28 - Gimme a ride horsey!! |
15:17 - Ohhh yes, I have an itch right there... (these are velvet monkeys which mingled with us in one of the picnic areas) |
16:36 - A couple of Kori Bustards |
17:43 - The Lerai forest at the end of the day was very peaceful and inviting |
17:43 - We continued to be charmed by its trees |
17:46 - A rumpus of baboons (yes, rumpus is the collective name for baboons) |
17:46 - They were ignoring us completely |
18:12 - Climbing away from the crater, the Lerai forest, behind lake Magadi. |
GPS data for the descent (and later ascent) into/from the crater.
Last updated on Sat May 1 05:53:42 EDT 2004 by GhG.