Ngorongoro Crater

Despite the name, Ngorongoro is not actually a crater, but a collapsed mountain or caldera. It is approximately 17km by 21km and about 600m deep. There is a very high concentration of wildlife inside the crater and the scenery is in general incredible. We saw a lot of animals here (though I didn't get video or pictures of the coolest thing we saw - hyenas making a kill) and I took some decent pictures.

Anyway, here they are: 1) Entering the crater early in the morning, 2) Zebras, 3) Flamingoes, 4) More birds, 5) Zebras close-up, 6) It could be my desktop picture, 7) The elephant that came by when we got out of the truck (notice how we are back in the truck). It came pretty fast. 8) A second elephant that walked past us. Notice the scared workers behind it. Those two animals were HUGE. 9) Crested Cranes, 10) A view of the crater on our way out, 11) A buffalo we saw as we were leaving, 12) Our cook Juma (left) and guide/driver (Bariki). These two guys were incredible and did an outstanding job.