Safari Day 2: Ngorongoro Crater

I was pumped for Ngorongoro Crater. It is well known for having lots of animals and I was excited to see them all. We got to the park nice and early. It was winter in Africa so it was actually pretty chilly with the roof up. One cool thing they do on safaris is all the guides tune into the same radio station and then they can tell each other when they find a more rare to spot animal: leopards, cheetahs, lions and rhinos. That way all the clients are happy. The crater was absolutely beautiful in the morning light and there were plenty of animals to see.

I took so many pictures of zebras. They just look amazing and we got really close to them.

Wildebeests are not the cutest animals. There were so many of them as well. It was so cool to see them and the zebras together. We got to see them moving in a huge group together. The animals in the crater don't migrate but they still move together in herds.

We saw lots of ostriches. This is a female one. She blends in so well.

We saw hippos a couple of times. Early in the morning we saw some on land and then at lunch we saw these guys. They are so big and apparently very very mean.

The water buffalo are so ugly. They are also really mean.

Cyndee and I in our safari vehicle. Such a cool car. I really want one to take camping and hiking.

This day was awesome!!! We saw so much and it was all amazing. We got to see a pack of lions. They were too far for pictures but we watched them for a long time. We also saw a few rhinos. They were also too far away for a good picture but we took turns watching them through the binoculars. There was also a huge elephant we watched from a distance. We also say Hyenas multiple times I just never got a great picture. This day was fun because we just saw animals everywhere. It was really cool to see how they all just hang out together at the watering hole. All the non prey animals can be friends.

In Africa people on safaris want to see the big 5: buffalo, elephant, rhino, lion and leopard. They are the big 5 because they are the hardest animals to hunt in Africa. After this day we had seen everything but the leopard. We weren't close to all of them but we saw them. It was a good day. We left the park around 4 and headed back to our lodge for the evening.