A giraffe from the journey or herd of giraffe walking in the Serengeti. (Oct. 10, 2024)
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The Olduvai Gorge inside the Ngorogoro Conservation Area is considered to be one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world and often called the “Cradle of Humankind.” It reveals an outstanding record of human biological and technological evolution over the past two million years. (Oct. 8, 2024)
The bumpy, dusty road from Ngorongoro to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. (Oct. 8, 2024)
Our jeep group, we’re all with this portion of the Intrepid tour to Zanzibar, standing in front of the entrance to the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. From left: Wadey, me, Svenja, Tony, Simona who was sitting next to our jeep driver up front, Alice and Daniela. (Oct. 8, 2024)
Once we entered the Ngorogoro Conservation Area and throughout our time in the Serengeti, it was the beginning of bumpy, rocky roads, cutely called an ‘African Massage.’ (Oct. 8, 2024)
Me with views of the caldera of the Ngorogoro in the distance. The crater, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Long since having collapsed and eroded, the nearly 3 million years old ancient caldera shelters the Maasai tribe, who have lived in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for more than 100 years, and is quite the wildlife haven for numbers of animals including wildebeest, zebras, giraffes, lions and many more. (Oct. 8, 2024)
Views of the vast caldera of Ngorogoro Conservation Area, which we drove into. (Oct. 8, 2024)
Views of the vast caldera of Ngorogoro Conservation Area, which we drove into. (Oct. 8, 2024)
A young Maasai boy standing on the side of the road. I actually wasn’t intending to take a photo of him but as soon as he saw us stop he ran up to us. He was basically asking for money to have his photo taken. We are very much discouraged from doing so because it encourages the children to stand by the road looking to make money instead of going to school. And it creates a dependency. (Oct. 8, 2024)
The caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. (Oct. 8, 2024)
A Maasai village inside the caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. (Oct. 8, 2024)
A group of older male Buffalo who have been discarded by their family in the caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. The adult African buffalo’s horns are its characteristic feature: they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head, referred to as a “boss”. (Oct. 8, 2024)
More than1.5 million Wildebeest migrate on a loop path through Tanzania and Kenya following the seasonal rains even when that involves passing through dangerous territory. But the Wildebeest here at the caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area are permanent residents and only migrate within the caldera.
The name Pumbaa comes from a popular Swahili phrase that refers to warthogs. (Oct. 8, 2024)
A Thomson’s gazelle, Pumbaa or warthog among the Wildebeest in the caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. The name Pumbaa comes from a popular Swahili phrase that refers to warthogs. (Oct. 8, 2024)
A Thomson’s gazelle in the caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. (Oct. 8, 2024)
The Wildebeest in the caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. (Oct. 8, 2024)
The Wildebeest in the caldera of the Ngorogoro Conservation Area. (Oct. 8, 2024)