On to the Serengeti & the Ngorogoro crater

Our Masai Mara Safari was followed by a 6 hour drive back to Nairobi & a further 6 hour haul down to Arusha in Tanzania. We crossed the border without hitch & stayed over night at Arusha's snake park, an unremarkable place other than the fact that there was just a 2.5' wall separating our camp site tents from 5 Nile crocodiles. Fortunatly for us they can't climb!!

Needless to say we survived the night & set out for the Serengeti early the next morning in a convoy of 4x4's. The journey was long & hot but oh, so worthwhile. En route to the Serengeti we drove next to migrating Wildebeest & Zebra who were starting their northward part in a 1000km round search for food & water. As we approached the herd, we disturbed a huge family of 20 hyenas in a close by watering hole

Our beds' were under the stars for 2 nights. We camped with the sound of unseen nocturnal animals spooking more than just a few of us. The sunsets were simply stunning both nights.

Day 2 of 3 in the wild was a return journey, back across the plains of the Serengeti to the Ngorogoro crater, an extinct volcanic crater. En route Cheetah, Lion & numerous other animals roamed completely at ease with our presence.

The Crater - early morning drive