Ngorongoro, Tanzania

We woke up to the sound of bird song and the sun on the rise. Beautiful morning with temperature around 20 degrees Celsius. Another fabulous day ahead of us. Jimmy made us a fantastic breakfast consisting of omelets, bread, pancakes and fruits and while the guys packed up the jeep we inspected the surrounding area and enjoyed the stillness and the “chill” in the morning.

We left camp around 8am and did a quick stop at Mosquito river city to purchase local fruits and veggies for the evening’s dinner.

Mosquito river city is a vast name for a very small village bustling of farmers moving herds of animals to the grassland or transporting their massive load from the banana plantation on very unstable bicycles. I stood there for a while watching it all before we continued our transit thru Ngorongoro conservation area.

As we entered Ngorongoro we were met by a stunning view of the crater. This mind-blowing landscape just seemed to go on forever and has got to be experienced to marginally imagine its beauty. It is the most stunning view I have ever seen.

We drove quietly along winding roads absorbing all the new sightings and by mid morning we stopped in the highland for a short break. It was so quiet that is was almost deafening and as I stood there taken it all in I was sudden startle by a Masai who seemed to appear from nowhere. I am not quite sure how the conversation ended but I happily went back in the jeep.

The Maasai is as of today the only remaining tribe who has not even partly integrated with today’s society and they still live the very basic life style with no electricity or running water. In the dry season it is common to walk 15-20 km to collect water where else it is collected from the main streams when water is obtainable throughout the rain season. 


At lunchtime we stopped for picnic at the entrance to the Serengeti and we enjoyed the stunning view with the elephants in the background and late evening we reached camp and welcomed another night under the African star filled sky. 


Life is great!!