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| Wildebeest looks on |
I was fortunate enough to get a trip to the famed Ngorongoro Crater as part of a work event. I consider myself to be very lucky to have visited a few times before (
Trip I,
Trip III) but this trip was quite different as the trip was organized with a partner organization that are true locals!
There is an organization in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) that has a similar approach to lion conservation as us. As a result we brought up 10 members of our team for a weekend of training and celebration. The NCA was kind enough to fully support the endeavor and even lent a hand by providing drivers and cars for participants. In total we had probably about 40 people, most of them traditional pastoralists, that participated in our game drive.
It was most fun to see guys from our team wowed at the habituated nature of the wildlife, as well as the huge amounts of safari cars. They probably saw more safari cars in one day in the crater than we do all year at Ruaha. It was a very cool trip and although we didn't see many lions or rhinos like I have in the past, I still feel the crater is one of the most amazing natural landscapes in the world. It's unfortunate that tourism has driven up the cost of visiting to an unreasonable amount ($70 USD/day and $250/car!!) and thus I feel very lucky when I have the opportunity to visit. Each time I leave I say..."well, that's the last time I'll visit that place"...so hopefully I continue to prove myself wrong!
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| Zebra. |
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| Guys doing some posing. We had a lot of tourists looking at us at the lunch area. |
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| Sad dying rhino. |
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| View from the crater going out. |
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