My estute editor reminded me I missed posting any photos of Ngorongoro Crater! So I’m inserting a post out of order!

We entered the conservation area long before we got to the Crater itself. East Africa is doing a great job now, conserving is natural resources, including animals. Our first views down into the Crater as we approached our lodge. It was overcast this day and the next, when we entered.

I posted already about the camp we stayed in on the western rim of the Crater, so you can go back to see that. In the morning when we rose early to enter the Crater, we were far up in the clouds.

Our guide in Tanzania Conrad Kessy, was just as wise and good as our Kenyan guide, Antony Njuguna! As most trucks turned right, he turned left! We saw many of the animals as the only vehicle there! There are many birds species there, on the Lake and marshes

And of course many of the same animals we have seen in other parks

We drove clockwise around Lake Magadi, under a thick cloud cover, so our day was cool. As we approached almost 360° , we took the one way brick road out and headed to our next lodge to the southeast of the Crater for an afternoon of rest! No afternoon game drive! A swim in the pool, relaxing and enjoying Acacia Farm Lodge, and great food