Ngorongoro Crater

In the morning, the sun rises over Kilimanjaro and Mt Meru in the distance, as we descend into the mist of the crater below. It’s up to 600m down to the crater floor. Many of the animals live their whole life down here. There are enormous elephants, 3 or 4 giant male lions, hyena and jackal, feeding on the wildebeest, zebra and gazelle that graze the pastures. We find a Marshall Eagle with a freshly killed rabbit. Lake Maginda shimmers pink in the haze. Hippos splash around in the marshy grasslands, sharing their space with bathing ostrich. It’s a fittingly beautiful end to a bizarre week.