Safari Day 2-3

Karibu,

Habari yako?

Both yesterday and today have been incredible! We were up for an early morning game drive in Tarangire and watched the sunrise! Pictures below! Was breathtaking. Had a chance to see a herd of about 20 elephants up close, lots of birds, impalas mongooses, zebras, owls, and more monkeys! Sadly no cats yet! We then drove to Ngorongoro Crater which is surreal. The crater was formed 3 million years ago when a volcano erupted and collapsed on itself! It covers 260 square kilometers! Since being here, we have seen lions, elephants, eagles, black rhinos, hippos, hyenas, zebras, jackyls, and so much more. We came across a herd of 90+ elephants with roughly 20 babies and they were literally right around the car. The matriach crossed the street first in front of our car and then waited for everyone else to cross. The babies walked underneath their mothers and were always surrounded by mature elephants. Pretty sweet! I was all welled up with tears! They were so close part of me was a bit scared. Surprise, surprise!

We also came across a lion and lioness who decided to come up right to our car, The Lions hair was actually sticking into our car window, it was that close! All the cats are pretty lazy though and just want to sleep. Hopefully tomorrow we will see more cats in action.

Most eventful part of today was watching 4 hyenas and roughly 50 vultures tear a zebra to shreds. Hard to say when the zebra was actually killed? It seemed like we just missed the kill because we thought that the zebra was still moving but our driver said it is pretty rare for hyenas to take down a zebra on their own. Anyways watching the hyenas fight with the vultures was very exciting and somewhere in there, a jackel managed to run off with the zebras heart! Picture attached! What an amazing sight!

This place is truly magical and I hear it just gets better in the Serengeti where we are headed tomorrow!

Asante,
xo