Ngorongoro Crater, one of the seven Natural Wonders of the World!

I have been to the Ngorongoro Crater many times over the last fifteen years and sometimes it can be stunning.  More often it can be dry, dusty and filled with other tour vehicles so that one gets the feeling of being in a particularly uncomfortable traffic jam.  Well this time the crater was fantastic!  

Just after arriving at the crater rim we found three lioness at the side of the road, a great welcome to Fraida and Bob on their first safari. 

Early the next morning we were the first car to descend into the crater; the light was clear and the recent rains have coloured the grasses and shrubs a brilliant green. 

There were very few other cars to share the wildlife with which is quite unprecedented.  We found fourteen different rhino, around thirty beautiful bull elephants and a pride of lion warming their coats in the early morning sun. A wonderful start to our safari.