Remember the little “Black Sambo” dolls of the non-PC world of the 1950s and 60s? They’re still quite common in Africa and South America.
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The village just outside of the Ngorongoro Crater Park…..
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Driving up the outside wall of the Ngorongoro Crater….. view looking away from the Crater.
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Priorities: There were 5 rangers, each with his own AK-47 machine gun, protecting this D9 Cat and operator at the entrance to the park….. and no rangers in the park itself.
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The next 3 photos were supposed to be a panorama from east to west. They aren’t in order. I sent them to the web site in order, but…… anyway, be patient. They will appear below. This one shows the easterly part of the Ngorongoro Crater…. The little black dot clusters toward the front are herds of wildebeest.
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Entrance to the Ngorongoro park……
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A waterhole in the bottom of the crater. Those are buffalo in the background.
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This cub is one of 3 cubs in a pride of 5 that were all hanging out on this fallen tree. Clearly pretty stressed out by our presence…..
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The wildebeest has a number of things that contribute to its amazing survival. Among them is the phenomenon that they all drop their calves within days of each other. With so many babies on the ground, the predators just cannot keep up. These are the same “black dots” visible from up on the rim of the crater.
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Hard to tell whether much is going on in there…….
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