Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

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  • Clouds on Crater Mountains
    Clouds on Crater Mountains
    Approaching this unique ecosystem.
    near Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7578
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Entrance
    Entrance
    Parked, waiting for the necessary permits to enter.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7582
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crater Rim Vegetation
    Crater Rim Vegetation
    Bathed regularly by clouds and rain, the mountains around the crater are very green with lush vegetation.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7584
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crater Rim View
    Crater Rim View
    Looking outward.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7587
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View into Crater
    View into Crater
    Our first look into the crater.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7590
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crater Rim View
    Crater Rim View
    Looking toward the outside of the crater, but still at altitude where it is wet and lush.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7599
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crater Rim View
    Crater Rim View
    Looking toward an adjacent mountain area.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7601
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Masai Mud Houses
    Masai Mud Houses
    Outside the crater with the road we will travel to the Serengeti in the distance.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7607
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crater Rim View
    Crater Rim View
    The Umbrella Acacias have a lot of moss due to their location high on the crater rim.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7611
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Masai Goats
    Masai Goats
    The goats feed at the upper parts of the crater rim.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7633
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crater View
    Crater View
    The 100 square mile crater is the collapsed caldera of a volcano that erupted here 2 to 3 million years ago.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#7636
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tree Euphorbias
    Tree Euphorbias
    Euphorbia bussei kibwezensis - growing on the inside slope of the crater rim.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8039
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Abdim's Stork
    Abdim's Stork
    Ciconia abdimii
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Plains Zebra
    Plains Zebra
    Equus burchelli, juvenile
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8047
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Warthog
    Warthog
    Phacochoerus aethiopicus, male with a broken tusk.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#1605
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Thomson's Gazelle
    Thomson's Gazelle
    Eudorcas thomsonii, male
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#1645
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Thomson's Gazelle
    Thomson's Gazelle
    Eudorcas thomsonii, male
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#1664
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Warthogs
    Warthogs
    Phacochoerus aethiopicus
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8051
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 8 Wild Fig Trees
    8 Wild Fig Trees
    Ficus thonningii
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fever Trees
    Fever Trees
    Acacia xanthophloea
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8067
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-winged Lapwing
    Black-winged Lapwing
    Vanellus melanopterus
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#1686
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-winged Lapwing
    Black-winged Lapwing
    Vanellus melanopterus
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#1699
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Coke's Hartebeest
    Coke's Hartebeest
    Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#1718
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Rhinoceros
    Black Rhinoceros
    Diceros bicornis - front horn is split.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#1757
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Buffalo and Cattle Egrets
    African Buffalo and Cattle Egrets
    Syncerus caffer caffer & Bubulcus ibis
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8070
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Buffalo
    African Buffalo
    Syncerus caffer caffer
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8077
    Larry L. Jackson
  • African Buffalo
    African Buffalo
    Syncerus caffer caffer
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
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    Larry L. Jackson
  • Amaryllis
    Amaryllis
    Growing on the inner crater slope.
    Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8084
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blue Monkey
    Blue Monkey
    Cercopithecus mitis - only sighting of this higher altitude monkey.
    Ngorongoro Sopa, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8087
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View, Room #43
    View, Room #43
    A nice view from our room.  Sometimes it is a shame that we can't spend more time in some of these places.
    Ngorongoro Sopa, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, January 29, 2013
    2013-01-29#8090
    Larry L. Jackson