Kenya and Tanzania -- Oct 2012 -- Part II of III

Ngorongoro Crater.

The first three photos in this album were taken around when we first arrived at the floor of the crater (some perhaps even while we were still on the way down)> It had been very foggy up on the rim when we first got up. I had feared the fog would be even more dense down on the crater floor. However, it turned out to be just the opposite. We had been "up on the clouds" on the rim.

In these first three photos (and in some others) the bottom surface of the "fog layer" (or "cloud layer") is visible partway up the crater wall. The fog cleared throughout our time on the crater floor.

This was the longest single game run of the trip in terms of elapsed time. We were probably inside the crater for close to 5 hours, and it was probably around 6.5 to 7 hours from entering the jeeps at the lodge until the return to the lodge.