Leaving Ngorongoro (July19)

Leaving Ngorongoro 

After the safari everyone was pretty tired.  The drivers joined us for dinner and we heard some stories of other safaris and seeing the Serengeti. I'd love to have Brian and Devin fly in and join us for a Serengeti safari next time. Maybe we should start saving now!

On our way back to our tent the Maasai took us to see a giraffe on the other side of the camp. Owen actually complained because he was so tired and just wanted to shower and go to sleep! It was another huge one. There is something about seeing a giraffe up close in the dark illuminated by a flashlight that is so surreal.  We had much less activity outside our tent that night. But still saw some zebras outside. 

The next morning as we were getting ready to leave, Ashley spotted a giraffe so we walked the path looking for it. We found it down near our tent and watched it walk off into the woods. 

As we drive down the road we had to stop because there was a giraffe in the road! Ok, we have had to stop for goats and cows numerous times everywhere, but this is the first time we stopped for a giraffe. Then we noticed 5 more to our right and another one to the left!  That made my day!

Here is a video clip of Yajaida screaming when she first noticed them:

About 20 minutes later we had to stop because of zebra  crossing the road.

Then we had to slow down because of a bunch of buffalo grazing on the side of the road! I'm going to miss all of these animals!!

                              

So unlike most posts, I have been writing this one during the actual drive out of Ngorongoro.  I'm back because just before the gate we had to stop for baboons- tons of baboons! Check out the pictures below 😃🐒 and video here.

Next, we saw some camels on the side of the road!

 

Since we were all tired of boxed lunches we decided to stop back at Smileys for lunch and donate our boxes to Maasai kids along the way.

Finally, we stopped at the scenic view that was too cloudy on our way in to enjoy...