Ngorongoro Crater

Our trip to the crater was certainly good, but we had been spoilt by the experience in the Serengeti, so we had a more relaxed drive today - despite the African bees in the vehicle.

We saw quite a lot of animals, Lions, Black Rhino (the completion of our big 5), wart hogs, Elephants with really long tusks and many, many Zebras.

I think everyone on the trip is happy that this safari to the Serengeti has been at the end of the tour as all our belongings are filthy and dusty, but also the scenery and animals we have seen, no other park or nature reserve would live up to it.

We visited a Masai village and Chris got to dance with the men and certainly enjoyed the singing and skipping!!! It was very commercialised, but we did see how the Masai live and sat in their homes, they spent more time trying to sell us their wares than explain their culture etc.

Tomorrow we leave Tanzania and enter Kenya which marks the end of our trip and the start of our journey home.

I'm ready to go home for the week. Clothes need washed, I need to eat simple food which I have missed. Last week I wasn't ready, but as it's only for about 10 days and our travels haven't finished, I'm excited to see everyone again. If this was the end of our trip, I'd be dragging my heels.