View of the Ngorongoro Crater at dawn.
I will be honest, I am at a complete loss for words at the beauty and majesty of the animals, landscape, skies and nature which I have seen over the last few days on my recent trip to the Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti and the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania.
Everything I write seems to sound so cliched and naff that I have now given up trying.
So I shall simply include my photographs and leave the words to Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing, taken from her second volume of Collected Africa Stories ‘The Sun Between Their Feet’:
“Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.”
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- African lioness in the Ngorongoro Crater.
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- Cape Buffalo in the Serengeti National Park
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- Thomson Gazalle in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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- Superb Starling in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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- Masai children in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
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- Flamingoes in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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- Wildebeest in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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- The Spotted Hyena in the Serengeti National Park
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- Serengeti Panorama
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- African leopard sleeping in a tree in the Serengeti National Park.
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- Lioness and cubs in the Ngorongoro Crater.
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- Warthog in the Ngorongoro Crater.
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- Crowned stork in the Serengeti National Park
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- Giraffe and Whistling Acacia trees in the Serengeti National Park
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- African Elephant in the Serengeti National Park
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- Vultures spreading their wings in the Serengeti National Park
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- The Masai herding cows in the Ngorongoro Conseration Area.
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- Ostriches in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
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- Black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater.
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- Zebras in the Serengeti National Park
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- The Ngorongoro Crater Lake at Dawn
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- Hippopotamuses in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.
Move over Julian, Dick, Ann, George and Timmy the Dog, this Famous Five (well not so famous five, but you know what I’m getting at) went on Safari and met the big five – the African lion, African elephant, cape buffalo, African leopard and the black rhinoceros.
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- Lottie, Leon and Frida at the Western Gate of the Serengeti National Park.
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- Frida, Ali, Lottie, Mark and Leon on the edge of the Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania
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- Frida, Lottie and Leon on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Natasha April 4, 2015
So wonderful to know that you, Mark and the children are experiencing and learning from Mother Nature which is so evident where you live! So enjoyable and enriching.
Love Tash xxx
alidunnell April 4, 2015
It is truly amazing living here Tash… and gives me a little insight into your childhood experience in Zambia. Hope you are well me dear friend. Ali xxx
lenalimhamn December 11, 2016
Dear memories. ..were there more than 40 years ago, together with three kids.. same animals. ..same nature today. Kids now 45-50.
thatkenyanwanderer September 14, 2017
Absolutely loving all your photos! Going on safaris is my most favourite thing ever!
worldheritagebd September 15, 2017
All the photos you have shared are stunning. Very informative one.
Ali Dunnell September 15, 2017
Thank you for the positive feedback. Ali