Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater is amazing! It's rim is 304 km and the floor is 256 km squared. It was a long and bumpy descent down to the crater floor, but when we got there, my Dad said that it was like being on the moon becasue it is a flat crater with mountains all around.
We saw lots of different animals including four of the Big Five. We saw a heard of Cape Buffalo, a young lion lazing by the road, some 'retired' elephants (about 50 years old) and two black rhinos which are an endangered species that I did a project on in school. Also we saw a flock of several thousand lesser flamingos and a Kori Bustard which is the world's heaviest bird. Something else that we saw was an injured potted hyena who had teeth marks on his head. Out guide Stanley said that they were probably from a lion protecting his kill. As we headed out of the crater we had a brief break down of our jeep and a crazy cross country ride to reach our lodge before dark. When we finally got to Ndutu Lodge there was a Genet - it looks like a cross between a lemur and a cat - and now I want one as a pet!