We spent the day in Ngorongoro crater, a 12 mile crater with 1000+ high walls that is the result of a massive explosive volcanic eruption 1.7 million years ago. The high walls form a relatively closed ecosystem with a large alkaline lake, freshwater marshes, mostly grasslands, and some acacia forest. To protect visitors, one must stay in vehicles (except at rest room stops). But since safari vehicles have popup tops, one can stand in the van and see in all directions very well.
The most numerous big animals in the crater are Blue Wildebeests and Burchell's Zebra. Today I saw about 150 zebra and 10 times as many wildebeests. Included are some photos I took today of zebra and wildebeests. With so many prey around it is not surprising that there are predators. We did see one pride of lions just finishing a zebra. They were pretty far off in tall dry grass, if you look carefully you may see 2 or 3 lions in the last photo.
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