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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 10:36 AM
⛅ 64 °F
Altitude: 5,787 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.145675, 35.5946623°8’44” S 35°35’41” E
Ngorongoro Crater Female Lions 2
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:08 AM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 5,863 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.15615, 35.6035833°9’22” S 35°36’13” E
Ngorongoro Crater Birds
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:39 AM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 5,666 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.188445, 35.5662423°11’18” S 35°33’58” E
Ngorongoro Crater Scenic 1
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:46 AM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 5,702 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.190405, 35.5661623°11’25” S 35°33’58” E
Ngorongoro Crater Grant Giselle
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The Grant's gazelle is a gregarious, territorial, and migratory species. The home ranges of does overlap with those of the bucks. Only male gazelles are territorial. Male gazelles will herd all females that cross their territories. When the females are in estrus, they are strongly guarded by the dominant male, which prevents other males from mating with them. Any doe that tries to leave is aggressively herded back. Most of the time, the buck's simple stance in relation to her is enough to keep the female from leaving.Read more
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:58 AM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 5,705 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.207888, 35.56283°12’28” S 35°33’46” E
Ngorongoro Crater Gray Heron
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:59 AM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 5,705 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.207887, 35.5627883°12’28” S 35°33’46” E
Ngorongoro Crater Scenic 2
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
With Grant Giselle
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 12:01 PM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 5,705 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.20788, 35.5628473°12’28” S 35°33’46” E
Ngorongoro Crater Male/Female Lion
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 12:41 PM
⛅ 70 °F
Altitude: 5,715 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro Crater -3.21048, 35.6014583°12’38” S 35°36’5” E
Ngorongoro Crater Spekes Weaver Bird
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 12:42 PM
⛅ 70 °F
Altitude: 5,715 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro Crater -3.210472, 35.6014723°12’38” S 35°36’5” E
Ngorongoro Crater Spekes Weaver Bird 1
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 1:23 PM
⛅ 72 °F
Altitude: 5,712 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.19932, 35.5865973°11’58” S 35°35’12” E
Ngorongoro Crater Kori Bustard
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 1:44 PM
⛅ 72 °F
Altitude: 5,709 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.18728, 35.5790123°11’14” S 35°34’44” E
Ngorongoro Crater Kori Bustard
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 2:04 PM
⛅ 73 °F
Altitude: 5,692 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.174703, 35.5498253°10’29” S 35°32’59” E
Ngorongoro Crater Male Ostrich
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 2:32 PM
⛅ 72 °F
Altitude: 5,702 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.183362, 35.5065923°11’0” S 35°30’24” E
Ngorongoro Crater Sacred Ibis
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
With Wildebeests.
The Sacred Ibis is a distinctive large wading bird that measures 75 centimetres (30 inches) in length and weighs 1.35 kilograms (3 pounds). It has a wingspan of 112 – 124 centimetres (44 – 49 inches).

The plumage of the sacred ibis is mainly white in colour with black plumes on its lower back. Its small head and slender, curved neck are also black and practically bald. The sacred ibis has small black eyes and a long, slender, downward curved bill which is used to probe into sand and mud in shallow water or in grass and soil when foraging.

The legs of the sacred ibis are long and black and its feet are partially webbed like most wading birds. When in flight, the wing tips of the primary flight feathers are black which display a black border to the rear of the white wings.Read more
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 2:53 PM
⛅ 70 °F
Altitude: 5,778 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.211855, 35.506843°12’43” S 35°30’25” E
Ngorongoro Crater Strangular Fig
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
These all share a common "strangling" growth habit that is found in many tropical forest species, particularly of the genus Ficus. This growth habit is an adaptation for growing in dark forests where the competition for light is intense. These plants are hemiepiphytes, spending the first part of their life without rooting into the ground. Their seeds, often bird-dispersed, germinate in crevices atop other trees. These seedlings grow their roots downward and envelop the host tree while also growing upward to reach into the sunlight zone above the canopy.

An original support tree can sometimes die, so that the strangler fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central core. However, it is also believed that the strangler fig can help the support tree survive storms.Read more
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 3:05 PM
⛅ 70 °F
Altitude: 5,758 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.223863, 35.5189473°13’26” S 35°31’8” E
Ngorongoro Crater Trees
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 3:36 PM
⛅ 64 °F
Altitude: 7,418 ft
Tanzania Ngorongoro -3.246463, 35.5020173°14’47” S 35°30’7” E
Ngorongoro Crater Scenic 3
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 4:18 PM
⛅ 70 °F
Altitude: 5,833 ft
Tanzania Kambi ya Nyoka -3.29855, 35.5925423°17’55” S 35°35’33” E
Ngorongoro Crater Baboon
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Baboon climbing into our Vehicle
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 4:19 PM
⛅ 70 °F
Altitude: 5,827 ft
Tanzania Kambi ya Nyoka -3.29905, 35.5924253°17’57” S 35°35’33” E
Ngorongoro Crater Baboon
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
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Day 8
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 5,735 ft
Tanzania Maduka -3.192558, 35.5087553°11’33” S 35°30’32” E
Ngorongoro Crater Grant Giselle
May 29, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
The Grant's gazelle is found in East Africa and lives in open grass plains and is frequently found in shrublands; it avoids areas with high grass where the visibility of predators is compromised. They also occur in semiarid areas and are relatively well adapted to dry areas, relying on more browse or leafy material during dry seasons to supplement their intake of water. They are migratory animals,Read more
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Day 9
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:02 AM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 4,065 ft
Tanzania Mang’ola -3.557633, 35.4139673°33’27” S 35°24’50” E
Hadzabe Tribe
May 30, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
The Hadza, or Hadzabe, are an indigenous ethnic group in north-central Tanzania, living around Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley and in the neighboring Serengeti Plateau. There are, as of 2015, between 1,200 and 1,300 Hadza people living in Tanzania, however only around 300 Hadza still survive exclusively based on the traditional means of foraging. Additionally, the increasing impact of tourism and encroaching pastoralists pose serious threats to the continuation of their traditional way of life.Read more
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Day 9
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:03 AM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 4,081 ft
Tanzania Mang’ola -3.557647, 35.413733°33’28” S 35°24’49” E
Hadzabe Tribe 2
May 30, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
These hunter-gathers have changed very little in 10,000 years. They use a clicking based dialect. They live in the bush.
String on bow made from tendon of antelopes.
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Day 9
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:08 AM
⛅ 66 °F
Altitude: 4,091 ft
Tanzania Mang’ola -3.557767, 35.4138953°33’28” S 35°24’50” E
Hadzabe Tribe 1
May 30, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Genetically, the Hadza are not closely related to any other people. While traditionally classified with the Khoisan languages, primarily because it has clicks, the Hadza language (Hadzane), appears to be an isolate, unrelated to any other. Hadzane is an entirely oral language, but it is not predicted to be in danger of extinction. Hadzane is also considered the most important factor of distinguishing who is and is not actually a part of the Hadza people. In more recent years, many of the Hadza have learned Swahili as a second language, which is the national language of Tanzania.Read more
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Day 9
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:23 AM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 4,091 ft
Tanzania Mang’ola -3.557775, 35.4138723°33’28” S 35°24’50” E
Hadzabe Tribe 3
May 30, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
As descendants of Tanzania's aboriginal hunter-gatherer population, they have probably occupied their current territory for thousands of years, with relatively little modification to their basic way of life until the past hundred years.Read more
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Day 9
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:32 AM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 4,091 ft
Tanzania Mang’ola -3.557712, 35.4143713°33’28” S 35°24’52” E
Hadzabe Tribe 4
May 30, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Men typically hunt and bring home honey to feed their families, while women and children gather fruits, berries, and roots with which to supplement their diet.

The men are particularly adept hunters, and their daring and inventive hunting style is a sight to behold. Using parts harvested from other animals, they cunningly lure and put down game. As this is their only source of food, they are the only tribe permitted to hunt in the Serengeti.Read more
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Day 9
Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9:36 AM
⛅ 68 °F
Altitude: 4,091 ft
Tanzania Mang’ola -3.557845, 35.4143913°33’28” S 35°24’52” E
Hadzabe Tribe 5
May 30, 2019 in Tanzania ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
The Hadzabe people live in caves near Lake Eyasi, and their isolation and shrinking numbers have allowed them to avoid the HIV epidemic and other diseases that have spread due to intertribal marriages.

An interesting facet of Hadzabe culture is their language. Believed to have some kind of relation to the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, the Hadzabe language is a distinctive tongue of clicks that is similar to that of the famous Bushmen. Despite this and their similar physical appearances, DNA testing has shown no relation between the two groups.Read more
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