Ngorongoro Water Buffalos

On our drive to Lake Victoria through the Ngorongoro and the Serengeti National Parks my brother and I, because of the dense morning fog, failed to see the Ngorongoro Crater and its famous black rhinos. We were at the gates of Ngorongoro at six, when they open, and the fog hung heavily during our careful 20km/h drive up the spiraling mountain road. By the time the fog gave away, at around nine, we were already past the crater area.

But it was an experience in itself. Visibility was horrible, so we took our time -- where the road ended a steep deadly drop began, 30 meters or 300 meters, you couldn't tell. Our windows were open so that we could hear the morning sounds and breathe in some of that crisp morning air. Every now and then a group of water buffalos (or zebras, as you will see in the next post) would appear out of nowhere. The warm-blooded buffalos seemed to steaming and exhaling smoke in the cold air. Anyone who has seen these beasts knows what power they weild.