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Four big male lions suffering from the effects of the midday sun seek refuge in the shade provided by the safari vans. So close that it would be possible to reach out and pat them on their backs (You would only do that if you had a touch of the sun yourself though).

Spotted the extremely rare black rhino of which there are only about 15 left and all of them found in the crater. About 100m away but none the less exciting because of its rarity.

Thousands of flamingos which gather along the edges of the soda lake to feed on the algae with their spoon like bills that make a collective noise like the bleating of a hundred lambs.

Superb bird viewing opportunities : Francolin, augaur buzzard, fiscal shrike, yellow wagtail, rose-breasted long clay, Abdini’s stork, crowned craned, brown crested crane, sacred ibis, night heron, Egyptian geese, blacksmith plover, spoonbill stork, black backed heron, thousands of flamingo, dozens of ostrich (male and female), cattle egret, koori bustard (the world’s heaviest flighted bird), marabou stork, black kite, hooded vulture,  white-backed vulture, Nubian or lappet-faced vulture (the world’s largest vulture), black-headed heron, hammer cop, spar-winged geese, black-bellied bustard, European stork, fish eagle and brown coo-coo.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tips & Recommendations:

• The crater is the coldest of all the parks in Tanzania and the temperature can get nippy in the evenings so you need to be equipped with warm clothing especially if you are going to be camping.

• Don't be surprised if you see some Masaai warriors on the crater floor as they inhabit the area around the crater and sometimes graze their cattle here and share the space with the big cats.