{"id":975,"date":"2013-03-27T20:16:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/?p=975"},"modified":"2014-03-05T20:29:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:29:47","slug":"day-24-the-serengeti-ngorongoro-crater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.absoluteafrica.com\/liveblog\/2013\/03\/day-24-the-serengeti-ngorongoro-crater\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 24 The Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We rose early to make the most of our final game drives, and were not disappointed. Among many other animals we saw a massive pride of 17 lions. They were all lolling around a tree in clear view of the truck \u2013 amazing!! We watched the pride laze around, playing and nuzzling each other \u2013 what a privilege to see the interactions between them in the wild!! We also encountered so much more including giraffe, hippo, gazelles, and numerous birds including Africa\u2019s clean-up crew \u201cvultures\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We left the Serengeti and lunched by Nabi gate before heading straight into the Ngorongoro conservation area. We stop at a Maasai village and those who were not with us during our visit to the village in the Mara got a tour and information about Maasai culture. A few Maasai were kicking a football around near the truck. It soon developed into a full on match of team Absolute vs. team Maasai!!! Those not taking part cheered with the children from the side-lines and we are proud to say we won the match \u2013 and loved the fun we had. It was a great experience to interact with the locals and we enjoyed making some Maasai friends.<\/p>\n

We then made our way up the side of the Crater, marvelling at the views, to our camp on the crater rim. I love that campsite, both the views and the fact you are camping on the rim of an extinct volcano make for a wonderful experience \u2013 and of course the possibility of animals coming into camp at night adds to the thrill. We were a bit chilly as we were at altitude so we made a huge fire which we sat around whilst reminiscing about the trips highlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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