Ngoromgoro, Tanzania. December 2011
It was the end of an ok safari. The clients were happy so I couldn't tell them that the sightings weren't as expected. I even survived almost the whole tour without cursing the person who stole my camera a few safaris ago. An ok safari can be handled with the ok camera that I borrowed from a friend due to the lack of time to buy another one. There were 10 vehicles in the group so it also made sense that everyone would come back with a different experience every evening. But in Ngorongoro we still didn't have the chance to spread the "herd of vehicles" around the park. We just finished descending into the crater when we saw a lioness coming towards us, looking very interested at the warthogs standing behind us. As she got closer a heard of Buffalos began running our direction as well, followed by the rest of the lionesses pride. Within a short time 2 young buffalo were taken down. Hyenas started to join the celebration from all around, scaring the lions away. We stayed for almost 2 hours, all 10 vehicles in perfect positions to watch it all. We all had a successful kill that day- lions, hyenas and photographers.
Well they do say that in Africa, every morning the lion gets up, knowing that it only needs to run faster then the slowest buffalo, and every morning in Africa a buffalo gets up, knowing that it only needs to run faster then the slowest buffalo in the herd...
