Our last day in Tanzania was bittersweet – Mike and I had been gone for almost two weeks and we were ready to go home.  But the experiences we had were absolutely incredible, once-in-a-lifetime moments.  We knew we would miss it.  Luckily, we were able to go on one last game drive that morning.  And […]

Our last full day in Africa was incredibly eventful!  We had a beautiful sunrise (our first of the trip!), and our first game drive started by watching a cheetah enjoy the catch of the day (a baby wildebeest).  We ended our day watching honeymoon lions – more on that later.  In between, we followed a […]

Our trip to Serengeti National Park was highly anticipated by our group for one reason – elephants.  We saw a group of elephants in Ngorongoro Crater, but they were too far away to get good pictures of.  Since then, we hadn’t seen any other elephants.  Everyone was hoping that we’d see a huge herd of […]

Our second day in Lake Ndutu brought less rain, which was great for us because that meant a lake crossing could take place!  We started off the day with cheetahs and lions and ended the day watching one of the jeeps get pulled out of an aardvark hole.  We also got to see two vultures […]

It’s hard to think that anything would top Ngorongoro Crater.  However, we were going to spend the rest of our trip in Lake Ndutu.  Aside from a day trip to Serengeti National Park, we were just going to be on game drives around Lake Ndutu.  We were told that this was “cat heaven” and boy […]

Our first day on animal safari did not disappoint!  After seeing the crater from the rim, we were so excited to go down into this massive crater and see all of the animals!  The Ngorongoro Crater was formed when the top of the mountain collapsed and created a volcanic caldera.  There are lots of animals […]