So, if you ever have the opportunity to safari in Africa, please jump on it. I believe that this is one of the best trips we ever took as a family. Great time during the day and playing cards and journeling
every night. We thought after 2 days that we would be bored with looking at animals after 6 days but no, on the last day in Ngorogoro Crater the end of the light of the day basically forced us to leave. The location of the lodges where we stayed was magnificent and again, please let us know if you are ever interested and we can point you in the right direction and share advice.
We probably saw several hundred giraffes and baboons, but more like thousands of zebra and definitely tens of thousands of wildebeests, who were in the process of their migration across the Serengeti plain. We saw close to a hundred hippos (the most dangerous animal to humans in Africa, able to reach speeds up to 40 km per hour…don’t ever get between these animals and their water source or else!). Also 25 lions, 5 hyenas and then 4 black rhinos in
Ngorogoro crater (our guide boasts that the most he has ever seen has been 5 in his 8 years of doing a safari and there are only 23 in the 260 sq km park). To see the tougher animals requires concentration looking out into the wilderness or plains but it is so much fun when you “find” a tough to spot animal.
But, the best part had to be seeing the huge herds, that stretch for miles across the savannah, and seem endless. We got to see a herd of about 50+ giraffe, a herd of no less than 10,000 wildebeest and at least3,000 zebra. We jokefully called these zebra "the ghandi of the savannah,"
because you would see them hangin' out with everything from buffalo to giraffe to impala. We got to see newborn baby warthogs, a baby elephant, baby monkeys, baby zebra, pregnant zebra, baby impala, baby hippo and baby lions. The guide let us get so close to the animals it was unbelievable! I
don't know how we will ever be able to go to a zoo again, and get as much out of it as we used to, because nothing could compare to this.
So, if you ever have the opportunity to safari in Africa, please jump on it. I believe that this is one of the best trips we ever took as a family. Great time during the day and playing cards and journeling
every night. We thought after 2 days that we would be bored with looking at animals after 6 days but no, on the last day in Ngorogoro Crater the end of the light of the day basically forced us to leave. The location of the lodges where we stayed was magnificent and again, please let us know if you are ever interested and we can point you in the right direction and share advice. 
We probably saw several hundred giraffes and baboons, but more like thousands of zebra and definitely tens of thousands of wildebeests, who were in the process of their migration across the Serengeti plain. We saw close to a hundred hippos (the most dangerous animal to humans in Africa, able to reach speeds up to 40 km per hour…don’t ever get between these animals and their water source or else!). Also 25 lions, 5 hyenas and then 4 black rhinos in 
Ngorogoro crater (our guide boasts that the most he has ever seen has been 5 in his 8 years of doing a safari and there are only 23 in the 260 sq km park). To see the tougher animals requires concentration looking out into the wilderness or plains but it is so much fun when you “find” a tough to spot animal.
But, the best part had to be seeing the huge herds, that stretch for miles across the savannah, and seem endless. We got to see a herd of about 50+ giraffe, a herd of no less than 10,000 wildebeest and at least3,000 zebra. We jokefully called these zebra "the ghandi of the savannah," 
because you would see them hangin' out with everything from buffalo to giraffe to impala. We got to see newborn baby warthogs, a baby elephant, baby monkeys, baby zebra, pregnant zebra, baby impala, baby hippo and baby lions. The guide let us get so close to the animals it was unbelievable! I 
don't know how we will ever be able to go to a zoo again, and get as much out of it as we used to, because nothing could compare to this. 
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Sounds truly incredible Ben. Hope you are enjoying the experience and PROPS to you for all your hard work. Let's get together when you get back. Please send our best to everyone in your family. Cheers, The Millers
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