Africa: Central Serengeti - Aug 9, 2022
After breakfast, we continued towards the fertile highlands where wheat and corn are grown by the Iraqw people and passed through the mist-shrouded rainforests of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. I was able to get my first glimpse through the fog at the breath-taking caldera before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park. We will return to Ngorongoro on the way back from our Serengeti circuit. Maasai leading their cattle to graze As we were hurtling along the highway between the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area and the gate of Serengeti National Park, we almost rushed past what is arguably the country’s most historically significant site: the Olduvai Gorge , where the fossil remains of some of mankind’s earliest ancestors were discovered. The Olduvai Gorge monument in Tanzania consists of large-scale sculpted models of Paranthropus boisei and Homo habilis resting on a stone platform. Created by artist Fest Kijo in 2018, the monument featu...