In message <3cc1741e.0411161019.b7cc74@posting.google.com>
eben.schoeman@mindspring.com (ClimbHighSleepLow) wrote:
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> Hi Rita, 3 nights in Ngorongoro?
>
> Too many vehicles around for my liking. It's a must see but every time
> I go there I cannot wait to get away from the crowds!
I was there in early July and it really wasn't a problem, although the
lodges were mostly full.
Our driver knew we didn't want to be in crowds, so he drove in less popular
areas: it's a big caldera and it wasn't difficult. Also as always, we were
late for lunch, so didn't even get mobbed by the kites at the picnic site.
The only time we were in a crowd was around two huge pythons, which we chose
to go to look at.
In a vehicle with others, you may have less flexibility: if the others in
the vehicle "just want to see cats" (a not-unusual scenario, by which they
don't seem to mean servals) you are condemned to spending most of your time
n a circle with other vehicles. But not always: even in the Ngorongoro we
spent time on our own with a group of lionesses, one of whom was very close
to giving birth.
Although it's already over two years since I've been in EA :-((( I'd imagine
a budget of $500 pppd would be enough to have a private safari, if there
were two people travelling together. Sadly, sss would push the single person
price above this (which is why I'm being priced out, sadly).
Slainte
Liz
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