Deepak Rajanna

My final day of safari was in the Ngorongoro crater. I learned from my guide that the place gets its name from the sound of the bells of the maasai cattle. This was a fascinating place, like someone cut a circular section of 10 km radius of the Serengeti, intact with all the fauna, and placed it in a petri dish. The 650m high wall that surrounds this crater is in stark contrast to the boundlessness of the Serengeti plains just north of here.