{"id":27769,"date":"2024-02-23T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T20:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=27769"},"modified":"2024-02-23T12:07:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T20:07:37","slug":"last-day-of-safari-doesnt-disappoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2024\/02\/23\/kilimanjaro\/last-day-of-safari-doesnt-disappoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Day of Safari Doesn&#8217;t Disappoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feb 23, 2024 &#8211; The Kili team wrapped up their safari today with a final spectacular day, starting with a morning game drive through the shortgrass plains west of Ngorongoro Crater.\u00a0 This is the epicenter of the Great Migration, with vast number of animals, and predators.\u00a0 After that, the team visited the famous Olduvai Gorge, scene of the Leakeys\u2019 paleoanthropological discoveries.\u00a0 Then, they hit the local Maasai village, to see how the native people live.\u00a0 Finally, they drove down into the Ngorongoro Crater to see more animals up close in the wild including the rhinos, flamingos, and hippos.\u00a0 They are wrapping it up tonight at a beautiful Ngorongoro lodge.\u00a0 Tomorrow they head back to Arusha for some shopping and re-packing before departing to the airport for their flights home.\u00a0 All\u2019s well in Tanzania!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-27769 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2024\/02\/23\/kilimanjaro\/last-day-of-safari-doesnt-disappoint\/attachment\/visiting-the-maasai-village-phunuru\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Visiting-the-Maasai-village-Phunuru-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-27770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Visiting-the-Maasai-village-Phunuru-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Visiting-the-Maasai-village-Phunuru-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Visiting-the-Maasai-village-Phunuru-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Visiting-the-Maasai-village-Phunuru-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-27770'>\n\t\t\t\tVisiting the Maasai village (Phunuru)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2024\/02\/23\/kilimanjaro\/last-day-of-safari-doesnt-disappoint\/attachment\/last-night-of-the-trip-at-ngorongoro-lodge-phunuru\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Last-night-of-the-trip-at-Ngorongoro-Lodge-Phunuru-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-27771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Last-night-of-the-trip-at-Ngorongoro-Lodge-Phunuru-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Last-night-of-the-trip-at-Ngorongoro-Lodge-Phunuru-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Last-night-of-the-trip-at-Ngorongoro-Lodge-Phunuru-70x70.jpg 70w, 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