Today was an incredible day! We left Arusha around 8 am with our guide, William, who has served YL groups before. We arrived at the Ngorongoro Crater around noon and checked into our hotel. Talk about a change from Legho; this place is awesome! The hotel in situated on the edge of the crater and has beautiful views at all angles. Our rooms are in little hut buildings on the side of the cliff with equally wonderful views. After lunch, we headed out to the floor of the crater in our topless Land Rover. We saw 4 of the "Big Five:" lion, buffalo, rhino, and elephant. Hopefully tomorrow we can complete the "Five" and see a leopard. There are only 17 rhino in the 260 square kilometers of the crater, so to see it was a great treat! It was also wonderful to see a beautiful female lion resting in the evening sun. We also saw hippos, zebras, gazelles, warthogs, and jackals. I feel like today was a dream! We truly received a great gift to be able to see all these wonderful creatures!
On another note, I talked to Drew and the Kili team is doing great!! All have made it to the second camp. Please pray big for tomorrow. They will climb in altitude a lot, so it is a big day! Pray for good health and weather!
Love,
Elizabeth
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