点评:Amazing experience in the crater. We arrived here from the Serengeti. We stayed for about 7 productive hours. We saw everything we wanted to see minus Leopard and Cheetah (which we saw in the Serengeti--and also there are no Giraffes in the crater). The treat was 13 sightings of Rhinos--both black and white (Wyde); raptors, and birds.
Having a good guide makes a difference and we had Raja from Shimesa that we had arranged through Turaco (see my review of Turaco). The crater is a great way to see the big 5 and the ugly 5 in a single day (if you get lucky). It is compact and dense with wildlife. Zebras, wildebeest, and buffalo in a queue or roaming and crossing small streams makes for great experiences. Marabout and baboons stealing food from unexpecting or unaware visitors is also a regular sight. Look for elephants in the forests as you enter or exit crater. Very different weather and vegetation regions create fabulous visual and physical experiences.
Have a mask as the crater has fine soil and as some guides go faster than the posted speed limit creating clouds of fine white powder like dust that gets everywhere. Having a minimum of 8x40 binoculars will help see animals as you cannot offroad (that is a good policy). There are plenty of facilities and picnic areas to stop and enjoy the view. There is a coffee and snack shop by the main picnic area by the fresh water lake.
翻译:在火山口的体验简直棒极了。我们从塞伦盖蒂抵达此处,在那里停留了大约7个小时,收获颇丰。我们看到了所有想看的东西,唯独没见到豹子和猎豹(其实我们在塞伦盖蒂已经见过它们了——另外,火山口里也没有长颈鹿)。最令人惊喜的是我们一共看到了13头犀牛,包括黑犀牛和白犀牛;此外还看到了多种猛禽和其他鸟类。
有个优秀的向导真的至关重要,我们请到了来自Shimesa的Raja,他是我们通过Turaco安排的(可参考我对Turaco的评价)。这个火山口是一天之内观赏“五大兽”和“五大丑兽”的绝佳去处(如果你运气够好的话)。这里面积不大,但野生动物种类繁多。成群的斑马、角马和水牛或是排成队列,或是四处游走、穿越小溪,构成了一幅美妙的景象。而那些秃鹫和狒狒从毫无防备或浑然不觉的游客手中抢夺食物,也是常见的一幕。进出火山口时,记得留意森林里是否有大象出没。截然不同的气候与植被区域带来了绝佳的视觉与感官体验。
由于火山口地带土壤细腻,且有些导游驾车速度超过规定的限速,从而扬起大量白色粉尘,因此务必戴上口罩。建议配备至少8x40倍率的双筒望远镜以便观察动物,不过禁止在区域内越野行驶(这一规定很好)。沿途设有众多设施与野餐区,可供游客驻足欣赏美景。在淡水湖旁的主要野餐区附近有一家咖啡零食店。