Mud and Water in the Serengeti - Tanzania in the Rainy Season

Please also watch Part one of this Video: Mud and Water in Ngorongogo Crater:
https://youtu.be/Qkyy9TgQ8Tc
In January 2020 I visited Tanzania in a guided tour. I rented a Toyota Landcruiser and two experienced local guides to travel to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. This was the first time I was not driving myself, in contrast to my other Africa travels. I expected to be in Tanzania in a pretty good time in a shoulder season, well before the start of the rainy season, which usually starts end of February. But this time was different. Tanzania got a lot of rain already in early January, and during my visit conditions got much worse. Many streets were flooded, houses and hotels were under water - and the National Parks and Conservation Areas like Serengeti, Ndutu and Ngorongoro Crater were badly affected as well.
Many tracks were filled with deep and greasy mud or flooded with water. Cars were stuck in mud or water. Just a few days later in early February the local tour operators stopped to bring visitors down to the Ngorongoro crater floor as conditions got too bad.
Luckily, we were traveling with probably the most reliable car in the world: the Toyota Landcruiser GRJ7 Series. This legendary car is the workhorse in East Africa - build like a tank. With hardly any electronics on board it is well maintainable in the African bush.

In this video I compiled the footage of several cameras during the trip through Tanzania. Unfortunately, due to the bumpy roads, some clips are quite shaky. Sorry for that.
I wish I had more time with better weather conditions to enjoy the nature and the teeming wildlife.

Well, maybe in the distant future...
Many thanks to the local Tanzanian guides who drove us safely through the mud and the water!
Filmed mainly with the Canon C200, EOS R and the iPhone 8 handheld.
Music is an own licence free composition.
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