Our Ngorongoro Crater Safari in Tanzania will Make you Fly to Tanzania

Enjoy Ngorongoro Crater Safari in Tanzania with the help of our expert tour guides. The Ngorongoro Crater Safari in Tanzania is one of a kind. And while this phrase is often used in travel speak; it most certainly applies to the Ngorongoro Crater: it is the largest inactive, intact volcanic caldera on earth and while the whole area, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, the crater itself is also among the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa.

It’s not easy to grasp the idea of a big hole in the ground being home to thousands and thousands of wild animals. But this is exactly what it is. You will sleep in the surrounding area or at the crater rim; drive down into the Crater in the morning and after your game drive, you drive back up again. On about 260 square kilometers, lions, buffaloes, zebras, and hippos find enough space to call the Ngorongoro Crater home.

And what you will see is like nothing you have ever seen before: the Ngorongoro Crater lies in the valley like a big pot of gold. It looks like its creator took a big ladle filled with golden-shimmering grass, pouring it into the crater and later garnishing it with sprinkles of lions, wildebeest, and buffaloes.

You will be surprised by the large numbers of animals in the herds of ungulates. Not one, not two, not three buffaloes, but hundreds trot across the grassland with their young. Wherever you are in the Ngorongoro Crater Safari in Tanzania, you will always see the high slopes marking the borders of this unique wildlife haven.

While elephants often remain in the thickets of the Crater’s slopes, you may be in luck and see a gentle giant strolling around the extensive grounds. Lions, on the other hand, behave like the kings and queens of the Crater which they are. Stretching left and stretching right, on silent paws they approach their prey. Seeing a kill is rare and your chances are best during the early morning or before dusk when temperatures are cooler and hunters feisty.

But even if you don’t witness the thrill of a kill you may come across its bloody aftermath which is not as pretty as a picture-perfect lion’s mane, but just as much part of nature. Jackals scramble over what the lions’ have left behind, while vultures wait their turn. Nature knows no leftovers. Every piece of the dead animal is used, making its death a dignified one.

More than 25,000 animals, among them the Big Five, many zebras and buffaloes, live in the Ngorongoro Crater, making it one of the most densely wildlife-populated areas on the continent. Colorful birds lead their lives in the woods on the slopes and the Lerai Forest on the crater floor, not minding the hustle-and-bustle caused by the Big Five across the plains.

Many first-time safaris lookout for the big game, but once you have the calmness and experience to turn your gaze to birds, there is a whole new Tanzania Ngorongoro Crater Safari world awaiting you. At the Ngorongoro Crater hippo pool, the powerful vegetarians laze in the cool water, protecting their sensitive skin from the harsh Tanzanian sun.