Ngorongoro Safari

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area stretches from the Karatu Highlands to the Serengeti and covers an area of around 8300 sq km. Formed by the same immense geological upheavals as the Great Rift Valley, Ngorongoro was once a mountain as high as Kilimanjaro. About 3 million years ago, it blew up, covering the Serengeti in ash. The crater floor sank leaving the rim to form a natural enclosure 2,285 metres high.

While on a Ngorongoro Safari the most amazing experience is viewing the crater for the first time. As your vehicle slowly ascends through mountain forests you will feel it getting colder and colder. Eventually you reach the rim, and dropping sharply off in front of you is Ngorongoro Crater.

Ngorongoro Crater is the best self-contained safari destination in the world. The world's largest unbroken caldera, it is often referred to as the 'Garden of Eden'. The rich pasture and permanent water of the crater floor shelters a large population of animals. In fact, the crater floor is one of the most densely crowded game areas in the world and is home to about 30,000 animals. The open grassland makes it easy to police, so it is also a stronghold for endangered species like black rhino and cheetah.

Accommodations in Ngorongoro

• Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
  
  
  
  The Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge is the only tourist development on the eastern rim of the crater and thus offers you unique and spectacular views down into the crater floor and of the sunsets from the west.
  
  
• Ngorongoro Farmhouse
  A lodge facing the Oldeani Volcano, in Ololdukan, a 500 acre coffee farm located only 4 kms. from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Lolduare gate.
  
  
• Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
  The Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge is built into the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, which allows the plant and ivy-covered native stone to blend masterfully with its surroundings.
  
  
• Ndutu Safari Lodge
  Ndutu Safari Lodge is situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The lodge nestles under a canopy of giant acacias overlooking a soda lake, Lake Ndutu, and offers a superb base from which to explore the Serengeti.
• Kirawira Camp
  
  
  
  Kirawira is situated on a hilltop that overlooks the vast plains of the Western Serengeti. The open-sided architecture of the public areas keeps guests constantly in touch with nature.