Ngorongoro Crater

What to expect…

No one ever forgets their first sight of Ngorongoro Crater. The view down from the crater’s rim makes even the largest elephants look like small ants moving in slow motion across the crater floor. Being a bowl and having incredible luscious and diverse habitats across the crater, the wildlife rarely leaves and doesn’t need to leading to simply the greatest concentrations of wildlife in any area in Africa. From the grasslands that support incredible numbers of herbivores and the predators who feed on them to the central salt lake where thousands of flamingoes congregate, and the leopard-rich fever tree forests, Ngorongoro is almost too much. With the sheer numbers and density of wildlife present you will be surprised that there are no giraffe or impala, but the quantities of everything else as well as the chance to see black rhino mean you won’t miss them. There are no lodges inside the crater and instead are all around the outside, meaning that you will most likely have full-day safaris in the crater due to the time spent getting in and out. And really, one day is almost enough. It is that good. Though incredibly busy so choosing camps with the quickest access in and out can mitigate some of the crowds.