Ngorongoro Conservation Area
All off Africa in one 'bowl'
The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact – and inactive – caldera in the world. Formed more than two million years ago from a huge volcanic explosion, the Crater is now a UNESCO World Heritage site teeming with wildlife.
Visitors can see more than 25,000 animals, including four of the Big Five. It's home to the biggest population of Masai lions in Africa and is where wildebeest come to calve during the great migration.
Hiking is not permitted within the crater itself, due to the risk of becoming lunch for a hungry lion. But the surrounding Ngorongoro Conservation Area of rolling grasslands, dotted with Maasai homesteads and lumbering volcanic peaks, makes fabulous walking country.
Wildebeest migration safaris
An essential guide to planning a migration safari in Tanzania and Kenya
Sometimes called ‘the greatest show on earth’, the wildebeest migration sees mega herds of almost two million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles continuously travel thousands of kilometres in a broadly clockwise direction from the southern Serengeti, north into Kenya’s Maasai Mara, and back again. The migration is one of Africa's classic safari experiences, drawing visitors year round to witness this magnificent spectacle. Along the way the herds experience the full circle of life, from mating, to calving, to death – often in the jaws of their many predators: the crocodiles and big cats who are themselves sustained by Mother Nature’s beautiful, if brutal, cycle...read more
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Travel Guides
Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tours
Northern Tanzania Safari
Experience the Serengeti on a private safari
7 daysFrom $2,325
Tanzania Northern Circuit
3 day budget Tanzania Northern Circuit
3 daysFrom $870
Tanzania Northern Circuit - 3 Days
Budget Tanzania Northern Circuit
3 daysFrom $870
Tanzania Choice Safari
Private safari tour to the highlights on Tanzania
5 daysFrom $1,770
Best Of Tanzania
10 days cultural and safari adventure
10 daysFrom $2,970Ngorongoro Conservation Area Travel Companies
East Africa
Natural World Kenya Safaris
The leader in customized and budget-friendly East Africa safaris
