Visit Ngorongoro Crater on safari in Tanzania
The world largest un-flooded and unbroken caldera is one of the worlds greatest natural spectacles. Ngorongoro Crater is home to many big game animals.
A natural amphitheater, the crater is 19.2 km in diameter, 610m deep and covers an area of 304 sq km. This ever changing ecosystem supports numerous grazing animals, such as Thomson gazelle, predatory animals such as lion, leopard, cheetah, and scavengers such as hyena.
As a direct result of successful anti-poaching patrols, there is an increasing rhino population and lions now number five prides of between 10 and 20 animals. Each pride defends it's own territory.
Old bull elephants descend to the crater floor to find food. The elephants destruction of yellow acacia trees is much in evidence.
Highlights: Explore the crater floor. Hiking around the crater rim gets you even closer to the diversity of the environment.
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