Ngorongoro Crater Full Day Safari From Arusha

We’ll pick you up in style – your own private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep

A UNESCO World Heritage Site. “Africa’s Garden of Eden”. And yes, often referred to as “The Eighth Wonder of the World”, Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera.

But what does that mean for safari-goers visiting for the day?

Expect to find a blue/green universe dense with every species of African mammal in numbers and concentrations not seen elsewhere. All the “Big Five” are found here and can be spotted in a single day – lions, leopards, bull elephants, rhinos, and more. This is a world of over 30,000 animals, the densest concentration of wildlife on the continent in a great volcanic bowl of only 264 sq km (101 sq mi).

And the birdlife… cranes, storks, herons, pelicans, kingfishers, and a royal pink carpet of fluttering flamingoes alight by this wonderland’s lakes and marshes.

Join Us To Explore This Startling World
Your Africa Kenya Safaris driver/guide will take you down the 609 m (2,000 ft) crater walls in your 4 x 4 Jeep to arrive in this isolated ecosystem of grassland, forest, and marshes layering the crater floor. Each environment supports its own celebration of wildlife.

Zebras, a giraffe and wildebeest grazing in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
You’ll explore the Lerai Forest, rich with acacia trees and busy home to baboons, monkeys, waterbucks, and the big tusker bull elephants that frequent the caldera floor. It is here you may even be lucky enough to spot an elusive leopard.

We’ll visit and perhaps enjoy our lunch at Lake Magadi, a blue/green algae lake that is the only source of food for the thousands of pink flamingoes that flock to the lakeshore. Along these banks, you may also lions, jackals, eland, and rhinos.

Nearby Ngoitoktok Springs bubbles from the earth at this lovely photographic spot where we can relax and likely spot hippos at the small pool and large hawks circling overhead.

The Volcanic Grasslands
Remember, we’re in a volcanic crater – the soil here is made from rich volcanic ash deposited here hundreds of thousands of years ago creating a fertile bed for thick vegetation. This foliage supports the thousands of wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, buffalo, waterbuck, hartebeest, eland, spotted hyena, blue monkeys, and black rhinos.

And of course, throughout our day here in Ngorongoro, we’ll be on the lookout for lions as this craterland supports Africa’s densest concentration of these regal big cats.

The Birds Are Everywhere
Not just by the lakes and marshes, but on the plains and grasslands you’ll find a lavish assortment of species such as ostrich, Kori bustard, weavers, larks, storks, starlings, and lovebirds.

Adding to the rich avian life overhead look up to see raptors such as buzzards, the secretary bird, vultures, tawny eagles, and kites.

On the ground, by the marshes, and in the sky we will fill your safari with an astonishing assortment of wildlife. Expect a very full day in this rich Eden – the most perfectly preserved volcanic paradise on the planet.

Just contact us at Africa Kenya Safaris to set up your Ngorongoro Crater full-day getaway.

The Details
No one is more important to the success of your safari than your guide. At AKS, we have the friendliest, most experienced driver/guides. They will guide, host, inform, and look after you like the special guest you are. That’s our guarantee.

You’ll safari in style out to the parks in your own private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep – the best way to experience Africa with its higher seating for better views and its rugged all-wheel drive.

Please give us a shout at Africa Kenya Safaris to set up your private, personalized tour of these fun and close-by parks.

Tour Highlights
Ngorongoro Crater
World’s largest unbroken volcanic caldera
8th Wonder of the Word & UNESCO World Heritage Site
Africa’s densest concentration of lions
Rich ecosystem filled with over 30,000 animals