Ngorongoro Crater – Dramatic Scenery and Tons of Wildlife

Ngorongoro is one of the most beautiful natural wildlife safari sites in the world and an exceptional place to interact with people from the Maasai tribe.The Ngorongoro Crater and surrounding highlands together form one of Africa’s most beautiful regions. Volcanic craters form stunning backdrops to some of the most fertile and richest grazing grounds in Africa. The most famous such crater is without question Ngorongoro, the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera and home to the highest density of big game in Africa. Ngorongoro is justifiably one of the continent’s most famous safari destinations.

Adjoining the southeast of Serengeti National Park is the extensive Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The unique Ngorongoro Crater is surrounded by towering volcanic walls on every side and blessed with prolific and extremely well-habituated wildlife. Most visitors just see the crater, but the more adventurous leave the safari hordes behind to explore the wider conservation area, which is a mixed-use zone for wildlife and Maasai pastoralists. Within this protected area, the vast Olduvai (Oldupai) Gorge is a palaeontological site made famous by the Leakey family for being home to some of the continent’s most important hominid fossils.