Ngorongoro Crater
User Reviews (486)
Tanzania ParksEmail RedPlanetClaire | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best experience of my life!
I've done a few safaris but none compare to Ngorongoro Crater. The scenery was magnificent as the sun poured down the crater's rim. The wide open spaces meant it was easy to see herds of zebra, wildebeest and impala, with warthogs snuffling in between. I saw loads of hyenas trotting along and also baby foxes. A pride of lionesses walked single file high up on the rim that that of similar colour and I got great photos of this. I also got to see an illusive serval! Not only was I lucky enough to see rhino, but witness them making a baby - this is so unusual that other guides did not believe mine that we had seen this!
My guide Bori had 17 year's experience and was amazing and spotting animals in the distance - whilst we were looking at hyenas, it was he who noticed in the far distance the rhino and got us there before it was too late! This guy can drive past hundreds of trees and take you right away to the one with the leopard in, it's like a sixth sense.
Our jeep was great, had sockets so we could charge camera batteries and phones. The roof lifted so that we could stand and get a perfect view, but still be shielded from the sun. We camped at the edge of the crater and were visited by an elephant after the water tank. The rangers kept it away from the tents and the tourists photographed this. The food was locally sourced, fresh and tasty - lots of bananas!
My only wish was to be there longer!
Ngorongoro Crater is the best pace for viewing wildlife.
We had a great time in Ngorongoro Crater. Animals are naturally confined in the crater, 10 miles in circumference. They can get in and out, but most choose to stay. Tourists are in trucks circulating on dirt roads. So many different animals: lions, zebras, wildebeast, cape buffalo, hyenas, jackels, hippos, rhinos. ostrich. All doing their thing mostly ignoring the watchers in the trucks. We felt like we were in a cage watching the animals roam free. We saw hippos in a pool; pride of lions eating a cape buffalo encircled by a ring of jackels and a ring of hyenas; lions chasing buffalo and then being chased by the buffalo. Weather was OK. It rained briefly and the washes filled up. Then it stopped raining and the sun was out again. We stayed in Sanctuary Camp in the crater. Great experience to be in a tent with amenities and close enough to the crater to hear the animals at night. Not necessary for enjoyment of the crater though. Even a day trip from Arusha to the crater would be worth it to see this beautiful place. Our guide was excellent. He knew all the animals and most of the birds we saw. Good at spotting animals at a distance. Knew exactly where to go and when to be there for best animal viewing.
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Email Noel Fotso Fotso | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Because of this preservation of the natural habitat of the wild life, my overall rating is: Excellent.
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Email Juha Hämäläinen | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
National Park was partly closed, because of heavy Rain night before.
Still worth to go and lot of animals to see
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Email Leila | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We were at zero distance of so many animals like no other places. This is also only place where we can see many buffalos and one Rhino (only one we could see)
Email Anju Puri | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Just beautiful
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Email Soderlin Jorgen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
It who's last day of the safari and it who's a big lion bisid our car and the last big five this day to
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Email Elena Vorobeva | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Stunning landscapes but some animals far
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Email ShaNae McCleskey | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
This was one of the most fascinating places I’ve ever been in my life. This crater was full of all kinds of incredible animal species and the guides were so amazing—they taught us a lot about everything we saw.
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Email Sylwia | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
the most beautiful I've ever seen. Heaven on Earth
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