Ngorongoro Crater
User Reviews (483)
Tanzania Parks
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Email Chris | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Ngorongoro is fantastically concentrated, but doesn't have the vast space of the Serengeti
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Email Gary Dawson | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
A bit too commercial with too many safari tour vehicles.
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Email Glenn Fisher | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Ngorogoro crater is a gorgeous park with a unique feel all of its own due to its higher altitude and location at the bottom of a crater (technically a caldera - collapsed volcano). There were lots of wildlife everywhere in a relatively concentrated area. We saw a few lions, lots of buffalo, hippos, wildebeasts, zebras and birds. The downside is the park was much more crowded with safari vehicles than any other park we visited. There were at least 30 jeeps watching the lions we saw with us which is nothing like the relative privacy we experienced in the Serengheti or Tarangire where there were rarely more than 3 or 4 jeeps around at any time and often we were the only jeep viewing animals we came across.
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Email Bob Lyle | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
A very interesting park with a fair amount of wildlife but a little disappointing after the Serengeti.
Email Aadhila Kayaam | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It’s small and animals are quite far out
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Email Sina Wiedemann | under20 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very beautiful!!
Email Bariki | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Was great
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Email Nik A | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Very high likely hood to see wildlife
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Email Linda S | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
The crater is well known for it's natural beauty and high concentration of animals available. As a result, it is the site of lots of day trippers. We got there early, but after 10am the roads were crowded with vehicles. When a lion was spotted, the drivers communicated with each other and everyone converged on the spot. We had dozens of vehicles parked in both directions trying to see the lions. It took forever before the vehicles sorted themselves out and moved on. The park really needs to limit the number of vehicles in the park or establish firm rules about how long a vehicle can remain in any one spot. This was the only park where we saw a rhino - from a distance.
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Email Charlie | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Really cool to be in the crater and explore the entire area. Seems like a wildlife utopia. Only downside is not much vegetation.
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