8-Day Tanzania Safari and Zanzibar Beach Escape
Baobabs and big herds in the north, then seven shades of blue on the Indian Ocean.
A collapsed volcano with its own resident population of everything, including some of the last black rhino in Tanzania.
The Ngorongoro Crater is nineteen kilometres across and holds a permanent, non-migratory population of lion, elephant, buffalo, hyena and black rhino. It is not wilderness in the Serengeti sense, and it is still one of the most concentrated wildlife experiences in Africa.
| Best time | All year |
|---|---|
| Getting there | Three hour drive from Arusha |
| Typical stay | One to two nights on the rim |
| Known for | Black rhino, dense game, the crater floor itself |
Being first down the access road, before the vehicle convoys, changes the whole day.
The view from the top at sunrise is the reason to sleep up here.
The gorge where the earliest hominid remains were found, on the way to the Serengeti.
Open all year. The floor is busiest between nine and eleven in the morning, which is why we push guests to go down early.
The rim sits above 2,200 metres and is genuinely cold and often in cloud. The floor is warm.
Lodges on the rim, from simple to very grand, plus camps in the Karatu farmland below.
Baobabs and big herds in the north, then seven shades of blue on the Indian Ocean.
It can be by mid morning. Going down at opening time and coming up for a late lunch avoids the worst of it.
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