Ngorongoro Conservation Area, created by a giant volcano millions of years ago, transports it’s visitors back hundreds of years as they gaze upon the Maasai tribe living and farming alongside the wild animals. Together with Serengeti National Park and other areas adjoining the Serengeti ecosystem, Ngorongoro supports the greatest concentration of wildlife left on the earth. The famous Serengeti Plains are shared by the NCA and Serengeti National Park. The Ngorongoro Crater itself, and its magnificent Lake Magadi, is home to 25,000 wild animals including the “BIG FIVE”. From June through October the plains are dry, bare and dusty. Lacking surface water, it supports only a few herds of non-migratory wildlife, but in the rainy season, normally in November through May, the plains turn lush and green. From their dry season range in the North and West Serengeti millions of animals flood into this rich pasture. They include wildebeests, zebras, gazelle and elands, along with their predators and other scavengers. Grasshoppers and dung beetles attract countless migratory birds. The best time to see this spectacle is from January through March when the wildebeest calves are born on the open plains. Around the crater rim its cold, thick morning fogs and mesmerizing sunrises, clear to give sight to an ecosystem rich in varying species of birds, prides of lions and families of elephants. The various lakes are home to thousands of flamingos with zebras and wildebeests grazing on the shorelines.

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Ngorongoro offers a wide variety of memorable activities throughout the year. Guided walking safaris during the day through untouched wilderness, camping safaris at night, and spectacular game drives searching for the elusive rhinos and hundreds of predators, herbivores and omnivores and bird watching allows people with varying interests to feel connected to nature.

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Cultural tourism experiences are available among Maasai and Hadzabe tribes, as well as visits to archaeological findings at Olduvai Gorge. Forest walks along Endoro NatureTrail in the highland forest, near Gibbs Farms & Endoro Lodge, are additional natural highlights