One Day Safari to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Short Overview
For those wanting the quintessential Tanzanian safari experience, our eight day Complete Tanzania Safari offers the most comprehensive overview of the country’s parks and cultures.
You’ll visit all four of Tanzania’s prominent Northern Circuit parks for unparalleled game drive experiences. The Wildebeest Migration on the Serengeti, the Big Five in Ngorongoro, large elephant herds in Tarangire, and tree-climbing lions in Lake Manyara.
You’ll also enjoy cultural experiences such as hunting with the Hadzabe bushmen and overnighting at a Maasai lodge to experience their fascinating culture firsthand.
Itinerary in Brief
1 Day Northern Tanzania Safari!
DAY ONE – Ngorongoro crater
Non game-viewing travel time: 30mins
Distance: 15km
This day we will drive earlier in the morning toNgorongoro where you will descend to the Crater and see the great number of animals living in the crater. We will descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a morning, half-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhino. The Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. The park boasts of a dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot.
After our safari we will drive you back to Arusha or to Airport where you will catch your flight back home
DAY 1 – ARUSHA – NGORONGORO Game drive. (L)
Attractions
Half day game drive in the world-renowned Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The best place in Tanzania to see the endangered black rhinoceros.
Home to the entire Big Five.
More than 120 species of mammals.
Lake Magadi, which is a magnet for flamingos and other water birds.
Predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever-elusive leopard, which can require the trained eye of your guide to spot.
Picnic lunch by an active hippo pool
