Game Drive In Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro crater is one of Africas animal dense areas, which makes it an ideal safari destination. The game drive safari experiences in Ngorongoro Crater involves getting into a 4X4 Safari Land Cruiser with Pop-up Roof and descend into the Crater through a lush highland forest, with magnificent birdlife to be seen in the different tree species. Off-track driving is not allowed in the conservation area.

The crater floor is grassy and attracts large numbers of herbivores like Zebra, Elephant, Wildebeest, and Buffalo, which are commonly spotted. Giraffes are occasionally spotted in this part of the conservation area. A real special of the crater is the Black Rhino, which is hard to spot in any other part of Tanzania. The crater also attracts large numbers of antelope species like Waterbuck, Impala, Topi, Oribi, Eland, Grants and Thomsons Gazelles. The water pools around the crater attract hippopotamus.

Carnivores are also in the crater, they are attracted by the large numbers of herbivores. Lion, Cheetah, Spotted Hyena, Black-backed and golden jackal are commonly spotted. Leopards sometimes visit the crater but are occasionally seen.
The Ngorongoro conservation area inhabits several bird species; notable birds in the crater include Black kite, Black-winged lapwing, Hildebrandt's spurfowl, Kenya rufous sparrow, Lesser flamingo.