Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania Travel Blogs

Ngoronrogo crator
May 28, 2008 (8 photos)

Ngorongoro Conservation Area 28th May 2008 We awake in the morning to no view of the crater below but instead we saw thick white cloud. It was still very cold and very wet. We had breakfast and then loaded ourselves into the Landcruiser for our ...

Thriller
Jun 28, 2009 (23 photos)

... later we arrived at the western gate of the Serengeti. We had to pass through Serengeti National Park to get to Ngorongoro Conservation area, and discovered at the Welcome Center that we needed to pay an extra $50 to return through the park on Monday. ...

Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater
Aug 19, 2008 (5 photos)

... sleeping in a tree, and on closer inspection, near it was slung a dead gazelle it was saving for later. We continued the game drive until lunch time, then started the journey to the Ngorongoro Conversation Area, where we camped on the rim of the crater.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Aug 1, 2009 (14 photos)

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

On The Road Again
Sep 2, 2009 (4 photos)

... but the park officials make him pay for two beers as consolation. Something seems fishy here.     Ngorongoro crater, according to the Tanzanian Tourist Authority, is the most popular destination in Tanzania, even more popular than the ...

The Cradle of the Crater
Aug 6, 2009 (8 photos)

Thursday 6th August. Up again before daybreak it was very chilly and we ate our egg and toast brekky and set off down into the crater. The cloud was thick as we were above the cloud line on the campsite rim and as we descended the cloud layer were arrived ...

Safari.... So goodie....
May 23, 2009 (61 photos)

... in the distance! Around four we left the shores of Lake Manyara to head to our campsite on the rim of the Ngorongoro crater. Our campsite at the crater was amazing but very cold due to the altitude and the cloud that seems to permanently cling ...

Twenty Cows
Jun 22, 2008 (5 photos)

... the roads and could often tell that a steep cliff lay just off the side of the road. We soon entered the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and left paved roads behind until the drive back to Arusha.   After quite a while of cloud vision, the vehicle ...

The Elephant in the Camp
Jun 24, 2008 (5 photos)

... , it was still exciting to watch them stalk their prey.  We packed up our campground and left for our final destination, Ngorongoro Crater.  We would spend the night at Simba Camp A, on the crater's rim, and leave the next morning for wildlife ...

More Overlanders
Oct 18, 2009 (8 photos)

Bugger.. we must learn to ask is this camp site going to invaded by overland trucks heavily laden with tourists.. once again we had the place to ourselves until about 4:00pm then 2 loads bumped in. The upside is Lisa and I orientate our seats to watch the ...

Ngorongoro Crater
Aug 3, 2008 (10 photos)

We left the truck behind to go to the Serengeti so were all in Jeeps.  The Ngorongoro Crater is amazing!  We saw so many animals!  We came across some Lions who had been feasting on a Zebra, and wanted to rest in some shade - so they did, ...

Ngorongoro Crater
Sep 7, 2008 (22 photos)

... male elephant was a good idea. The next morning after breakfast it was time for our final safari experience down in the Ngorongoro crater. It took probably 20 minutes to drive down the steep and bumpy road into the crater. The first thing we saw ...

Day Five
Nov 8, 2008

... .  Perfect timing as it started to pour five minutes later.   10:00 came and we all set off for the Ngorongoro Crater which was about a 20 minte drive from Gibbs Farm.  Many of our companions wanted to stop and shop for fabrics and other ...

Safari so goodi !
Dec 18, 2008 (22 photos)

... local man called Patrick from the Chagga tribe & our cook  and we head on the 4 hour journey to  Ngorongoro Conservation Area which is situated 180 km (112 miles) west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. It covers an area ...

Day Six
Nov 9, 2008 (5 photos)

... us.  He was enormous and simply breathtaking.  Again, great pics.   We ended the day an the Ngorongoro Crater hippos pool.  There must have been fifty hippos in there, just sleeping on top of each other and occasionally flicking ...

Around the Crater Rim and Into Our Mobile Camp
Feb 17, 2008 (17 photos)

... floor.  The landscape is dotted with Maasai villages and roaming Maasai herds.  We then drove into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area for our game drive.   Again, it started slow with large migratory herds of wildebeests (or gnus), ...

Descent Into the Ngorongoro Crater
Feb 21, 2008 (9 photos)

... photogenic pair.  With our mission complete we headed back up the steep crater wall and spent our night at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge--another great location with great food.  We loved the safari, but were looking forward to working off our ...

I Need a Winter Coat
Mar 22, 2008

... back to our campsite to get some lunch. After lunch the driver and cook packed everything up and were on our way to Ngorongoro. On our way there we saw the millions of wildebeests and zebras again and also the decaying carcass of a baby wildebeest being ...

Day 4 Safari - Ngorongoro Crater
Jul 7, 2008

We went down to the gate of the Crater at 7 am. It was exciting just driving down to the Crater. When we got to the botton, we could see many animals from a distance. I knew right away that it was definitely going to be the best part of the Safari. There ...

It's Official
Oct 6, 2008 (22 photos)

... , brightly coloured fruits and vegetables - A whole multitude of colours contrasted with brilliant red soil. We reached Ngorongoro Conservation area and then started climbing our way up the escarpment to the crater highlands. The roads change now and ...

If it gets any better than this, I don't know how
Oct 7, 2008 (43 photos)

... I see nothing else from now till we leave, I will go home incredibly happy. I awoke this morning to dramatic views over the Ngorongoro Crater, down in the crater was clear, but up around the top of it was encircled in mist. We met Stanley at 8am and ...

Ngorogoro Crater
Jan 17, 2009 (14 photos)

After two days in the Serengeti, we made our way to the Ngorogoro Crater.  This is an amazing place.  There is a crater that is about 17 miles in diameter with  nearly every type of animal found within.  I spent the night on the rim of ...

Allemaal beestjes ... of toch bijna!
Nov 10, 2005 (32 photos)

... rest at Tine's place in Mwanza (check out the sunsets in the former entry), the trip went on to the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater for great camping & some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. And with your own transport, you can avoid the other ...

The Crater
Jul 1, 2008 (6 photos)

The pictures tell most of the story.

The rhythm is gonna getcha.
Sep 7, 2009 (24 photos)

... Serena Lodge with a lovely overlook of the Lake and the park.  Buffet lunch on the veranda was perfect. The drive to Ngorongoro Crater, in the Serengeti National Park, was not the most pleasant.  Teeth jarring, as a matter of fact.  I am ...

The lion sleeps tonight
Sep 8, 2009 (34 photos)

... – get this – St. Louis.  Our guide/driver was Omari. We headed down 2000 feet into the Ngorongoro Crater (a caldera similar to Santorini, Greece, except not filled with water).  The rim of the imploded volcano is readily apparent as ...

Different world
Aug 5, 2009 (12 photos)

Ngorongoro crater was created by the collapse of a massive volcano. The result is a large basin that is kind of sealed off from the rest of the world. On the drive up the hills were covered in thick green foliage and surrounded in mist, quite different ...

Ngorongoro Crater
Aug 23, 2008 (21 photos)

... cheetah (see if you can!), then more lions walking along the side of the road! In the afternoon we went into the Ngorongoro Crater which is just amazing, no giraffes there interestingly and most of the elephants are old bulls that go there to 'retire!. ...

NGORONGORO CRATER, TANZANIA
Sep 14, 2004 (8 photos)

... rock hardened over time giving birth to a brand new hollow nestled in the heart of what is now the remarkable Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Gazing out of the jeep I looked out at the clear blue Tanzanian sky. I imagined the restless volcano spewing ...

Day 3
Sep 27, 2008

After breakfast, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a full day tour with picnic lunches. This Crater is the largest undamaged Caldera in the world (12 miles) and offers a great sanctuary for animals with plenty of vegetation. Animals likely to be seen ...