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Ngorongoro Conservation Area Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania
Awake to pea soup & then down into this big hole
... their hundreds for their annual migration to the Masai Mara. I certainly preferred the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Crater but both were marvellous places to see the animals in their natural environment. Visiting ...
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorogoro Crater is only part of a group of interrelated ecosystems adjacent to Serengeti National Park. The entire conservation area comprises 8300 sq km. The crater itself is a 20 km circle of very steep mountains. "Crater" might not ...
More Overlanders
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 ...
Ngorongoro Crater
... 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 ...
Going to Ngorongoro
... was to spot a Northern black rhino, which is on the brink of extinction, in the distance, The story is that it had escaped from a conservation area and the rangers were on their way to round it up and return it to its safer home. At any rate, it ...
Ngorongoro Crater
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, ...
It's Official
... , 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 ...
Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park
Before sunrise we started the Lambs diesel engine and headed to the gates of the Ngorongoro Crater gates. We paid our US-Dollars and entered without much fuss. It wasn't long before we were bumping along the Crater rim waiting in anticipation for our ...
And then there was wine!
... then goes home for a month. We then went on a cool game drive and had a picnic lunch at the border of Serengeti and Ngorongoro parks. Stopped at the Olduvai Gorge where Louis and Mary Leakey did much of their field work. Its known as the ...
Ngorongoro
... what is left of a huge volcanic crater not far from the world famous Olduvai Gorge (which is also part of the conservation area) where early man once walked. Volcanic craters form stunning backdrops to some of the richest grazing grounds in ...
Eating with lions
... er weer uit om 5.45 uur. We zijn dit keer met een 4x4 op pad gegaan ipv met de truck. Om 6.15 reden we richting de Ngorongoro krater wat op zo’n 1400 m ligt. We hebben erg veel wild gespot. Speciaal waren de olifanten op de weg en de leeuwen die ...
Day Five
... later. 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 ...
The Elephant in the Camp
... , 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 ...
Safari so goodi !
... , a 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 ...
Day Six
... towards 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 ...
Around the Crater Rim and Into Our Mobile Camp
... 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
... the 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 ...
If it gets any better than this, I don't know how
... , if 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 ...
I Need a Winter Coat
... 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 ...
Ngorongoro Crater
... into groups of five and were taken in safari jeeps for a full day of game driving. Our first destination was Ngorongoro Conservation Area which is series of craters resulting from imploded volcanoes. It is 30 kilometres in diameter and is packed ...
Ngoringoro Crater
Our descent down into the ngorongoro crater. A beam of light breaks through the cloud cover onto the center. A spotted hiena feeds on a head of a warthog. Another amazing kill by a pride of lions. They took down a wildebeest. There was lions everywhere ...
Keep Truckin'
... climb over the jungle covered edge of the crater we drove down through the cloud line onto a vast plain. It was such a big area it was easy to forget you were inside a crater. The depth provides a fairly stable climate all year round which means animals ...
Day 4 Safari - Ngorongoro Crater
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 ...
Flere dyr
Ngorongoro er en vulkan som er faldet sammen og det skaber et kaempe krater, hvor der ogsaa er en masse dyr. Vi saa mange af de samme dyr vi allerede havde set, men det var alligevel ikke kedeligt. Vi saa baade strudser, loever og bavianer lave boern og ...
The People of the Masai
Early morning breakfast overlooking the lake was great and a lovely way to start the day and end the safari experience, sadly we head home today. Our first stop after leaving the park at lunch time was a small Masai village. I talked about the ...
Ngorongoro
The eighth wonder of the world stretching across about 8,300 sq km lies the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Covering the northern part of Tanzania this incredibly landscape boast a blend of spectacular wildlife, people and archaeology that is unsurpassed in ...
Safari!
... planes so that will be interesting!! We will spend a week on Zanzibar, cannot wait to be by the pool with a cocktail, after this month I need a holiday!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngorongoro_Conservation_Area ...
The Animal Crater
... and a place not far from the beginning of mankind. This place was amazing. This place was 'the animal crater'. The word Ngorongoro has many meanings including; cowbell, Masai edge, and also rolling stone down the edge.The Ngorongoro crater is 610 metres ...