Game drive in Ngorongoro crater is a superb safari experience since the area hosts a vast variety of wildlife species. Exploring the largest intact caldera in the world, and a home to over 25,000 animals in the small space of 260 square kilometers.
Ngorongoro Crater boasts for its highest population of wildlife, especially the big cats like lions, leopards and is one of the eight natural wonders of the world in Arusha, Tanzania. Game drive in Ngorongoro crater can be done till 4:30 pm and all the safari cars must be out of the crater by that time.
Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater is best done after descending down into the crater through lush forests at the crater walls with sweat songs of birds being heard from the forest. Once you descend down the crater floor where you discover the secrete of nature, home of both herbivores and carnivores. There is also high way of sightseeing the huge flocks of flamingos around the shallow Lake Magadi.
The best time to do game drive here ,is during morning hours, when most of the animals are more active. Morning game drives is quite interesting as you can be able to watch big cats on a hunt while grazing as they look for fresh grass with due especially during the hot dry season. It is easy to spot most of the big game during the morning game drive such as shy black rhinos which prefers grazing in cold time of the day, elephants, buffalos, lions, leopards, among others.
Then, the afternoon game drive in Ngorongoro Crater starts after your lunchtime as you descend down to the 610-meter crater to explore the best wildlife viewing. It is quite rewarding, especially during rainy season when animals are more active in the afternoon than morning due, according to the weather conditions of the crater.
Game drive in Ngorongoro Crater begins after morning breakfast and if its full day game drive, advised go with picnic lunch boxes then descend down to the tremendous crater floor. Tourist get to have a top view from the crater before descending down inside the crater. It can also be done in ‘’Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area which is governed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority’’, especially in Ndutu area where the calving wildebeest migration occurs annually. Truly, game drive in Ngorongoro gives an eye witness of the watching calving season, which occurs in Late Feb to early March where thousands of wildebeest give birth on a daily basis.
Tourists can also supplement their game drive adventure with a walking safari at the crater rim, cultural tour by visiting the Manyata of the Local Maasai people. Can visit the Olduvai Gorge museum in order to discover the remains of the ancient man that were kept after the discovery of Dr. Leacky and Mary.
Game drive in Ngorongoro crater is quite fantastic, especially when the visitors have more time to explore the entire Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will explore African big 5 and other games to see include: wildebeest, zebra, Topis, Eland, Gazelles, among others.
