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Ngorongoro Crater Tours | Ngorongoro Safari HolidaysWidely regarded as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", the Ngorongoro Crater is a truly spectacular sight and a Ngorongoro Safari is a must for any first-time safari-goer to Tanzania. A Unesco World Heritage Site, this collapsed volcanic caldera covers an area of 8300 square kilometres and encompasses several different ecosystems, including volcanoes, grasslands, waterfalls and mountain forest and forming its own unique ecosystem. What makes Ngorogoro safaris special are its concentration of animals, an estimated 30 000 animals inhabit the 260 square kilometre area of the Ngorongoro crater. If your available time is limited but your budget not, the 4-day Ngorongoro Crater Lodge fly-in safari is the optimum choice for holidays in Tanzania (the location spectacular, the décor sublime and the service in line with & Beyond's legendary reputation). Should you be looking for a longer Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti safari still within the & Beyond group of lodges, we suggest our Best of the Crater and Serengeti luxury safari. Should you be looking for longer Tanzania tours on a set budget, then Tanzania scheduled safari is for you. Should neither of these options be what you are looking for, then browse our East Africa tours or Ngorongoro Crater lodges or contact us for a tailor-made proposal. A handful of renowned lodges in the Ngorongoro Crater are dotted around the crater rim, surely among the most breathtaking and serene locations in Africa. For those looking for a more modest holiday in Tanzania, other accommodation exists within an easy drive of the crater and day trips are possible to the crater floor. Although a Ngorongoro Crater safari holds spectacular vistas and excellent game viewing, this safari "hot-spot" does get crowded with over two-hundred safari vehicles on the crater floor daily. We highly recommend this destination and a Ngorongoro crater tour, although caution our clientele that remote safari experiences are better experienced elsewhere in East Africa. A Ngorongoro safari combines excellently with a Serengeti safari, and Safari365 can easily combine these two destinations as well as others. Ngorongoro Safaris are literally "Wildlife Central". Geologists believe that the Ngorongoro volcano (which ultimately formed the Ngorongoro Crater) was originally 1000m higher than Mount Kilimanjaro until the volcano collapsed around 2-million years ago, cultivating the Serengeti plains (the only habitat that can sustain the birth of half a million wildebeest calves in two months on an annual basis). The Greater Ngorongoro Conservation Area is also home to one of the most iconic tribes in Africa, the Masai. These nomadic people have maintained their traditional lifestyle whist co-existing with, and adapting to, the influx of tourism. The area is also ideal for the preservation of fossils, and was the site of the archaeological discoveries of early human remains made by Dr Louis Leaky and his wife, Mary, at Olduvai Gorge just to the west of the Ngorongoro highlands. All in all, the Ngorongoro crater is a must for anyone contemplating holidays in Tanzania.
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