Karatu · Tanzania

Ngorongoro Crater
A collapsed volcano 20 km across holding roughly 25,000 large animals inside its walls, year round.
Muhtasari
Ngorongoro is the largest intact volcanic caldera in the world: a bowl about 20 kilometres wide and 600 metres deep, formed when a mountain thought to have rivalled Kilimanjaro collapsed some two and a half million years ago. Grassland, swamp, soda lake and a small yellow-fever acacia forest sit inside the walls, and because there is permanent water and grazing the animals do not need to migrate. The result is a density found almost nowhere else - lion, elephant, buffalo, hippo, flamingo, and one of the last reliable places in Tanzania to see black rhino. The wider Ngorongoro Conservation Area is not a national park but a multiple land-use area where Maasai families graze cattle alongside wildlife, and it also contains Olduvai Gorge, where the Leakeys' excavations rewrote the early human record. The crater floor is open to vehicles for a limited window each day and can feel busy; the rim, the highlands and Empakaai and Olmoti craters are quieter.
Vinjari kwa aina katika Ngorongoro Crater
Picha za Ngorongoro Crater
Safari zinazotembelea Ngorongoro Crater
Mambo ya kufanya Ngorongoro Crater
Maeneo na matukio badala ya kampuni. Kila moja lina kile ambacho ungekigundua ukifika tu.
The crater floor
WanyamaporiSix hundred metres down, roughly 25,000 large animals inside twenty kilometres of caldera wall.
The descent is charged per vehicle, not per person, and the permit is for six hours — so a full car costs each of you less, and the clock starts at the gate rather than at the bottom.
Nusu sikuKwa malipo
Olduvai Gorge
HistoriaWhere the Leakeys found the fossils that moved human origins to East Africa.
It sits on the road between Ngorongoro and the Serengeti, so it costs an hour rather than a day if you time it as a stop rather than a detour.
Saa 2Kwa malipo
Empakaai Crater walk
MandhariA steep descent to a soda lake inside a smaller, greener caldera.
One of the few places in the conservation area you may walk, with a ranger. On a clear morning Ol Doinyo Lengai and Kilimanjaro are both visible from the rim.
Saa 5Kwa malipo
Mahali vilipo, karibu na Ngorongoro Crater
Orodha 60 zenye mahali kwenye ramani.
- Zilizoorodheshwa
- Zimewekwa kwa mji
Gharama ya Ngorongoro Crater
Gharama zote ukiwa safarini, kwa mtu kwa siku, bila tiketi za ndege za kimataifa. Viwango badala ya namba moja, kwa sababu malazi na ukubwa wa kikundi hubadilisha jumla kuliko kitu kingine chochote.
| Mtindo | Kwa mtu, kwa siku |
|---|---|
| Kambi au hoteli ya bei nafuu, gari la pamoja | US$ 190 – US$ 260 |
| Hoteli ya kitalii ya kiwango cha kati | US$ 260 – US$ 470 |
| Kambi ya kifahari, gari binafsi | US$ 700 – US$ 1,500 |
Kati ya hizo, US$ 110 – US$ 180 kwa siku ni ada za serikali zilizowekwa na Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority. Kila mtoa huduma analipa sawa, kwa hiyo bei iliyo chini ya kiwango hiki si ofa bora — ni safari tofauti.
Kushuka kreta ya Ngorongoro, kwa gari: US$ 295
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Wakati wa kutembelea Ngorongoro Crater
Mwezi kwa mwezi: wanyamapori, hali ya hewa na msongamano.
Oktoba
Dry season — good roads, thinner bush, animals gathering at water.
- Wanyamapori
- Wanyamapori: 5 / 5
- Hali ya hewa
- Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5
- Msongamano
- Msongamano: 3 / 5
- Mvua
- 40 mm
- Joto
- 9–22 °C
Onyesha miezi yote kumi na miwiliFicha jedwali kamili
| Wakati bora wa kutembelea | Wanyamapori | Hali ya hewa | Msongamano | Mvua | Joto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JanuariThe crater holds its game year-round — no season to miss. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 3 / 5 | 60 mm | 9–22 °C |
| FebruariMsimu wa kileleDry season — good roads, thinner bush, animals gathering at water. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 4 / 5 | 55 mm | 9–22 °C |
| MachiWet month — expect rain most days, and lush, difficult country. | Wanyamapori: 4 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 3 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 110 mm | 9–21 °C |
| ApriliLong rains — some tracks impassable and some camps closed. Lowest prices. | Wanyamapori: 4 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 2 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 200 mm | 9–20 °C |
| MeiLong rains — some tracks impassable and some camps closed. Lowest prices. | Wanyamapori: 4 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 2 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 150 mm | 8–20 °C |
| JuniCold, clear mornings on the rim; excellent visibility below. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 4 / 5 | 30 mm | 7–20 °C |
| JulaiMsimu wa kilelePeak dry season — the best game viewing and the highest prices. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 5 / 5 | 10 mm | 7–19 °C |
| AgostiMsimu wa kilelePeak dry season — the best game viewing and the highest prices. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 5 / 5 | 10 mm | 7–19 °C |
| SeptembaMsimu wa kilelePeak dry season — the best game viewing and the highest prices. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 5 / 5 | Msongamano: 4 / 5 | 15 mm | 8–21 °C |
| OktobaDry season — good roads, thinner bush, animals gathering at water. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 3 / 5 | 40 mm | 9–22 °C |
| NovembaWet month — expect rain most days, and lush, difficult country. | Wanyamapori: 4 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 3 / 5 | Msongamano: 2 / 5 | 105 mm | 9–21 °C |
| DesembaShort rains — brief afternoon storms, green landscapes, fewer visitors. | Wanyamapori: 5 / 5 | Hali ya hewa: 4 / 5 | Msongamano: 4 / 5 | 90 mm | 9–22 °C |