Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area spans vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests. Was established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife co-existing with semi-nomadic Maasai pastorals practicing traditional livestock grazing, includes the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest caldera. The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting the area, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles and other animals into the northern plains. Extensive archaeological research has also yielded a long sequence of evidence of human evolution and human-environment dynamics, including early hominid footprints dating back 3.6 million years.Large numbers of tourists began visiting the caldera in the 1930s, when a lodge was built on its rim. Since the region’s incorporation into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in 1959, additional lodges have been built. The caldera is included within a UNESCO World Heritage site designated in 1979.

Ngorongoro Crater

This extinct volcanic caldera in the Eastern (Great) Rift Valley, northern Tanzania, lies 180 km from the center town of Arusha. The caldera measures between 10 and 12 miles (16 and 19 km) across and has an area of 102 square miles (264 square km). Its heavily forested rim rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above the caldera’s floor to an elevation of 7,500 feet (2,286 meters). Ngorongoro is thought to have formed about 2.5 million years ago from a large active volcano whose cone collapsed inward after a major eruption, leaving the present vast, unbroken caldera as its chief remnant.

Ngorongoro Crater Tour is the best tour a person can do while in Arusha or Tanzania,you can have even a day trip Safari from Arusha town,you can contact Signature Safari  so that we can arrange the best Safari Package for Ngorongoro Crater Tour for a private or even a group join in any date of your choice.