Ngorongoro Area Pros & Cons

Overview

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is part of the Serengeti ecosystem and declared as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Pros of booking a safari to Ngorongoro Conservation:

• The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is home to an incredible diversity of wildlife, including Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles, wildebeest, zebra and large herds of buffalo.


• Carter is one of the best places in Tanzania to see the Big Five.


• Ngorongoro Conservation is the only place to spot black Rhino in Tanzania.


• Amazing birdlife can be spotted which includes 500 birds’ species out of which 400 can be found in the crater itself.


• The conservation area offers a good variety of accommodation.

• The peak season offers a great game viewing but the open field can be dusty and less striking scenery is spotted here.


• Anopheles mosquitoes are bigger threats.