Activities and attractions
Walking safaris
During this remote walking safari, you will explore extinct volcanoes, diverse landscapes, wildlife, and meet the local Maasai, Datoga and Hadzabe. The average short walk basically takes less than four hours, while the long walk takes more than four hours along with other multi-days walks. All the walking activities in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area must be accompanied by an armed ranger with prior booking and arrangement. You not only walk through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area’s natural areas, which have spectacular landscapes, wildlife, and people, but you also synchronize with your surroundings and become one in every detail.
Game drives
While each destination is unique in every detail, a game drive in the Ngorongoro crater is by far the tourists’ most popular and favorite destination. A gradual descent into the Ngorongoro Crater through a lush highland forest, provides countless opportunities to spot magnificent birdlife among various tree species. Once on the grassy crater floor, you may encounter a wide range of grazing herbivores, as well as predators drawn to the plentiful supply of prey.
Cultural tours
This provides room to learn and experience the lifestyle of the most famous and ancient ethnic groups; Hadzabe Datoga and the Maasai. The most prominent being the Maasai people who migrated southeast from the Nile area in the 18th century. The Datoga are pastoralists while the Hadzabe Tribe are an indigenous ethnic group residing near Lake Eyasi. They are hunter-gatherers with a population of less than 1000 and famously known for their absolutely unique lifestyle compared to any other ethnic group in the area. Here you get to know more of their cultural norms, practices and lifestyle. You are also free to participate in their cultural dances, songs as well as buy some souvenirs.
Bird watching
This is an ideal site for keen ornithologists hosting over 550 bird species. The diversity of vegetation in the area and the topography, which includes grassland plains, lakes, marshes, and highlands provide habitats for a wide range of birdlife. The wet months see the arrival of the Eurasian migrants at the pools; white storks, yellow wagtails and swallows mingle with the local inhabitants; flamingos, stilts, saddle-billed storks, ibises, rufous and various species of duck. Lake Magadi, a Salt Lake on the floor of the Ngorongoro crater, is often inhabited by thousands of lesser flamingos and other water birds. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area’s forests are also teeming with birds, such as turaco and hornbill species. Raptors and scavengers are common on the conservation area’s plains. Watch out for distinctive grassland birds such as ostriches, kori bustards, and crowned cranes.