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Ngorongoro Crater
★ Big five in one day◷ Best: Year-round; driest Jun–Sep
OVERVIEW
The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact volcanic caldera — a natural amphitheatre roughly 260 km² in area, its walls rising 600 m above a floor teeming with wildlife. It is one of the very few places on earth where you can reasonably hope to see all of the big five in a single day.
Why go
✦Big five on the crater floor
✦One of Africa’s densest wildlife concentrations
✦Endangered black rhino
✦Sweeping views from the crater rim
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Good to know
Best time
Year-round; driest Jun–Sep
Region
Northern circuit
Getting there
Drive from Arusha or the Serengeti
Ideal stay
1–2 nights
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