Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, East Africa is a very popular spot for holiday tours for holiday makers from all around Africa. Tanzania has a wealth of fascinating attractions to visit and explore whilst on safari in East Africa.

Abundant big game, places of great historical value, tall mountains and volcanoes, deep fissures and gorges and the sparkling Indian Ocean - Tanzania is a friendly country of great diversity and beauty. Discover the beauty and wonder of big five game safaris in Africa. Ngorongoro Crater Lodge is ideally situated within close proximity of the many safari attractions in the region.

A population of approximately 25,000 large animals, largely ungulates along with reputedly the highest density of mammalian predators in Africa, lives in the crater. Large animals in the crater include the black rhinoceros, the local population of which declined from about 108 in 1964-66 to between 11-14 in 1995, and the hippopotamus, which is very uncommon in the area. There also are many other ungulates: the wildebeest (7,000 estimated in 1994), the zebra (4,000), the eland, and Grant's and Thompson's gazelles (3,000).