Ngorongoro Crater is the world-famous area that lies at the eastern edge of the Serengeti just west of Arusha in northwest Tanzania. Known as ‘Garden of Eden’ it’s a place of contrast beauty and is the best self-contained safari destination in the world. It occupies 102 square miles of pristine African wilderness including the crowning jewel of Ngorongoro Crater. This is the world’s largest un-flooded volcanic caldera, formed approximately two to three million years ago when a volcano exploded and fell into itself to create a huge depression some 2,000 feet deep, it would have been higher than Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.

The Ngorongoro Crater plays host to almost every individual species of wildlife in East Africa, with an estimated 25,000 animals within the crater. Animals are present all year-round, making this a destination not to miss.