What makes Ngorongoro Crater so special? It is the world’s largest crater that is intact, inactive and unfilled.
The animals are there all year. There are some animals that do migrate in and out of the crater, but the majority live there for life.
There was plenty of entertainment in the parking lot with lots of baboons of varying sizes.
When we first arrived at the crater, our driver, David, stopped at a viewpoint along one of the crater walls. You could look out over the entire crater.
Once you are at the crater floor, all of the vehicles, some private like ours and others hotel owned, scatter, so you feel like you have the entire crater to yourself.
Ngorongoro Crater was our last stop on our safari, and we had yet to see any fully grown male lions with the full mane.
Throughout the day, we saw a variety of animals. Zebras, wildebeests, and gazelles are common in Ngorongoro Crater.