3-Day Ngorongoro Safari with Maasai Village Cultural Experience

Meet your local tour guide and drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) for a half-day game drive.

Enjoy a game drive across Ngorongoro's large tract of savannah, rainforest, and bushland. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the only place on earth where humans and wildlife co-exist in harmony.

See an area that combines wildlife conservation with human habitation, enabling people, livestock, and wild animals to live together in peace.

Witness the Ndutu area, famed for its short grass plains, where the grass is particularly rich in nutrients for the young.

Spot wildebeest and zebra calving on these plains, with a peak around February, creating a beautiful natural spectacle and exciting predator hunting behaviours. The wildebeest continue to mature on the short grass plains well into March and April, gaining strength for the long migration north following the rains and the new pastures.

After breakfast, descend into the Ngorongoro Crater for a half-day game drive with lunch boxes.

Drive to Lake Manyara for Maasai village excursions. Ngorongoro Crater is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and lies in Africa's Great Rift Valley in the eastern part of the continent. It is also famous for geology research.

Descend over 600 meters into the Ngorongoro Crater and take in this breathtaking natural wonder.

See herds of wildebeest, buffalo, zebra, hippos, African elephants, eland, and warthogs. The park is unique for its concentration of predators such as lions, jackals, cheetahs, hyenas, and the mysterious, rarely spotted leopard.

Head to the southwest corner of the crater, where Lake Magadi lies, a large but shallow alkaline lake described as one of the main features of the crater. The lake is home to large numbers of flamingos, hippos, and many other water birds.

Conclude your last day with an exploration of a Maasai village in Mto wa Mbu along Lake Manyara.

Stroll through the village across the rolling hills of the plateau, spend time with the villagers, learn about their daily lifestyle, and join them in their exuberant Maasai cultural singing, jumping, and dancing.

Learn about Maasai traditions, including circumcision.

Have a delicious cultural lunch prepared in the village.

Drive back to Arusha town, where your adventurous tour comes to an end.