Day Trip Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Magadi - Ref: 006

Day Itinerary
AM Pick up from Arusha City – Drive across the Great Rift valley to reach the Lodge, where you will pick your picnic lunch. The Ngorongoro Crater, which stands, 2286 m above sea level, is the largest unbroken caldera in the World. Surrounded by very steep walls rising 610 m from the crater floor, its natural amphitheatre measures about 19 km across in diameter and has an area of 260 sq. km. It is impossible to give a fair description of the Crater, IT IS ONE OF THE 8TH WONDERS OF THE WORLD. On the crater floor, roams hundreds of thousands of plain animals, elephant, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, rhino, velvet monkey and the ever-hungry predators, including hyenas and black maned lion, can be observed at close quarters in their natural habitats. — You return to Arusha City by 1800 hrs
Meal Plan: Lunch / Picnic Lunch Box, 1 Litre Bottle, Mineral Water

Lake Magadi
Not to be confused with the Kenyan lake of the same name set only a hundred kilometres away, the Tanzanian Lake Magadi is an exquisite soda lake in the Ngorongoro Crater, named the Swahili word for salt. This is a wonderful destination for nature photographers, a scene that changes exquisitely through the seasons, moving through lush greens into striking oranges and bright pinks. Along with the changes come captivating, changing groups of animals including rhino, eland and lion, as well as golden jackals who come to hunt the flamingos. Spread over 11.2 square kilometres, the lake cultivates a unique ecosystem with its blue-green algae, which nourishes the plants and small creatures here. The surrounding crater is filled with incredible other natural attractions and a much wider variety of wildlife.