Crater floor picnic sites
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
About
Designated hippo-pool picnic spots where lodges pack boxed lunches for game-drive days.
Opening hours
- Monday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 6:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Sunday: 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Where it is
Getting to & around Ngorongoro Crater
From other cities: Light aircraft serve nearby airstrips such as Lake Manyara and Serengeti's Seronera, but most visitors reach the crater by road via Karatu.
Getting around: Access into and around the crater is strictly by 4x4 vehicle with a guide; the steep descent and ascent roads are one-way and closely regulated.
Full getting-there guideMore in Ngorongoro Crater
National Park
Ngorongoro Crater floor
The wildlife-packed caldera bottom with grassland, the Lerai forest and soda Lake Magadi.
Crater rim viewpoints
Dramatic lookouts along the rim offering the classic aerial view down into the crater.
Museum
Olduvai (Oldupai) Gorge
The Cradle of Mankind, a renowned palaeoanthropology site with a small museum.
National Park
Empakaai Crater
A deep highland crater holding a flamingo-fringed soda lake, reached on a scenic hike.