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Northern Tanzania

Ngorongoro Crater

The world’s largest inactive volcanic caldera: a green bowl 600 metres deep with more than 25,000 animals inside it.

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Sun at Ngorongoro today Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:30

Zebras grazing in Ngorongoro Crater, with the crater rim behind

Ngorongoro at a glance

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Trips that visit here
06:15
Sunrise at Ngorongoro today
18:30
Sunset at Ngorongoro today
12.2hours
Of daylight today
  • Age Formed about two to three million years ago
  • Size About 20 kilometres across and 600 metres deep
  • Animals Over 25,000, including the critically endangered black rhino
  • Status UNESCO World Heritage Site
A wide view across a crater floor and its lake

What you do there

What to do in Ngorongoro

From first light to last, with today’s real sunrise and sunset at Ngorongoro to mark the day.

  1. Sunrise at Ngorongoro today

    06:15

  2. Drive into the crater

    Lions, elephants, buffalo, leopards, black rhino, zebra, wildebeest and hyena inside one natural amphitheatre.

  3. Photograph the light

    Sunrise and sunset colour the walls of the crater.

  4. Visit a Maasai village

    Learn about customs and dances from a community that has shared the land with wildlife for generations.

  5. Sunset at Ngorongoro today

    18:30

A zebra facing the camera Two lions resting on a gnarled tree

Best time

When to go to Ngorongoro

Tanzania’s seasons, high June to October and low March to May, apply.

In pictures

Ngorongoro as our guests see it

  • A lion pride close together, one of them roaring
  • A buffalo in the water with a bird on its back
  • A buffalo with a heavy horn boss, close up

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Trips that visit Ngorongoro

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