Day trip from Arusha: Ngorongoro Crater

The whole crater floor, in a single day.

Four elephants walking across the grassland of the Ngorongoro Crater floor with the crater wall behind them
Roughly
12 hours
Published price
US$570

It's a long day, and the priciest of these trips, simply because the crater conservation and descent fees are what they are. You'll leave Arusha before dawn, drive up through farmland to the rim, and head down onto a floor of roughly 260 square kilometres, surrounded by walls six hundred metres high. It has the highest concentration of large mammals in the country, and it's the most realistic place in Tanzania to see black rhino, though it's never a sure thing. You'll be back in Arusha in the evening.

About the price

US$570 per person, as published on our existing site, as at 27 August 2026. Most of that goes on park and conservation fees, which the authorities set, not us. We'll confirm the exact figure in writing when you get in touch, so please don't treat this page as a quotation.

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