This game park is a good choice for those who don't like to be crowded by large numbers of visitors and tourist buses. The resulting caldera is one of the biggest in the world, a lush bowl-like landscape with steep walls up to 300metres high, containing grasslands, swamps, forests, salt pans and a freshwater lake. Wildlife thrives in this environment and it is one of Africa's best game viewing places. Bird-watchers delight in the thousands of flamingoes that may be seen at Lake Magadi. From here you may take the Ngorongoro Crater bus.
Car hire is also available.
This is Tanzania's largest and most famous national park. Its vast grass plains support several million hoofed animals and the reserve is known for lions, cheetahs and large herds of giraffe. The Serengeti has also been awarded world heritage site status as a stronghold for one of the last great migrations. If you would like to see the annual migration, go between May and July to the western corridor, though it is quite difficult to pinpoint the time as it is weather dependent. Zimbabwe Hwange National Park Hwange National Park is one of Zimbabwe's chief attractions.