During the dry season, the Conservation Area has been conducting major road works and the roads and tracks leading to many of the NCA'S most visited attractions are in excellent order.
Olduvai Gorge has received plentiful rain and abounds with flowering aloes, the most common of these being 'Aloe volkansii' and the indigenous sisal found there in huge stands. The sisal and aloes make for perfect Dikdik and African Hare habitat, Dikdiks and hares being favored by hungry, roaming cheetahs.
After the widespread fires this last dry season, which burnt away old undergrowth, the woodlands have come alive with new grasses, herbs and flowers. They have rarely looked more beautiful and inviting.
Ngorongoro invites you to come and view this season's new look!
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The previous president had called the Ngorongoro Crater 'the crown jewel in Tanzania's rich array of protected wildlife area'. . . .
A view that was confirmed by President Kikwete during his visit. It showed the strong interest the President and his Government is taking in conservation.
On his visit to Tanzania in February, the President of the United States, George W. Bush, visited Arusha, Tanzania.s third biggest city and the gateway to safaris into the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti. He was greeted by a group of singing Maasai who welcomed him with a traditional dance.
Although the interest was definitely there, politics didn't allow the time for a visit down into the Ngorongoro Crater, one of the most celebrated world heritage sites, the American delegation had been invited to by the Tanzanian Government and the Conservator of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
It has rained and with the rains, the soda lakes fill with both water and flamingos, there is extraordinary growth in all vegetation and with that comes furious nesting activity, while various plains game take advantage of the assured food source and birth their young.
In spite of his many national and international commitments at the beginning of 2008 the President of Tanzania, President Jakaya Kikwete took the time to visit the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in January.
He enjoyed his game drive down into the Crater and was pleased with the abundant wildlife he saw. Black rhinos, elephants, buffaloes, magnificent black maned lions and all the other species as well as the big herds of zebras and wildebeests that roam the crater floor, entertained the members of the presidential delegation.