The Tourist Travel & Field Guide to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Article number 10222670

This comprehensive guide combines practical travel information with a detailed natural-history field guide to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. The travel section covers routes and access, accommodation, road conditions, climate and the best time to visit, together with information on the region’s history, people, topography, geology and archaeology. Detailed maps show the conservation area, the Ngorongoro Crater and other important landscapes and tourist areas. The field-guide section contains checklists and more than 500 photographs of plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects that visitors are likely to encounter. Information is also provided on plant uses, animal habitats and characteristic behaviour, making the book useful both for travellers planning a safari and for visitors wishing to identify and understand the wildlife and natural environment of the Ngorongoro region.