NGORONGORO CRATER

This "eighth wonder of the world" is located 180 km away west of the city of Arusha.

Ngorongoro is a vast territory stretching between the walls huge calderas, an ancient extinct volcano. There used to be a mountain on this site, which was about the highest peak of the Kilimanjaro Mountains. Great volcanic eruption here It created the largest intact volcanic crater in the world.

The bottom of the caldera lies at an altitude of 1,800 m, its walls are about 600 m taller. In the caldera with an area of 260 km², the largest concentration of of African animals, including the so-called S. The Big Five (buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard, rhinoceros). Approximately 30,000 individuals live here - among them mainly wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, buffaloes, waterbucks and many other species of antelopes and gazelles - who usually do not migrate during the year. They stay all their lives because They have enough food all year round.

The Ngorongoro crater also has the densest population of lions and is also home to The last pieces of the almost extinct black rhinoceros, also called black.

This perfect balance of nature works in large part thanks to hyenas, of which there are twice as many in the crater as in the surrounding areas. It is the hyenas that take care of the huge area of the former crater There are no rotting remains of animals. Thanks to hyenas, contagious diseases cannot be so easily spread.

The Maasai named this place the Gift of Life.

Possible Activities

Game drive