The Ngorongoro Crater is considered one of the largest volcanic calderas on the planet, located within the Ngorongoro conservation area, in Tanzania, it is one of the most beautiful places on the African continent and one of the few places where we can find known as the 5 giants of Africa.
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| Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a protected area located in the high volcanic areas of Tanzania, it has a total extension of 8,288 km². This place receives millions of tourists every year to see one of the wildest areas of the entire continent, being located about 180 km west of the city of Arusha.
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| Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
The Ngorongoro Crater is undoubtedly the most visited area of the entire conservation area, where we can find a natural space in its purest form, where it is possible to see a large number of animals in their habitat and enjoy the lagoon located in the center of the boiler.
The Ngorongoro Crater is not the only one that we can find within the conservation area, since in it we can locate a total of nine volcanoes, of which 8 are inactive, being the Oldoinyo Lengai volcano the only one that is currently active.
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| Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area are located the two places of greatest tourist interest in all of Tanzania, it is treated as it could not be the incredible Ngorongoro Crater and the Oldupai Gorge, one of the most important places in the world for the investigation of the evolution of the human species.
The Ngorongoro area formerly belonged to the Serengeti National Park, from which it was separated in 1959, becoming a conservation area for the habitat and animals of Tanzania and the African continent.
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| Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
In a few years later, more specifically in 1979, the entire Ngorongoro area was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco, and on July 31, 2010, the protection zone was extended to include archaeological remains that abound in Ngorongoro.
The archaeological zone of Ngorongoro is one of the most important in the entire planet, for the study that the human species has suffered, within the area we can see both traces and remains of Homo habilis cataloged as mixed, natural and cultural heritage.
The 5 giants of Africa, lion, leopard, black rhinoceros, elephant and kaffir buffalo, wild nature
As I mentioned at the beginning of the publication in the protected area where the Ngorongoro Crater is located, it is one of the few places where you can see the 5 giants of Africa, which are none other than the lion, the leopard, the black rhino, the elephant and the kaffir buffalo.
The Ngorongoro Crater is considered the smallest delimited area where the 5 giants of Africa can be located, this term was coined by fans of big game hunting and refers to the 5 most difficult animals to hunt on foot, plus Later the expression was adopted by the tour guides of the safaris.