Ngorongoro Conservation Area Size: 8.288 km², of which the area of the Ngorongoro Crater is 304 km².
Location: 190 km north-west of Arusha.
The world famous Ngorongoro Cratery is entirely situated in a protected area. It has a diameter of about 19.2 km. The rim of the crater is about 2,300 meters high, the floor of the crater is about 610 m lower. Most of the crater rim is wooded. Ngorongoro Crater is the second biggest caldera in the world and offers protection to some 25,000 animals. Professor Grzimek once wrote: "There is nothing with which to compare. It is one of the wonders of the world...". After you've explored the crater, for the first time, you can only agree with that. On the floor are Lake Magadi and the Lerai Forest (yellow fever acacia). Most of the crater's floor is covered with grassland. Although there is some migratory movement in and out of the crater, most animals remain in the crater since it provides ample grazing and water supply all year round.
In the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, on the way to the Serengeti, lies the Olduwai or Oldupai Gorge, which was regared for a long time as the cradle of mankind (where the "Zinjanthropus Boisei" was discovered in 1959).
Many extinct vulcanos like, Oldeani, Lemagrut, Olmoti and Embakai are to be found in the Conservation Area. Back to overview

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