Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater is by far the Africa’s most stunning geological feature, a genuinely amazing sunken caldera that is home to a diverse range of habitats and nearly all of the wild animals. The Ngorongoro Crater, identified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, its the most well-known and visited zone of the entire Ngorongoro Conservation Area, as well as the most scenic area with the highest concentration of animals on the African continent; it is also the only place in Tanzania where you can easily spot the Big 5.

It is really a massive non-flooded caldera that developed 3 million years ago as a result of the collapse of a volcano that was believed to be as tall as 4,500-5,800 meters. The crater is 2,200 metres above sea level and measures 19 km in breadth, 16 km in length, and 610 metres in depth, with a surface area of 265 km2; the slopes are intact and covered with dense forest up to a height of 3,200 metres above sea level.