Ngorongoro crater
Ngorongoro crater was formed over 2.5 million years ago, after the collapse of the volcano and formed the largest world caldera with its high elevation at its rim 10000 ft elevation and its floor at 5400ft elevation. The Calder is a host of about 25000 resident animals including the east African savanna animals lion, elephant, black rhino, buffalo and leopard, “the big 5”
Ngorongoro conservancy is the only place where humans coexist with the animals in harmony. Approximately 42,000 Maasai families call this place home. They live in this park farming the land and herding cattle. The highlands offer a great opportunity for hiking and nature walks.
The park also provides the best historical background of human remains in olduvai gorge where Dr. Leakey discovered the traces of homo habilis of the first human that proved that the human species originated in Africa.