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The Ngorongoro crater standing at 2236 metres above sea level is the largest unbroken caldera in the world. Surrounded by very steep walls rising 610 metres from the Crater floor this natural amphitheatre measures about 16 - 19 miles across in diameter and has an area of 259 sq.km. it is such a captivating and breathtaking phenomenon. "It is impossible to give a fair description of the crater" so wrote Professor Bernard Gizimek, "there is nothing with which to compare. It is one of the wonders of the world."
On the floor of this Garden of Eden, which can be reached by a 4 wheel drive vehicle, roam hundreds of thousands of plains animals, elephants, buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, rhino, velvet monkey and the ever hungry predators, including cheetah, hyenas and black manned lion can be observed at close quarters in their natural habitats.
More than a hundred species of birds not found in the Serengeti have been spotted here. Ostriches, kori bustards, secretary birds, crested cranes, egrets, red billed ox-peckers and the countless flamingos which form a pink cover over the soda lake can be observed..
Ngorongoro Crater is about 190km. From Arusha 60km from lake Manyara and 145km. From Serengeti
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