Tanzania Top Safari Attractions: The Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Measuring 8,288km2 Ngorongoro conservation area comprises Ngorongoro crater, Olduvai Gorge, and huge expanses of highland plains, scrub bush, water falls and mountain forests in Tanzania. The area was originally part of the Serengeti National Park during its first gazzettment by the British in 1951 but continued conflict between the Maasai who were still living in the park and the park authorities over land use led to the creation of the Ngorongoro conservation area in 1959 where both wildlife and human co-exist beautifully.
The area is part of the larger Serengeti ecosystem, adjoining the Serengeti National Park to the north-west, flanked by the southern Serengeti plains which extend to the north into unprotected Loliondo division.
The main attraction in this area is without a doubt the “>Ngorongoro crater world’s largest volcanic caldera 2000ft deep with a 260km2 floor whose formation was as a result of a giant volcano explosion causing collapse on itself over 3million years ago.