- Virtual Safari - Ngorongoro Crater -
Use the Binoculars above
to find a variety of animals hiding in the grass
and trees
in the Ngorongoro Crater. Click on the Image to learn more about each animal.
All Pictures on the Virtual Safari were taken by members of the Xpedition
Click on Orbie to return
to the Xpedition Safari Page
- Ngorongoro Crater -
Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest volcanic caldera. The Crater, which formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself some two to three million years ago, is over 2,000 feet deep and covers close to 100 square miles.
( Entrance to the Ngorongoro Crater )
The crater is thought of as "a natural enclosure" for a very wide variety of wildlife including herds of zebra, gazelle, and wildebeest, the crater is home to the "big five" of rhinoceros, lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo. The crater plays host to almost every individual species of wildlife in East Africa, with an estimated 25,000 animals within the crater.
The crater was declared a World Heritage Site in 1978. It is an example of culture and ecotourism smoothly nurtured in the environment, one of the only place on the planet where a human being is living in harmony with wildlife without harming one another.
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