Ngorongoro,
is a caldera. Caldera - a crater
which was created by a collapsing
volcano. The Ngorongoro volcano, was
actually taller than Kilimanjaro.
Today with a diameter of 16-19 km
and an area of 265 Sqkm it is the
largest crater in the world. From
the rim, the crater bed can be seen
dotted with animals and with a
closer observation,
 may be with a
help of binoculars, one can not only
spot herds of buffalos and
wildebeest but also some pride of
lions or even rhinos.
Ngorongoro is a queer ecosystem, it
has all the basic elements of a
large national park - herbivores,
cats, pachyderms, scavengers and
needless to say a lake and a small
'forest'.
The lake at the bottom is filled
with pink flamingos and hippos.
Crater is also a good place to
witness the famed 'queue' of
wildebeests, which come to the lake
in this seemingly never ending line
everyday to quench their thirst.
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