Ngorongoro
Ngorongoro - a protected area in the crater of the same name, covering an area of 265 km2. This area appeared as a result of a volcano explosion 2.5 million years ago.
Ngorongoro Crater is located on the outskirts of the Serengeti Savannah, and in the southeast lies the famous Lake Manyara. The crater is also notable for the fact that its edges up to 2286 meters high do not allow animals to freely go outside, which is why their own fauna formed here, cut off from the rest of Africa.
Outbreaks of heights impede the advancement of air masses, so high areas are often covered with fogs due to the abundance of rains. In the lowland areas there are very sharp temperature drops. The edges of the Ngorongoro crater are covered mainly with shrubs, at the bottom you can also place Lake Magadi, where you can see pink flamingos.
In 1951, the crater was included in the Serengeti National Park, in 1979 the territory of the crater began to be protected by UNESCO as an outstanding natural monument. All this led to the fact that in 1981 the crater became a biosphere reserve. But even such protected land has its own difficulties. On the outskirts, illegal agricultural land is constantly being eliminated. About 400 thousand cattle graze through the territory of the Serengeti Park, which greatly harm the local fauna. The Tanzanian leadership wants to resolve this problem by purchasing land outside the park.
About 25,000 different animals took refuge in the Ngorongoro crater, among which you can find zebras, buffaloes, antelope wildebeest and cannes, gazelles. Here, the highest concentration of predators in Africa is observed. In addition to them, black elephants, rhinos, as well as hippos are found here, which is very unusual for these latitudes.
