NGORONGORO CRATER

At 18 Kilometers (11miles) across, the Ngorongoro Crater is the largest perfect caldera in the world. This outstanding wonder is only one of the attractions within a vast and diverse conservation area. High mountain forest extends to the lip of the crater. Crotons dominate the low altitudes which blends into red thorn acacias, pillar wood and strangler fig as one moves higher.

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Serena Lodge
Camouflaged in river-stone and cloaked in indigenous creepers, this is a triumph of ecological and architectural fusion.

Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
Inspired by the Maasai mud-and-stick manyatta (homestead); one of the most architecturally spectacular safari lodges in Africa.

Rhino Lodge
Perched on the jagged rim of the crater, wreathed in rising morning mist. Sensitively constructed so as to take nothing from its environment.

Ngoro Ngoro Sopa Lodge
Stylish Lodge on Lemala hill on the eastern rim of the Crater. The most spectacular and uninterrupted views of the sunset.

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Ngorongoro Conservancy
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Among the branches of the dense green canopy, a variety of bird species search for food in partial gloom. The forest then recedes to give breathtaking views of the crater's vertiginous void. Grasslands, swamps, lakes, rivers, woodlands, mountains and wildlife are all present in the wonderous microcosm of Africa.

As you descend, Lake Magadi is centre stage with Seneto Springs to the left, Gorigor Swamp to the right and the Terai Forest in the foreground. The Gol mountains nudge the far crater rim. Grazers dominate dominate with zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest, warthogs and intriguingly, only bull elephant.

Lion and hyena frequent the many ponds, with the nocturnal side-striped jackal being one of the area's rarer predators. Ostrich and kori bustard are the distinctive grassland birds. The swamps, ponds and rivers support an ever present population of waterbirds and during the wet months the open pools play host to a variety of Eurasian migrants.

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