Tanzania: Ngorongoro Crater – Landscapes
Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most visited wildlife reserves in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It’s like a real life Noah’s Arc inside – over 25,000 large animals live within the crater wall, some permanently and some migrating over the wall. All the big five – rhinos, lions, elephants, buffaloes, and leopards – are here. Hippos and flamingos populated the pools. Zebras, wildebeest, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelles roam all around. Usually, up to 750 safari vehicles descend into the crater floor and it’s a a crowd of vehicles chasing a rhino or a lion. But with the world in a lockdown, it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to see and experience the crater in near-desolation and its pure beauty – having spent an entire full day at the crater floor, we only encountered 4 other vehicles. It’s absolutely surreal and will never be beaten or repeated.
