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History: Initially it was
part of Serengeti National Park. However, in 1959 the
Conservation Area was established in order to accommodate the
needs of Maasai people who are traditionally pastoralists and
main residents of the area. Today local people are allowed to graze
and live within the area.
- General: The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is the
largest area in the northern part of Tanzania within
the Rift valley, that comprises several (as regarded) physical and
natural environment as well as people that attract many tourists, for example: Ngorongoro
Crater (the largest unbroken caldera in the world which is unflooded ) The
crater is home to up 25000 large mammals, mainly grazers -
gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest, cheatah,
leons, and warthog.
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Doinyo Lengai (the only active volcanic mountain
in Africa and the only natrocarbonatite lava eruptive mountain in the
world),. Empakai and
Olmoti Craters: These are two other craters within the Ngorongoro
Conservation Area, which share the ecosystem with the Ngorongoro
crater.
Olduvai Gorge. a
gorge that houses the fossils the earliest living man. The area
stretches from Lake Natron in the Northeast, to Lake Eyasi in the
south, Lake Manyara to the east and
Serengeti National
Park in the west.
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