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With the world-famous crater at its heart, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area extends over a massive 8 300 sq km. It is located within a range of volcanic mountains in northern Tanzania, bounded to the east by the Great Rift Valley and to the north and west by the Serengeti National Park, and it includes several other extinct volcanoes (even an active one) and habitats that range from grasslands, swamps, lakes and rivers to woodlands, forests and desert-like dunes.
Declared a World Heritage Site in 1978, Ngorongoro Crater is undoubtedly one of the most impressive attractions of Africa, and one of the world's greatest wildlife locations. The view from its rim into the 260-square-kilometre caldera could even rank as the most inspiring in wild Africa – when it can be seen.
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The crater floor is home to one of the highest densities of lions in Africa. Black rhinos, many with spectacular horns, and elephants are a common sight here. The leopard, is seen quite frequently in the woodlands, whilst spotted hyenas are common and numerous. Other predators you are likely to see include serval, black-backed and golden jackals, and bat-eared fox. Buffalo, topi, reedbuck, Grant's and Thomson's gazelles, Coke's hartebeest (kongoni), zebra and hippo all occur in good numbers. For birding enthusiasts the opportunities are many, with a large variety of raptors, water birds and others present at any time.
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