When looking for one of the most famous areas in Tanzania and Africa, look no further than the Ngorongoro conservation area. It’s a true Spectacle of Africa and that’s why it’s a UNESCO world heritage site from the year 1979 and on the list of the seven wonders of Africa. This area has stunning views and scenery that it provides to the visitors that come here.
Besides the Crater and the site with the oldest remains, there are many other attractions. The Ngorongoro conservation area boosts of about 25,000 species of animals. In the rainy seasons, there will be over 1.7 million wildebeests the will migrate into the ndutu plains for calving. There are about 470,000 gazelles and over 260,000 zebras that will also go into calving during this same season and area.
There are very many other attractions in the area. The park covers an area of about 8,292 Square Kilometers. This vast land will give you a lot when you come to explore. Some of the other attractions to expect here Olduvai gorge. Some people call this the “Cradle of Humankind”. Paleoanthropologists Louis Leakey and his wife Mary Leaky in the 1950s discovered the oldest human remains at this site.
The Ngorongoro conservation area will give you a chance to see the endangered black rhinos and the Giant African tusked Elephant. The area also has the wild cats of Africa that include: Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, Caracals and Servals.
Endoro Elephant Caves in Ngorongoro
Endoro Elephant Caves of Ngorongoro are about 10 minutes walk from the Endoro Waterfalls. For many years the elephants dug into these hills to get the mineral sold that are good for their bodies. This is why these caves are called the Elephant caves.
The soils that these elephants were looking for were deposited here as a result of volcanicity and erosion over the years spread the mineral. Some of the other mineral are from the decomposition of leaves from trees and other micro organisms.
There are other animal other than the elephants that visit the caves to obtain the mineral soils such as the waterbucks, bushbuck and Buffaloes.
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