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Ngorongoro crater
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ngorongoro crater (enc)
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Ngorongoro Crater The Ngotongoro crater is one of the finest places in Tanzania for watching game. In fact, it's not really a crater it's a caldera, a collapsed vulcano. The crater (we still call it a crater) has a diameter of 19km, it is about 600m deep. The bottom is flat, almost treeless and filled with some small creeks and lakes. The crater is loaded with game. Gazelles, zebra's, elephants, hyena's, buffalo's, hippos, lions and many many birds including ostriches. Only the giraffe is not present. The steep pathway down into the crater forbids this tall legged animal to descend.
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