Ngorongoro conservation area
Ngorongoro Crater is located in northern Tanzania, on the Eastern Great Rift Valley arm. The park, governed by the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, is situated in the villages of Oloirobi district, which has continued to flourish as a result of the national park’s presence.
The area was designated as a multiple-use area in 1959, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists engaged in traditional cattle grazing. It features the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest crater, and Olduvai Gorge, a 14-kilometer-long steep canyon. As a protection area, Ngorongoro Crater is home to wildlife species such as the Big 5 animals of Africa, which include buffalo, lions, elephants, leopards, and rhinos. Bird species, the spectacular caldera of Ngorongoro Crater, Gold Mountains, Olduvai Museum, and footprints at Laetoli are among the other attractions in Ngorongoro.
Because of its diverse land use strategy, the Ngorongoro Conservation region is a one-of-a-kind protected region in Africa. UNESCO declared the area as a World Heritage Site in 1979 and an International Biosphere Reserve in 1981 for its natural and cultural values. In 2010, UNESCO added the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to its list of composite world heritage sites.