The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is an UNESCO World Heritage site and is situated in the Great Rift Valley of Tanzania. It is characterized by its diverse and spectactular landscape and unique geological formation, a collapsed volcano that formed the Ngorongoro Crater, the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world.
The crater floor is covered by grassland, swamps, and forests, and is home to a variety of wildlife. The crater itself is about 610 meters deep and covers an area of about 260 square kilometers.
The photographs were taken in July 2019 - during the dry season - when the grass is low and the animals gather around the waterholes.
Descent into Ngorongoro Caldera
Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori), Africa's largest native bird able to fly.
Grazing zebras and wildbeest. In the back flocks of flamingos gathering at the alkaline Lake Magadi.
Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti)
Most of the woodlands within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area are primarily located along the crater's rim as dense montane forests.
