| Ngorongoro Crater is a huge draw for many | | | | than Ngorongoro Crater these two crater are as |
| tourists that embark on a Tanzanian Safari. It is | | | | beautiful as they are remote. It is possible to |
| an amazing place to visit. Numbers of tourists | | | | explore this area on foot and it is essential you |
| have increased with every passing year and | | | | take your armed ranger with you as you explore. |
| because of this restrictions are being introduced, | | | | The rim of Olmoti is relatively shallow; water |
| from January 2006, in order to preserve this | | | | flows across the crater floor to the south where |
| remarkable destination. Tanzania, is a outstanding | | | | it pour through a cleft and forms a small but |
| place to visit and although many people come to | | | | spectacular waterfall. Embakaai Crater has a very |
| the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater there are | | | | deep soda lake which covers almost half the |
| many other places that remain undiscovered and | | | | crater floor. Flamingoes and Cape teal inhabit the |
| can be visited for a safari experience that only | | | | shores of this lake and wildlife can often be seen |
| Tanzania can deliver. | | | | on the crater floor. |
| This short commentary points to a few areas of | | | | Gol Mountain: these isolated and ecologically fragile |
| interest to the adventurous. This article is | | | | mountains have pink granite cliffs and they are |
| concerned only with one small area just a little | | | | divided by a grassy pass (Angata Kiti). This area is |
| way beyond the Ngorongoro Crater. | | | | barren and dusty; however the soil is very fertile |
| Oldonyo Lengai: This is the only active volcano in | | | | and with just a little rain the grass grows. This |
| the area and tends to erupt every twenty years. | | | | grass attracts huge herds of animals during the |
| It is just out side the Ngorongoro Conservation | | | | migration. |
| Area. It is possible to go on a walking safari with | | | | Northern Highland Forest Reserve: the usual route |
| Maasai Warriors and an armed ranger; the walking | | | | to the Ngorongoro Crater passes through this |
| safari ending at this volcano. Many attempt to | | | | forest. It is mountain forest and not rain forest; it |
| climb this mountain but the climb is steep and on | | | | is the main source of water for the people and |
| loose scree; to be physically fit and have a real | | | | wildlife of the area as well as the farmland in the |
| desire to climb is essential to conquer this small | | | | south. The forest is home to elephant, buffalo, |
| mountain. The costs of a guide to climb Oldonya | | | | birds and also to the elusive leopard. |
| Lengai costs US$50 per group of six climbers. It is | | | | There is a remarkable black dune, composed of |
| best to pay on arrival for your climb as many | | | | volcanic ash it is about 100 meters wide and |
| people are just too tired to climb after a week of | | | | crescent shaped. It is blown steadily by strong |
| walking across the African bush. | | | | winds and moves across the plains at a rate of |
| Olmoti and Embakaai Craters: Although smaller | | | | 100 meters every six years. |