Ngorongoro Crater

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Ngo·ron·go·ro Crater

 (ĕn-gôr′ōng-gôr′ō)
A large caldera of northern Tanzania west of Mount Kilimanjaro. The crater and surrounding lands are protected by law as a nature preserve.
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They also visited three national parks - Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home of the famed Ngorongoro Crater.
They also visited three national parks: Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home of the famed Ngorongoro Crater.
There is now some promising hope for the lion prides that are found in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Local non-governmental organization KopeLion, Korongoro People's Lion Initiative, is working with Maasai communities to better protect their livestock, to improve livestock husbandry, and to find innovative methods for harmonious human-predator co-existence.
The two species are normally mortal enemies.The photographs were taken at Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area earlier this week and published by the wild cat conservation group Panthera.
Our goal was to enjoy a week observing under the inky-black skies of Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area, as well as in the famous Serengeti National Park.
But Tanzania is also a tourist spot in Africa, with its rich wildlife and outdoor attractions like Mount Kilimanjaro, the Great Lakes, Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park.
A study of serum samples collected from 331 wildlife 1-12 years of age in Tanzania, including in the Serengeti, Arusha, Katavi, and Tarangire National Parks and in the Ngorongoro Crater in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), showed seronegative results for PPRV (5); however, that study did not include animals from our study area.
It includes Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and adjacent reserves of Loliondo, Maswa, and Kenya's famous Masai Mara.
On the face of it, with its short grass and broad plains, Ngorongoro Conservation Area is much like Serengeti.
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