The ngorongoro crater in among of the biggest craters in the world. Therefore according to it's biggest Ngorongoro crater divided into different zones including the following.
• The Ngorongoro crater
• The eastern higlands
• The western highlands
• The northern savannahs
The Ngorongoro crater is more precisely on the enormous caldera. Was formed about 2.5 million years ago when the inactive volcano collapsed on itself. Its diameter is approximattely 20 km and the walls are 600 meters high. Ngorongoro was originally much higher than Kilimanjaro mountain.
If you will use Lodoare Gate to enter on ngorongoro you will pass through the Oldeani forest which is interested with it's tall trees such as lianas and African olive trees.
The crater offers your almost unique opportunity to encounter rhinos, Serval cats and huge elephant’s bulls are also frequently sighted inside the caldera. The crater is best for safari destination.
Ngorongoro crater divided into different zones like The eastern highlands. The eastern highland of Ngorongoro are commonly associated to the majestic crater. The ngorongoro is wild landscape opens which make visitors to enjoy more when they are in the boggest crater. They extend eastwards of the Ngorongoro crater, are bounded southwards by the Great Rift Valley and northwards by the Serengeti's savannahs. They include the crater of Olmoti, Mount Loolmalasin, and the crater of Empakaai up to the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai. Apart from to see the crater but also you will have a chance to see abundant of wildlife in ngorongoro.
The ngorongoro also has the western highland. Here you will Leav the Ngorongoro Crater on your right and driving along the dirt road which passes beside a few Masai settlements you will reach the Irsimigiyo hills. Here you will see the Mount Lemagarut. You can walk in the meadows until you will reach the lookout point on Lake Eyasi escarpment.
Monte Lemagarut: that is a tough hiking for well trained people. If you will drive west of the crater you will see the interested Irmisigiyo hill. From here you will start hiking through woods, meadows and forest valleys until you will reach the top of Lemagarut. You can encompass the endless savannah of the Serengeti, Lake Eyasi at the foot of the rift escarpment and the Ngorongoro Crater..
The savannas north of the Ngorongoro Crater are under the jurisdiction of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area but as a matter of fact they are part of the Serengeti ecosystem and constitute a very important leg of the migration of wildebeest and zebras. In December the migration should have reached these fertile plains where, unless rains stop, herds will remain until the end of March when calves should be ready for the long 800 km journey across Serengeti.