The
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) is a
conservation area and a
UNESCO World Heritage Site located 180 km west of
Arusha in the
Crater Highlands area of
Tanzania. The area is named after Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic
caldera within the area.
Ngorongoro was named by the
Maasai as El-Nkoronkoro meaning
Gift of Life. This was because they were migrating from Central Africa for a permanent settlement. That is why the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is mostly occupied by the Maasai.
The main feature of the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority is the Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic
caldera. The crater, which formed when a large volcano exploded and collapsed on itself two to three million years ago, is 610 metres deep and its floor covers 260 square kilometres (100 square. Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from 4,500 to 5,800 metres high. The elevation of the crater floor is 1,800 metres above sea level. (Wikipedia)
