Ngorongoro Conservation Area: Quick Facts

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Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Wildlife in the Ngorongoro Crater, northern Tanzania.

Male lion (Panthera leo) standing in grassy open terrain with distant hills in the Ngorongoro Crater, northern Tanzania.

Observe a baboon troop descend from treetops to rove, play, and forage in the Tanzanian landscape

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