The Crater Highland form part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

This is a reserve where the local communities live alongside the wildlife.

The highlands consist of a range of Volcanoes (not all extinct!) rising steeply from the side of the Great Rift Valley in Northern Tanzania.

Hence they are more than just the Ngorongoro Crater with a number of impressive peaks they have steep escarpments , crater lakes, dense forests and grassy ridges, streams and waterfalls. One volcano the Ol Doinyo Lengai (2878m) is still active! It is also home to many Maasai people who have grazed cattle on the grasslands here for hundreds of years.

Most walking is done at around the 3000 meters mark.

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