Ngorongoro Conservation Area travel guide

other National Parks:

• Serengeti National Park,

other points of interest:

• Serengeti National Park,
• Lake Manyara ,
• Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Site of the excavation of the human ancestor, homo habilis, dating back 3.6 million years

A large permanent concentration of wild animals can be found in the huge and perfect crater of Ngorongoro. Nearby, the crater of Empakaai, filled by a deep lake, and the active volcano of Oldonyo Lenga can be seen. Excavations carried out in the Olduvai gorge, not far from there, have resulted in the discovery of one of our more distant ancestors, Homo habilis. Laitoli Site, which also lies within the area, is one of the main localities of early hominid footprints, dating back 3.6 million years.