*MUUNGANO DAY FAN FACT*

From the rim of Ngorongoro Crater, the basin floor looks empty but that's only because you're too high to see the abundant wildlife spread out everywhere.

The wall of Ngorongoro Crater rises about 600m above its floor. That’s about 180 storeys, or three Gateway Arches stacked on top of each other.

Another way to give you a sense of the enormity of the crater is this: when you stand on the rim and look down, you see what appears to be a vast and empty expanse, with simply a lake, a few streams and marshlands, and a small forest. Yet in reality Ngorongoro Crater is teeming with wildlife, including giants like elephants. You’re just too far away to see them.

It’s only as you start winding down into the crater that you start to see how littered with animals the base of the crater actually is. Once you reach the crater floor, you discover that animals are everywhere.

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