Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro is the world's largest intact volcanic caldera, a 260-square-kilometre depression whose steep walls enclose a self-contained ecosystem of grasslands, lakes, and forests. The crater floor supports exceptional concentrations of the Big Five — including one of Africa's most accessible wild black rhino populations — rarely moving through the rim due to the natural barrier the caldera wall provides. Morning mist filling the bowl before it burns off produces photographic conditions of remarkable quality.