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The Caldera The North route route 25 Old German house The old German house was built by two German brothers named Adolph and Friedrich Siedentop who seled and farm in the Ngorongoro crater unl the break of World War I. The first brother Adolph entered the crater in 1899 as a squaer he started farming sisal, aer leasing the land from the administraon of German East Africa. The brothers regularly organized shoong pares to entertain their German friends. In 1916 the Siedentopf deports from Ngorongoro leaving the house and the farm which fell into the Brish mandate in 1920. The Brish established a veernary camp in Lerai and John Hamman took over the farm in lerai followed by Captain Hurst and later on Eric Howe. Recent the house is part of Lerai ranger post; the post is used by rangers who insure the security of the crater. © www.coolgeography.co.uk 26 Lerai Forest The magical Lerai Forest of about 5 km2 is the more important forest inside the crater. It is home to the Yellow Fever tree (Acacia xanthophloea) aand constute a special refuge for many different species of animals: rhinos and elephants mainly. Lerai is a Maasai word referring to the tall yellow barked acacias. These beauful trees are old, gnarled by years of growing back the bark stripped off by elephants. © Family Leakey The forest is also a special bird habitat, providing food and nesng sites for hoopoes, cuckoos and weavers. Family Leakey and friends inside the outdoor dining room 27 Ngoitoktok As Seneto, Ngoitoktok is a perennial spring which is so abundant that a small lake has formed before spreading into the nearby Gorigor Swamp. A small rock outcrop with a single fig tree adorns the lake edge. Ngoitoktok is one of only two places where visitors are permied to get out of their vehicles. It's a great site for a bush picnic though beware of the large brown hawks that swoop down to snatch unaended food. Ngoitotok is inhabited by an important colony of hippopotamus; elephants, lions are also familair with this place. 28 Magadi Lake This shallow soda lake is is alkaline mainly due to deposits of volcanic ash. The depth, never more than three metres, varies during the year. During the rainy season Lake Magadi look pinkish from a distance due to the large flock of Flamingoes. The birdlife is mainly seasonal, and is also affected by the rao of soda to fresh water in Lake Magadi. The lake's edges are favourite stalking grounds for golden jackals, lions and hyenas. ©wikimedia commons 20 ©Michael Lewin
The Caldera The North route route 29 Hippo pool Aer Ngoitoktok, this is a smallest hippo pool. The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal. The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse". Adults average 1,500 kg (3,310 lb) and 1,300 kg (2,870 lb) for males and females respecvely, making them the third-largest species of land mammal aer the three species of elephant and rhinoceros. Despite their physical resemblance to pigs, the closest living relaves of the Hippopotamidae are cetaceans (whales, dolphins).The earliest known hippopotamus fossils, belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, date to around 16 million years ago. The hippopotamus is semiaquac, inhabing rivers, lakes and swamps, where territorial bulls preside © www.coolgeography.co.uk over a stretch of river and groups of five to thirty females and young. During the day, they remain cool by staying in the water or mud; reproducon and childbirth both occur in water. They emerge at dusk to graze on grasses. While hippopotamuses rest near each other in the water, grazing is a solitary acvity and hippos are not territorial on land. 30 Round table hill Round © Family table Leakey hill is a small hill like round table located to the northern side of Lake Magadi. The round table feature is believed to be the remained cone or peak of the Ngorongoro volcanic mountain (~4500m-5800m a.s.l) aer the collapse of the mountain 2-3 million years past. Pyroclasts (Ash, lapilli & bombs) are common observaons in the area. The major volcanic pipe which caused the formaon of this round table always associated with minor or small volcanic vent which resulted into formaon of other cinder cones observed in the crater especially to the Eastern part of the crater. These cinder cones formed aer the collapse of the main pipe because by that me volcanism of the minor vents were sll acve. Family Leakey and friends inside the outdoor dining room ©wikimedia commons 31 Mounge river The Munge River has its spring inside the Olmo Crater, more in the North-East. It's is the main water source draining into Magadi Lake. . 21
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