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The North route
The Geopark North Route
This one day route begins from the south
entrance of Ngorongoro-Lengai Geopark
to reach the base of the Gol mountains,
close to the border of Serengeti.
A unique Geopark experience in which
the Earth history is intimately linked with
the human history inside wonderful and
unique landscapes.
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Geological heritage
Natural heritage
Cultural heritage
Museum / exhibition
Olkarien gorges sites
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Nasera rock
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Angatakiti panorama
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Cristal biotite hill
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Olkarien Gorges offers a nice walk
with a suspended stone bridge,
traditional wheels and Ruppell’s
Griffon vulture colony.
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In the dry season, Olkarien Gorges
are a living place where population
and herds can find water.
Huge granite monolith rising up 100
m from the plain which is also an
archeological site from stone age.
An astonishing hill in the plain
landscape made by granite with
giant biotite cristals.
Shifting sand
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Bao Site
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Soitoo quartizte hill
Leakey camp
Olduvai Gorges and
Museum
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The Soitoo hill is like a jewel of light
pink and deep green quartzite.
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This remarkable dune, composed of
volcanic ash from Oldonyo Lengai, is
being blown slowly at the rate of
about 17 meters per year.
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Bao is a Swahili name for board. This
is a traditional mancala board game
here carved in stone on top of a hill.
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Serengueti plains
panorama
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Seneto cultural boma
Ngorongoro crater view
In the Seneto cultural boma, Masai
people invite to a discovery of their
traditional dances and practices.
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Malanja
depression
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Outstanding view on Magadi lake
and on the dense vegetation of the
West caldera Rim.
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Rim Forest panorama
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Grimezk grave
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Olduvai Gorges, is an outstanding
site considered as "Mankind cradle".
It is also one of the most famous
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Ngorongoro Crater panorama
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Exhibition Center
Formed when a giant volcano exploded some 3 million years
ago, this huge caldera (260 Km 2 ) present an unique wildlife.
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Rift panorama
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