The Ngorongoro Crater, which to most of the visiting former Real
Madrid Soccer stars, resembles a giant stadium in which players are an
assortment of wildlife species with the backdrop of untamed nature, must
be the world's most spellbinding scenario.
"It is unbelievable!" exclaimed Mr Ramon Cobo a former soccer players
with Spain's ace Football team, Real Madrid after he and fellow
legends, with their families drove around the Ngorongoro Crater, which
ranks high as 'Africa's New Wonders of Nature.'
Despite the midday game drive, (game sighting is best done in early
morning), the visitors managed to see all the big fives; Lions,
Leopards, Elephants, Buffaloes and the rare Rhinos, not to mention
creepy reptiles, large hippos at the Engoitokitok Lake, wildebeests and
of course the monkeys that usually welcome visitors at Loduare Gate
entrance.
The 'old players' who also visited one of the Maasai Cultural Bomas
in Ngorongoro promised to go back to Spain and highly promote the
Tanzania's wildlife filled caldera and the gypsy Maasai traditional
culture in both the capital Madrid as well Barcelona. They took back
with them various artifacts as souvenirs from the Maasai huts.
"Unlike other attractions in Tanzania, Ngorongoro Authority is not
only dealing with tourism promotion and wildlife conservation but also
work hard in taking care of the Maasai residents in the conservation as
well as promoting their world-famed traditional cultures," explained Mr
Adam Akyoo the Public Relations Manager with the Ngorongoro Conservation
Area Authority (NCAA).
Real Madrid's home venue is the giant Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
The caldera which is the world's largest inactive, intact, and
unfilled volcanic caldera, formed when a large volcano exploded and
collapsed on itself two to three million years ago. It steeps some 610
metres deep with its vast floor covering 260 square kilometres. It also
has a large crater lake inhabited by flamingos.
The Real Madrid legends drove from Arusha to Ngorongoro by road,
enjoying scenic features En-route the 200 kilometers stretch. The
journey wasn't free of mishaps though, vehicle breaking down, Tyre
puncture incidences were all part of the northern adventure package.
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