Chigwa cha Empakaai ndi chimodzi mwa mapiri omwe ali ndi mapiri ambiri m'dera la Ngorongoro Conservation Area, lomwe mwina ndilotali kwambiri kuposa zonse, komanso nyanja yokongola yomwe imapanga zoposa 75% za pansi pake. Zina mwa zokopa kwambiri mkati mwa chigwachi ndi kuchuluka kwa Flamingo zomwe zimawonedwa mozungulira nyanja ya Crater's Lake.
Chigwachi chili m’mapiri a Ngorongoro ndipo chazunguliridwa ndi matanthwe otsetsereka a m’mbali mwake pafupifupi mamita 300, omwe amadziwika ndi zomera zachilengedwe zobiriŵira, nyama zakuthengo, ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbalame. Mphepete mwa chigwachi ndi pafupifupi makilomita 8 m’lifupi, komabe pafupifupi theka la pansi lili ndi nyanja ya soda yakuya, komwe kuli mbalame za flamingo ndi mbalame zina za m’madzi.
Muli m'mphepete mwa chigwacho, mutha kuwona Phiri la Oldoinyo Lengai, Great Rift Valley, ndi Nyanja ya Natron ndi zowoneka bwino. Mutha kusangalalanso ndi kuyenda kwachilengedwe kuchokera pamphepete mwa chigwacho kapena kutsikira pansi pa crater kuti muwone zokopa zosiyanasiyana. Mutha kuyenda mumayendedwe achilengedwe kuchokera pamphepete mwa crater kapena kutsikira pansi pa crater kuti muwone zokopa zosiyanasiyana zomwe zilipo.
Kutalika kwa Empakaai ndi pafupifupi 3,200m pamwamba pa nyanja kumadzulo ndi 2,590m pamwamba pa nyanja kummawa. Nthawi zonse imakutidwa ndi nkhungu chifukwa cha kutalika kwake, ndipo nyanjayi imawoneka emerald kapena buluu wakuya.
Empakaai crater ndi yotchuka poyenda safaris, momwe alendo amayenda kwa ola limodzi ndikubwereranso kwa maola awiri ndi theka, kutengera kulimba kwamunthu.
Alendo amatha kufufuza nyanja ndi nkhalango yowirira mkati ndi kuzungulira pafupi ndi nyanjayi
pansi. Monga gawo la Ngorongoro Conservation Area, chigwa cha Empakaai chimagawana nyama zakuthengo zambiri, zomwe zimapereka mwayi wowona zina mwa Big Five, makamaka akambuku, mikango, njovu, ndi njati. Amakhalanso ndi nyama zakutchire zazing'ono monga Anyani ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbalame.
Mwangozi, ulendo wautali womwe wachitika ku NCA kudzera ku Oldoinyo Lengai ndi Nyanja ya Natron yomwe ili kunja kwa dera lomwe utha kukhala masiku awiri kapena anayi utha kupitilizidwa kuphatikiza safaris kupita ku Empakaai Crater. Crater iyi imatha kuyendera nthawi iliyonse
nthawi ya chaka, ndikugogomezera kwambiri kuyambira Juni mpaka Disembala (nyengo zouma). Kuyenda kupita kuchigwa cha Empakaai kuyenera kutsagana ndi mlonda wokhala ndi zida. Pamphepete mwa crater pali malo apadera ochitirako msasa. Komabe, kusungitsatu pasadakhale ndi
kwambiri analimbikitsa.
Zobisika kudera lamapiri la Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCA), pali miyala yamtengo wapatali yobisika yomwe alendo ambiri ku Tanzania sangayiwone. Makilomita 40 pagalimoto kumpoto kwa chigwa chodziwika bwino cha Ngorongoro ndi Chigwa cha Empakaai chochititsa chidwi. Izi zimapangitsa kuti pakhale njira yabwino yowonera zinthu zachilengedwe zowoneka bwino ngati Empakaai Crater.
Mtunda wonse wa kukwera ndi 5km kuchoka ndi kubwerera (ulendo wobwerera)
Kuyenda kutha kutha pafupifupi maola awiri kutengera nthawi yomwe mumasangalala ndi mawonedwe mumphepete mwa nyanja m'mphepete mwa crater.
Njirayi ndiyofunika kwambiri chifukwa ndi mtunda wa makilomita 5 okha. Komabe, njirayo ndi yotsetsereka kwambiri m'mphepete mwa chigwacho ndi mtunda wa 300m pokwera. Mfundo ina yofunika kuiganizira n’njakuti mwina mukuchita zambiri paulendowu muli padzuwa.
Kutalika kwa tsinde ndi 295 metres.
Chigwa cha Empakaai chili ku Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, yomwe ili pamtunda wa maola asanu kuchokera ku Arusha. Anthu ambiri omwe amayendera Chigwa cha Empakaai amatero ngati gawo la ulendo wopita ku chigwa cha Ngorongoro komanso mayendedwe apafupi a Olmoti Crater ndi/kapena Ol Doinyo Lengai (Phiri la Mulungu). Ndidayenda ku Empakaai Crater ngati gawo laulendo wamasiku anayi oyenda maulendo angapo mderali ndi Altezza Travel. Pansipa mupeza komwe kuli mapu a chigwacho koma ndikofunikira kudziwa (ndiwonjezera tsatanetsatane wagawo ili pansipa) simungalowe nokha popanda woyang'anira.
Kuphatikiza pa zilolezo za paki, mudzafunikanso kugwiritsa ntchito ntchito za m'modzi mwa oyang'anira paki chifukwa mukusiya galimoto yanu kumalo komwe nyama zakutchire zimalamulira dzikolo. Woyang'anira malo athu a paki, Simon, anatitenga maulendo awiri tsiku limodzi. Choyamba, tinayenda ulendo waung’ono wa makilomita atatu kupita n’kubwerera ku Olmoti Crater ndipo kenako tinapita ku Empakaai Crater ndipo anatitsogolera m’mwamba ndi pansi.
Gawo lomaliza lomwe muyenera kuliganizira pokafika ku Empakaai Crater ndikuti mudzafunika galimoto ya 4 × 4, yomwe imatha kuthana ndi malo ovuta a Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area.