I-Empakaai crater ingenye yezindawo ezinezintaba-mlilo eziningi e-Ngorongoro Conservation Area, cishe enomngcele ophakeme kunawo wonke, kanye nechibi elihle elenza ngaphezu kuka-75% we-crater floor. Phakathi kwezinto ezikhangayo ezinkulu ngaphakathi kwe-crater yinani elikhulu lama-Flamingo atholakala eduze nogu lweCrater's Lake.
I-crater ihlezi ezindaweni eziphakeme zase-Ngorongoro futhi izungezwe amawa anezinkuni asemaceleni angaba ngu-300m ukuphakama, abonakala ngezimila eziluhlaza eziluhlaza, izilwane zasendle kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinyoni. I-crater icishe ibe ngamakhilomitha angu-8 ububanzi, nokho cishe ingxenye yesitezi sayo imbozwe yichibi elinesoda elijulile, ikhaya lama-flamingo nezinye izinyoni zasemanzini.
Ngenkathi usonqenqemeni lwe-crater rim, ungahlola i-Oldoinyo Lengai Mountain, i-Great Rift Valley, ne-Lake Natron nge-panorama emangalisayo. Ungakwazi futhi ukujabulela uhambo lwemvelo ukusuka kunqenqema lwe-crater noma wehlele phansi ukuze uhlole izinto ezikhangayo ezihlukahlukene. Ungathatha uhambo lwemvelo ukusuka ku-crater rim noma wehlele phansi kwe-crater ukuze uhlole izindawo ezikhangayo ezihlukahlukene ezitholakalayo.
Ukuphakama kweMpakaai cishe kungama-3,200m ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle ohlangothini olusentshonalanga kanye no-2,590m ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle ohlangothini olusempumalanga. Ihlala imbozwe yinkungu ngenxa yokuphakama kwayo phezulu, futhi ichibi libonakala liyisimaragidu noma eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
I-Empakaai crater idume kakhulu kuma-safaris, lapho izivakashi zihamba ngezinyawo cishe ihora elilodwa bese zibuyela emuva cishe amahora amabili nesigamu, kuye ngokufaneleka komuntu siqu.
Izivakashi zingahlola ichibi kanye nehlathi lemvula eliminyene ngaphakathi nasezindaweni ezizungezile eduze
phansi. Njengengxenye ye-Ngorongoro Conservation Area, i-Empakaai crater yabelana ngamaphesenti amakhulu ezilwane zasendle, ihlinzeka ngamathuba aphezulu okubona ezinye ze-Big Five, ikakhulukazi izingwe, amabhubesi, izindlovu, nezinyathi. Iphinde isingathe izilwane zasendle ezincane njengezinkawu kanye nezinhlobo zezinyoni ezihlukahlukene.
Ngokuqondana okuhle, uhambo olude lokuhamba olwenziwa e-NCA ludlula e-Oldoinyo Lengai kanye neLake Natron elingaphandle kwendawo olungahlala izinsuku ezimbili kuya kwezine lungathuthukiswa ngokufaka i-safari eya eMpakaai Crater. Le crater ingavakashelwa noma yikuphi
isikhathi sonyaka, ngokugcizelelwa okukhulu kusukela ngoJuni kuya kuZibandlela (izinkathi ezomile). Ukuhamba ngezinyawo ukuya emgodini we-Empakaai kudinga ukuphelezelwa unogada ohlomile. Kukhona indawo yokukhempa ekhethekile enqenqemeni ye-crater yokukhempa. Nokho, ukubhuka kusengaphambili
Kunconywe kakhulu.
Kufihlwe endaweni ephakeme yaseNgorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCA), kunamanye amagugu afihliwe izivakashi eziningi zaseTanzania ezizowashalazela ngokuphelele. Amakhilomitha angu-40 uma ushayela enyakatho ye-Ngorongoro Crater edumile i-Empakaai Crater ehlaba umxhwele ngokulinganayo. Lokhu kwenza ukuhlola okungahambi kahle kokunye okukhangayo kwemvelo okumangalisayo njengeMpakaai Crater.
Ibanga eliphelele lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngu-5km ukuphuma nokubuya (uhambo olubuyayo)
Uhambo lokuhamba ngezinyawo lungaqedwa cishe emahoreni amabili kuye ngokuthi ujabulela isikhathi esingakanani ukubukwa ngenkathi i-lake-side ku-crater rim
Lo mzila uyisisekelo impela njengoba ibanga elingamakhilomitha angu-5 kuphela. Kodwa-ke, umzila uphansi impela ohlangothini lwe-crater rim ene-300m yokuphakama endleleni eya phezulu. Enye ingxenye okufanele icatshangelwe ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi wenza ingxenye enkulu yalolu hambo ushiswe ilanga.
Ukuphakama kwentaba kungamamitha angama-295.
I-Mpakaai Crater isendaweni yokongiwa kwemvelo yaseNgorongoro, okuyindawo eqhele ngamahora amahlanu ukusuka e-Arusha. Abantu abaningi abavakashela i-Mpakaai Crater benza kanjalo njengengxenye yokuvakasha okuhlanganisa uhambo lokuhamba e-Ngorongoro Crater kanye nezintaba eziseduze zase-Olmoti Crater kanye/noma i-Ol Doinyo Lengai (Intaba kaNkulunkulu). Ngigibele i-Empakaai Crater njengengxenye yohambo lwezinsuku ezine lokuqwala izintaba eziningana esifundeni nge-Altezza Travel. Ngezansi uzothola indawo yemephu ye-crater kodwa kubalulekile ukwazi (ngizongeza imininingwane esigabeni esingezansi) awukwazi ukungena emgodini we-crater uwedwa ngaphandle komqaphi.
Ngaphezu kwezimvume zepaki, uzodinga futhi ukuthi usebenzise izinsiza zomunye wabasebenzi besiqiwu ngoba uzoshiya imoto yakho endaweni lapho kubusa izilwane zasendle. Umqaphi wethu wasepaki, uSimon, wasithatha ngezinyawo ezimbili ngosuku olulodwa. Okokuqala, senze uhambo oluncane lwamakhilomitha angu-3 ukuya nokubuya e-Olmoti Crater sabe sesihamba ngemoto saya eMpakaai Crater futhi wasiholela phezulu naphansi.
Ingxenye yokugcina okufanele uyicabangele mayelana nokufika eMpakaai Crater ukuthi uzodinga imoto engu-4×4, ekwazi ukuthwala indawo enzima ye-Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area.