Kruger National Park in South Africa For superb accommodation and sheer delight of seeing myriad of animals, plants and bird species, this park seems to be one of the perfect place to offer thrills that safaris in Africa may present. This is due to the reason that the park shelters diverse ecosystems that allow different species to coexist within a single location. On the other hand, you may need to drop some of non-essential things since they will only add up to your luggage weight. Remember, pleasure of the safari adventure is not measured by the number of useless gears that you have with you (which in the end makes you uncomfortable because of weight) but by the comfort of having gears that are truly needed while on trek. When selecting for a safari hat, please pay attention to the width of the visor. It must atleast be 2 inches wide from the side that is nearest to the circumference of your head. While we have this strong tendency to correlate safari hats with outback, it is good to note that it is actually a version of the Fedora hat. The caldera itself is not a plain heap of land that stood on its place and make people amazed. No. In fact, once the caldera settled, it began to create pools of water that attract some 30,000 wildlife species at any given time. More like a Garden of Eden, Ngorongoro harbors the largest congregation of games in the entire earth. Lions are included in the big five constituents of the wild along with the revered buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros and the mighty elephant. Nature aside, game is the central attraction in the wilderness of Africa. By merely watching the prey being hunted by the merciless lions, that would mean witnessing how nature maintains its equilibrium. This sight is probably the reason why the park is named as such, which if literally translated we may arrive at the meaning of "the smoke that thunders". And the name really says the truth. It thunders roughly that the sound along is enough to make you stand awestruck and if you get nearer, you might feel the violent rushing of water.