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WHERE TO GO IN TANZANIA - TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS
Tanzania has so much to offer a holidaymaker and intrepid explorer, boasting some of the most spectacular National Parks in the whole of Africa. Each park is different and there’s much to explore. Visit Serengeti National park, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire National park, lake Manyara National park, Saadani National park, Kilimanjaro national park and Zanzibar Island.
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Serengeti also is known as “the endless plain” as from the Maasai Language. Home to one of the world’s most prestigious safari game parks that also inspired the Lion King. Serengeti National Park covers an area of 14,750 square kilometers making it one of the largest National Parks in Africa, Serengeti is bordering Northward by the Maasai Mara National Reserve. What makes Serengeti so Famous is its Great Wildebeest Migration which occurs once a year. This fascinating display of “survival for the fittest” where millions of wildebeests and zebras all struggle to cross the Great Mara River to Maasai Mara while escaping the wrath of its great predators the Crocodiles, the Hippos and the Great Lion that habit around the river. The other most famous attribute of Serengeti it the diverse Eco-system of Animal combined with the Big Five that is the Lion, Cheetah, Elephant, Buffaloes and the great rhino (who are occasionally seen in some areas) with its over 500 Species of Birds and Games Animals. Serengeti is a sightseer. There a diverse number of activities that can be done when touring Serengeti National Park such activities are like Hot Balloon rides in the early sunrise, walking safari with a game ranger, visit the Olduvai Gorge, Maasai Cultural Experience and marvelous Bird watching.
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Also known as the “8th Wonder of the Natural World”. Ngorongoro crater is truly a natural marvel the crater a total land area of approximately 8,288 square kilometers. The Ngorongoro was initially established as a National park, during the same year it was honored as a prestigious World Heritage Site Though in the later years was re-established as a conservated area under the protection of the government to make sure the uniqueness of the crater would remain untouched. What makes the Ngorongoro Crater a marvelous destination is its unique landscape a towering mountain-like landscape that towers 200 ft to the skies, protecting a hidden world of marvelous wild animals. Home to Tanzania’s largest Rhino concentration that is 26 black rhinos, besides, the crater carters more than 25,000 large animals including the Majestic Big Five animals that are, Lions, buffaloes, cheetah, elephants, and the rare black rhinos not forgetting the Grant’s and Thompson Gazelle, elands, zebra. The Ngorongoro crater is also home to over 500 species of Birds.
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Also known as “the river of warthogs”. Tarangire National Park is located between the pasturelands of the Maasai steppe to the South East and the lakes of the Great Rift Valley to the north and west, covering an area of 2,600 square kilometers. Tarangire National Park is truly an emerald of Natural Beauty vastly inhabited by Elephants, elands, buffalo, giraffe, wildebeest, Bohor reedbuck, Coke’s hartebeest. Predators are quite common in this park this includes Lion, Leopards, hyenas, and Cheetahs Animals migrate this park from November to May this is because Tarangire is part of a larger eco-system of National Parks The migration returns during the dry season from June to October which is the best time `to visit Tarangire National Park. Visitors can enjoy activities such as hot air balloon safari along the Tarangire plain where visitor can have a glimpse of the magnificent view of lake burunge, the scenery of a crowd of zebra running towards river Tarangire , Or enjoy a safari game drive where visitors can wild animals such as lion, elephants, and zebra in their natural habitat. Walking Safari in Tarangire is also a vibrant activity where visitors can get a glimpse of the African wildlife at a close range and enjoy the best bird watching Tarangire can offer
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Manyara “the humble lady “as they say in the Maasai Tribe, this marvelous beautiful destination is more than just the word humble, the marvelous sanctuary laying in the deep shadows of the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley. Home to the World’s only tree climbing lions filled with wonderful wild animals and majestic species of birds like, the Pink Flamingoes, Yellow-billed storks and herons stretched towards the deep rain forest ,Savanah grasslands and the eye-catching jewel piece sanctuary to hundreds of birds the lake Manyara ,while the panoramic beauty of the park certainly makes it worth a visit .the view from the valley it truly remarkable as Ernest Hemingway a world-renowned Author said “one of the best views I’ve seen in Africa”. Visitors can enjoy the eye-catching view of the tree-climbing lions, wonderful game drives and the bath in one of lake Manyara’s rejuvenating hot springs.
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Saadani National Park covers an area of 1100 kilometers square, This National Park is located between Dar es Salaam (200 km), Tanga(75 km) and borders the mainland coast. The Saadani Nationa Park is home to a diverse mix of various wild animals, and bird species. The park has unique coastal vegetation vastly covered by a dense mangrove tree forest around the Wami river and near the ocean, A large part of the park is covered by savannah grassland and Acacia trees. Saadani National Park has a diverse number of game animals including predators like lions and leopards, the majestic giraffe, buffaloes, zebras, elephants and the velvet monkeys. Visitors in Saadani can enjoy numerous of activities these include boat safari along the river Wami where one can enjoy the sightings crocodiles, hippo and numerous fish species struggling to survive and conquer their water land territories, Hiking around the zaraninge forest where bird lovers can enjoy the vast beauty of wild birds in their natural habitat like the African paradise flycatcher, Speckled Mousebirds, Red-capped Robin, Klaas’s Cuckoo a true marvel to bird lovers. Night Game drive. Visitors can also enjoy night game safaris in Saadani, where one might have a chance to see a breathtaking hunting game between the African predator like the lion and leopard as they prey on the African night. Saadani Natural Park give truly the best of both bush and beach and as they Saadani “where the bush meet the beach”
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