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A Guide To The Serengeti Safari
he Northern Game Parks in great migration. There is a
Tanzania is famous wildlife problem that the Serengeti,
migration which continues Ngorongoro Crater and Kilimanjaro
its annual cycle through the have become so popular that
Serengeti and the Maasai Mara in drastic steps are being taken to
Kenya is without doubt one of the divert people elsewhere in
most exhilarating natural Tanzania. The numbers of lodes
spectacles on the planet. The are restricted with the result
awesome beauty of the Ngorongoro that high season in August and
caldera literally takes your September needs to be booked one
breath away and there can be no year in advance to guarantee a
finer view to awake to than from safari.
one of the lodges on the crater
rim. The wild landscapes of Park fees from January 2006 will
Tarangire with its huge baobab double for these parks to US$60
trees contrast with the wide open per person per day. Normally,
plains of Serengeti. Lake Manyara when returning by road from the
offers the rare chance to spot Serengeti, one passes through the
tree climbing lions and a variety Ngorongoro Conservation area in
of adventure activities from the transit to Lake Manyara or even
escarpment overlooking the lake. Tarangire for the last night of
the safari. This results in
Tanzania is becoming increasingly US$120 in park fees for each
visited and deservedly so, person in the vehicle for one
however there is so much more to day, US$60 for the Serengeti and
Tanzania than the Northern US$60 for the Ngorongoro.
Circuit of parks. Most safaris
want to incorporate the Great Tanzania has so much more to
Migration as it is so spectacular offer. In the remote and almost
and is the world's last surviving inaccessible Western Tanzania is
the fantastic Katavi National diving and secure white beaches.
Park. There is one lodge here at
the moment and visitors have one For the energetic there is the
million hectares to themselves. Udzungwa Mountains National Park,
This park is wonderful, remote this is a park without roads,
and spectacular. There are huge with pristine rain forests. This
herds of buffalo here - up to park was created primarily for
three thousand strong and lions the protection of Flora rather
prefer to dine on buffalo, so than fauna. See my article The
there are lion in abundance. If Lumemo Trail - Hiking in the
you really want to feel you are Rainforests of Africa
in Africa proper like the early
explorers [with the exception of There are West and East Usambara
a luxury tented Lodge] then this Mountains where the worlds
is your park. See my article favorite flower the African
Katavi National Park. Violet was discovered. See my
article Visiting The West
There is the Selous in the South Usambara Mountains of Tanzania
and this game reserve is huge and and Bird Watching in the East
remote, although more accessible Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.
than Katavi. The game in this Saadani is where the bush meets
park is truly wild as they have the sea, elephants and lions have
not had chance to become been spotted on the beach. See my
habituated to humans and article Saadani - Where the Bush
vehicles. The lodges here are few Meets the Sea.
very good, and offer a game
safari along the majestic Rufiji The list could go on. Tanzania is
River. From here fly to Mafia so much you could spend a life
Island which offers a secluded time exploring this one corner of
Island holiday with fantastic East Africa. This country is
macaque of mysteries and next; this results in safari
contradictions. To discover it, fatigue. Chose wisely and take
to drink in the rich culture and your time to discover, slowly
diverse landscapes involves slowly is the only way to savor
moving around the country, not and come to know, just a little,
racing from one location to the the magic that is Tanzania.
About the Author:
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