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National Parks and Reserves
Tanzania is most famous for the vast
Serengeti National Park, stretching out for
almost 13,00sq kms.But there is so much more
to this most fascinating country. Ngorongoro
Crater, a World Heritage Site, is home to a
host of wildlife that make the crater floor
their habitat. Tanzania's Rift Valley
features the popular Lake Manyara and
Tarangire National Parks. Ruaha and the
Selous in the southern part of Tanzania are
spectacular, with abundant game. To the
coast, the ' spice island' of Zanzibar is
well worth visiting. Possibly the most well
known sight is the snow capped tip of Mt
Kilimanjaro
Lake Manyara National
Park
Set around the lake, this park lies at the
foot of a dramatic escarpment and offers a
rich diversity of scenery and wildlife,
including the famous tree lions a very high
density of elephant population and other big
game. Its lake is a haven for birdlife and
hippo.
Ngorongoro Crater
A wonder of the world set in the African
Wild. Ngorongoro was an active volcano some
8 million years ago whose cone collapsed
leaving a sunken caldera of 311sq km,
renedering it into one of the largest
craters in the world. The magic stems form
its sheer physical beauty and stunning
panoply of wildlife that roam its floor. The
2000ft descent into the crater reveals a
sight of unequalled glamour.
Serengeti National Park
This park contains the most spectacular
wildlife sight in the annual migration of
the wildebeast from the north to the south.
Amongst its 35 species of, it is famous for
the black maned lion, of which there are
over 2000, and other predators such as
cheetah, hyena, and wild dogs.
Olduvai Gorge
Between Ngororngoro Crater and Serengeti
national Park lies Olduvai Gorge, " the
cradle of mankind". Here, Dr Leakey and his
wife discovered one of the earliest fossils
of man, some 1.7 million years old. Many of
their finds are now displayed in a museum
overlooking the Gorge
Tarangire National Park
The only place in Tanzania where you can
view fringe -eared Oryx easily, and during
the dry season the river attracts a large
concentration of ungulates. Other big game
are plentiful and include elephant, buffalo,
lion, and the rare Greater Kudu |
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