NORTHERN CIRCUIT
Arusha National park
with an areas of 137square kilometers is one of the
best small national park in northern Tanzania, it
is the best places where you can do both walking and
driving safari, located on the slopes of mount Meru
which faces the nearby Arusha town "tourist town
'' .It has great view of the highest point of Africa
the so called mount Kilimanjaro.
The Arusha national park which gets its name from
the Waarusha people who live in the area is characterized
by four main features, The Momela Lake, Ngurdoto crater,
highland forest and the rugged mount Meru.
The Momela Lake, discovered in 1876 by a Hungarian
who observed a remarkable number of rhino and hippos,
however, these have unfortunately disappeared from
the park is the unique and tranquil place to relax
while you’re in Tanzania. With more than 350
species of birds, both migrant and resident is among
of the few things to be seen there.
Lake
Manyara National park
Lake Manyara National park was established in 1960,
the parks it self is 330 square Kilometres in size
of which 200square kilometres is covered by water
( lake) .It stretch for 50km along the Great Rift
Valley escarpment it offer a virtual microcosm of
the Tanzania safari experience.
Lake Manyara National park is located 120 kilometers
west of Arusha town, on the way to Ngorongoro crater.
It can be reached by using road, charter or scheduled
flight from Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport, en route
to Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti national park.
Things to be done:
Walking safari, game drives, canoeing, and Cultural
tour and Mountain bike tour on the escapement outside
the park.
The most famous spectacle in this park are Tree climbing
lions, Elephants , bushbuck, waterbuck, baboons, aardvark,
civet, the shy pangolin and leopard , buffalo and
hippo, giraffe, impala, zebra .
Lake Manyara itself is a magnet for birdlife and a
kaleidoscope of different species can be found around
its shores, including huge flocks of flamingoes.
Facilities: Campsites, tented camp and lodges out
side the park along Mto WA Mbu Village, guest house
near the park are also offer a comfortable accommodation.
Ngorongoro
Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro conservation area is the largest area
established as a separate conservation area in 1959,
it covers about 8400square kilometers including the
volcanic highlands .It stretches from Lake Manyara in
the east, Lake Natron in the north east and Lake Eyasi
in the south. They area includes four main features,
which are the crater, lakes and mountain.
Crater - Ngorongoro crater, Olmoti
and Empakai crater
Lakes - Lake Natron, Lake Magadi Soda.
Mountain - Oldonyo lengai (mountain
of God) -Still active volcano.
Forest -Vast forested highlands and
the famous Olduvai Gorge. It is Olduvai where anthropologist
Dr. Leakey discovered the skull of the early man "Australopithecus"
"Ngorongoro Crater" This is the largest unbroken
caldera in the world with an area of 260square kilometers
.The crater which measures 20kilometres in diameter.
Sometimes has the impression that from the crater rim
the animals are within touching distance. The crater
floor is full of big and small wild animals which are
resident mammals.
With it's beautifully view, fascinating concentration
of the resident mammals and birdlife in the highland
forest make it to be named “The 8th Natural wonder
of the world " formed after a massive volcanic
eruption.
One can visit crater
any time of the year , but the best season is July
to October and December to March .It can be reached
by 4wd .the road from Arusha town to the Olduare gate
is tarmac which cover about 190km via Mto wa mbu and
Karatu village .
Serengeti
National Park
The name "Serengeti"
origin comes from Maasai words Siringeti, which means
``Endless plain". With an areas of 14750square
kilometres,the Serengeti national park is renowned
for its wealth of lion ,leopard and rhino and many
more ,this make it to be seen as the World greatest
wildlife sanctuary.
Serengeti national park is the largest reserve in
Tanzania after the Selous game reserve in the southern
part of Tanzania, It is continuation of the smaller
Maasai Mara in the North of Kenya Serengeti national
park is boarded with highlands plateau of the Ngorongoro
in the south, lake Victoria in the west in the form
of corridor, To the North with Maasai Mara, The altitude
varies between 1000 and 1900metres above the sea level.
Serengeti national park
it has variety of environments as wide grass plains
to the south, Acacia savannah in central region, densely
wooded hilltop the north and vast woodland area with
mountains overlooking the plains to the western corridor
.It also characterized with the famous kopjes that
gives a feeling of infinite variety and incomparable
wildness.
According to the season,
the Serengeti national park changes from a rich fertile
land to desolate Wilderness, causing the spectacular
migration of the wilderbeest.The best season for visiting
this park is from May to July and December to February.
It can be reached by road from Arusha via Ngorongoro
conservation area and by charter or scheduled flight
every day from Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport.
Facilities, Campsite, Tented camp, lodges inside and
outside the park Animal to be seen there are Wildebeest,
lions, leopards, cheetah, zebra, gazelles, Giraffe,
jackals, elephant, wild dogs, buffalos and many more.
The so called incredible wildebeest migration "is
the great phenomenons contribute a lot to the reputation
of Serengeti and its ecosystem.
Serengeti
National Park
Tarangire national park is in the northern part of Tanzania
with an area of 2600 sq km which is considered as main
wildlife refuges in the country .It was named after
the Tarangire River ,which has its sources in the Kondoa
mountains in the centre of the country ,and which crosses
the whole park lengthwise from North to south. It lies
along the Dodoma road 120km from Arusha town; it can
be reached by car.
The
Tarangire river which crosses the park lengthwise
,giving support to a large wildlife population during
the dry season between June and October, this park
is characterized with nine different areas of vegetation
,and in places there is a large predominance of baobab
trees. They are also plenty of flat-topped acacia
trees which provide ideal grazing for thousands of
animals including herds of Elephants ,wildebeest ,Zebras
,Buffaloes, Impala, giraffes, waterbuck, Eland , hartebeest
and many more migrate from Maasai steppe to the Tarangire
River .
Tarangire
Park is a home of about 500 bird’s species,
some of the species can be seen on drier ground, rocks
and some is forest.
The
best time to visit it is from July to November
