Ballooning over the Serengeti
Giraffe Sunset
Waterfall in Udzungwa
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Arusha - close to the town of Arusha - special features of this
park are Ngurdoto Crater, Momela Lake and Mount Meru. Spectacular
views of Kilimanjaro - only 50 kms away.
Katavi - in the Mpanda district - features
include the largest number of crocodiles in Tanzania, Lake katavi,
Lake Chada and the Katuma river. during the dry season herds of
up to 4000 elephants and 1000 off buffalo.
Lake Manyara - 125 kms west of Arusha - under the wall
of the Great Rift valley - highlights include thousands of flamingoes,
pelicans, cormorants and storks. Of special interest is Manyara's
tree climbing lions. Other game includes buffalo, wildebeest and
zebra.
Mikumi - close to Dar es Salaam - wide variety of wildlife
- large herds of elephant and buffalo - black and white colobus
monkeys - 400 bird species and a host of European migrants can
be seen during the rainy season
Mkomazi - east of the Pare mountains - features include
black rhino and wild dog - wide diversity of wildlife. Predators
are numerous (silver backed jackal, lion, cheetah, leopard). Another
feature is the long necked antelope - the Gerenuk.
Ruaha - 130 kms west of Iringa - a good network
of game viewing roads follows the Great Ruaha and its tributaries.
The park is also known for its Lesser and Greater Kudu, roan and
sable antelope. Birdlife numbers some 450 species.
Rubondo - in the south west corner of lake
Victoria - the major attraction of this island park is the sitatunga
antelope. Other wildlife includes hippo, crocodiles, marsh mongoose,
genets, pythons.
Saadani - where Tanzania's tropical coastline meet East
African bush. Its major feature is the green turtle breeding site
on mainland Tanzania - one of the last major sites for the turtle.
Giraffe, buffalo, warthog, waterbuck, reedbuck, wildebeest, red
duier, eland, sable and elephant are just some of the varied wildlife.
Selous - this reserve is the size of Switzerland and
the largest in Africa - find large populatons of elephants. Wildlife
commonly seen are lions, wild dogs, buffalo, bushbuck, impala,
eland, zebra, kudu.
Serengeti - one of Africa's greatest wildlife sanctuaries
- where the ancient migration of wildebeest and zebra takes place
every year - where traces of early man can be found in the Olduvai
gorge - large proportion to predator to prey
Tarangire - 115 kms from Arusha town - easily
accessed by car - tree climbing pythons and lions - bird checklist
numbers 550 varieties - during the dry season Tarangire plays
host to the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti
Uzdungwa - in the Iringa and Morogoro regions (suth central
Tanzania) - this mountain park offers hiking trails. Specific
to the park are the 6 primate species as well as the Iringa red
colobus and Sanje Crested Mangabey which occur nowhere else in
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