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Arusha National Park
The park has three distinct zones. The Ngurdoto Crater, an experiment in nature, which remains untouched as no human interruption is allowed. The Momella Lakes, a group of shallow alkaline lakes fed by underground streams. And Mt. Meru, the most rewarding mountain to climb. Wildlife includes giraffe, elephant, waterbuck, blue monkey, the rare black and white colobus monkey, leopard, hyena, buffalo, hippo and a variety of antelope. Lions are not residents although they’re known to visit, and stay, especially during the dry season.

Mt. Kilimanjaro National Park
Only three degrees south of the equator, Kilimanjaro - at 5895m the highest mountain in Africa and one of the highest volcanoes in the world – rises some 15,000 feet above the surrounding plains and savannah. The base of this immense mountain has a diameter of some 40 miles. During a Kilimanjaro climb you will pass from a tropical to an arctic clime in a few days, which is sufficient time to acclimatize yourself to the altitude and the cold.

The highest mountain in Africa and highest free standing mountain in the world, Kilimanjaro has been a magnet to climbers, naturalists, travelers and world explorers over the centuries. Kilimanjaro remains a dormant, but not extinct, volcano. Ice as well as fire has helped shape the summit. Volcanic eruptions have been followed by periods of glaciation. At one stage, an unbroken sheet of ice covered the mountain down to 3,000m. The famous snows of Kilimanjaro are, however, in fast retreat.

The best time to climb the mountain is from August to November. A Kilimanjaro climb to the summit can be reached by any reasonably fit person who enjoys walking. There are five principal routes up the mountain: Marangu, Shira, Mweka, Umbwe and Machame. All of the routes are marked and provided with water. The most popular and easiest route is Marangu, which has modern huts with all the necessary facilities.

Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara is set below the Rift Valley Escarpment. It’s comprised of the lake, the ground water forest, swamps, acacia bushes and the hot springs to the south. Lake Manyara is a magnet for birdlife and a kaleidoscope of different species can be found around it’s shores including a huge flock of flamingos. Its ground water forest with Mahogany and sausage trees are alive with Blue monkey and vervet. Elephant, bushbuck, waterbuck, baboon, leopard, buffalo, hippo, giraffe, impala, zebra and lion complete the picture of wildlife to be found.

Tarangire National Park
The park gets its name from the river which threads its way through he length of the reserve. Famous for its dense wildlife population, Tarangire is most spectacular during the dry season when thousands of animals migrate into the park from the surrounding dry Maasai steppe, to use the permanent water supply of the Tarangire River. You can see herds of elephants, numbering over a hundred. Tarangire is also renowned for its tree pythons, which are easily seen. The animal population in the dry season rivals that of the Serengeti with wildebeest, zebra, eland, hartebeest, buffalo, gerenuk, fringe eared oryx and flocks of birds of many different species. Prime game viewing is between July through November. The famous and giant Baobab trees dot the park, their branches looking just like roots. Some of the Baobab trees are over 300 years old.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a large area containing active volcanoes, mountains, archaeological sites, rolling plains, forests, lakes, sand dunes and Ngorongoro Crater, a true natural wonder of the world. The views at the rim of Ngorongoro Crater are sensational. On the crater floor, grassland blends into swamps, lakes, rivers, woodland and mountains – all a haven for wildlife including the densest predator population in Africa. The crater floor is home to up to 25,000 large mammals, mainly grazers – gazelles, buffalo, eland, hartebeest and warthog. You will not find giraffe since there is little to eat at tree level, nor Topi, because the competition with wildebeest is too fierce. On the ground floor, elephants are strangely mainly bulls. There are a good number of black rhino here, and the bird life is largely seasonal but superb. In the northern, remote part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will find Olemoti and Empakaai craters and have a view of Lake Natron and Oldonyo Lengai.

Olduvai Gorge
Olduvai, more accurately called Idupai after the wild sisal in the area, is the site of some of the most important fossil hominid finds of all time – Nutcracker Man – or Australopithecus boisei who lived 1.75 million years ago. The history of the gorge and the work of Louis and Mary Leakey is chronicled in the information museum located at the visitor center. The gorge is a treasure trove of archaeological sites and information, filled with fossils, settlement remains and stone artifacts. Lecture tours are offered.

Serengeti National Park
This vast area of land supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa on a scale unparalleled anywhere else in the world. The name of the area is derived from the Maasai “Siringeti” meaning endless plains. Equal in size to Northern Ireland, the park contains an estimated 3.5 million large animals, most of which take part in seasonal migration that is one of nature’s wonders. The Serengeti stretches over 5.700 square miles of plains, riverine bush, and acacia woodland, with savannah grassland as the dominant environment. In the Serengeti, you will explore the Kopjes – home to lion, leopard, and cheetah – as well as follow the trail of the migrating plains game. From mid-January to mid-February the wildebeest migration is usually at its height in the Serengeti, with the wildebeest giving birth to their foals during this time. The plains are crowded with the herds, and early morning finds many new calves tottering by their mother’s sides. Perhaps you will witness this spectacle of birth on the plains, as well as the dramas of predator and prey as they unfold in this beautiful setting.