5 Days Tarangire ,Serengeti.Ngorongoro and Lake manyara (Orginal)

5 Days Tarangire ,Serengeti.Ngorongoro and Lake manyara (Orginal)

A Tanzania safari is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. From the wild natural landscapes to the magnificent animals that roam the land, Tanzania is a destination for those looking for adventure like no other. Burigi Chato Safaris organizes the most memorable private safaris in Tanzania. Travelling with your own private guide and jeep, our tailor-made safaris allow you to enjoy every moment.

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Overview

5 Days tour Tarangire,Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater and lake  Manyara   lodge  safaris. The safari will  take you around the best places in Tanzania, visiting places such as Lake Manyara which is famous for its tree climbing lions, The Ngorongoro Crater which is known also as the Garden of Eden, Serengeti National Park and  Tarangire   national  park

Welcome to tarangire national park

Tarangire national park is one of the best national parks in Tanzania located in the word of masai steppe to the south east and lakes of the Great Rift Valley to the north and west. The park occupies an area of 2600sq .km and is known to have a vast variety of wildlife species with amazing accommodation facilities for tourists to rest in when they are on a Tanzania safari tour.

Tarangire national parks is found in Tanzania and is one of the national parks in the northern Tanzania circuit. Located a short drive from Arusha, this destination is also found close to other wildlife viewing destinations such as Lake manyara national park. The name Tarangire after which the natinal park is called comes from the Tarangire river which crosses throung the park. Different wildlife species drink from the river which is a primary source of water for the animals especially during the dry season.

ATTRACTIONS IN TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

The distant Silale Swamp is one of the Tarangire ecosystem’s features. During the green season, the swamp behaves like a big sponge, soaking up water and slowly releasing it during the dry season. Huge herds of herbivores flood the park in search of water, attracting lions, leopards, and wild dogs in turn. Silale-swamp lions, African wild dogs, cape buffaloes, and even elephants call these wetlands home. Donaldson-nightjar, Smith’s Vulturine Guinea fowl some of the bird species that can be seen in this area

The giant baobab tree

The baobab tree, popularly known as the Tree of Life, is another distinctive feature that can be found in Tarangire National Park. The Baobab has adapted to its surroundings over time. It’s a succulent, which means it collects and retains water in its massive trunk during the rainy season, allowing it to produce nutrient-dense fruit during the dry season when everything else is dry and barren. As a result, it was dubbed “The Tree of Life.”

It has a “gigantic” trunk that can hold up to 300 liters of water. They have a lengthy life expectancy and can live for up to 600 years. The edible seeds of this tree are a significant source of food for a variety of animals. Elephants, on the other hand, sharpen their massive tusks on the bark of these trees. According to legend, these trees could easily roam over the African continent, but God was irritated by their aimless movement, so he chose to install them upside down to prevent them from moving again.

Birding in Tarangire

Enjoy seeing a diverse range of beautiful and rare bird species during your vocation in Tarangire national park. The marshes of Tarangire are home to around 550 distinct bird species. Tarangire is a well-known safari site for bird lovers who find themselves engrossed for an extended period of time. Crested francolins, hoopoes, yellow-necked spurfow, hornbills, guinea fowl, steppe eagles, brown parrots, the enormous lappet-faced vulture, white-bellied go away bird, bateleur eagles, mouse birds, Kori bustards, yellow-collared lovebirds, bee-eaters are some of the bird species that can be spotted during your safari in Tarangire-tanzania.

The Wildlife Migration in Tarangire

Tarangire is one of northern Tanzania’s most seasonal parks, with a lot of migratory activity within the Tarangire environment. Tarangire is around 120 kilometers from Arusha, near the south-east corner of Manyara National Park.

During the dry season, from June to October, most of the Tarangire Region is completely dry, with only a few remaining water sources. Unimaginable vast herds of various animals migrate into the park due to the Tarangire River’s waters attracting them. This massive wildlife migration, albeit not as well-known as the annual Wildebeest Migration in Serengeti, sees elephants, hartebeests, wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras, as well as predators like lions and leopards, enter the park in great numbers. Make this park a part of your northern Tanzania safari since the vegetation is sparse and arid, making for excellent animal viewing.

Tanzania’s elephant population

Tarangire National park’s largest elephant population, which is regarded to be the highest in Tanzania, is one of the main attractions that has helped it become world famous. As the dry season develops from June to October, and the terrain becomes increasingly dryer, you’ll encounter big elephant herds of up to 300 elephants mining the dry riverbed of the Tarangire River in search of underground streams of water to quench their thirst. The arrival of the rains, on the other hand, provides plenty of pastures and water, causing the animals to disperse throughout the park; however, due to the large number of elephants that live here, these land giants can still be seen even during the rainy season.

Poacher’s Hide

Poacher’s hide in Tarangire National Park is a must-see attraction located southwest of Tarangire Hill, around a hundred meters west of the park’s main north-south road. The Poacher’s Hide is a famous old baobab tree with a slightly hidden entrance and an inside chamber that was formerly utilized by poachers as a hideaway. The Poacher’s Hide baobab has a diameter of around 10 meters and is thought to be over 300 years old, making it one of Tarangire National Park’s oldest trees.

Lemiyon Triangle

This is yet another must-see attraction during your safari in Tanzania’s Tarangire National Park. Massive baobab trees and enormous flocks of red-billed quelea birds may be found in Lemiyon. This unspoiled location is nestled away in the park’s northernmost reaches, forming a triangle zone. The enormous baobab trees that loom alongside the road with their colossal silver trunks and multitude of gnarled branches are the most outstanding form of vegetation here. Lemiyon is exceptionally wonderful for raptor viewing, and even non-birders will be surprised by the quantity of these strong aerial carnivores.

Tarangire River

The Tarangire River is an important feature in Tarangire National Park, serving as a water source for the park’s eco system and a fantastic place to see wildlife as animals gather at the river’s banks to drink water, especially during the dry season.

In Tanzania’s wildlife viewing safaris in Tarangire National Park, the Tarangire River provides a haven for many animals, including a significant concentration of elephants, who come to the river banks to drink water and cool off from the scorching sun. Elephants excavating on the sand near the Tarangire River in an attempt to get subsurface water have been spotted. Leopards, lions, wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, and gazelles are among the creatures that can be observed along the Tarangire River’s banks.

Matete Woodlands

Matete offers excellent leopard watching as well as the opportunity to glimpse the uncommon oryx antelope. The towering elephant grass and prickly reeds that grow along the river banks on the western side of the region give the place its name. Matete is the best place in the park to see leopards on a regular basis. These secretive cats are frequently seen among the acacia tortilla trees’ branches.

Kitibong Hill

Kitibong Hill is a stunning area in Tarangire National Park that is home to enormous herds of Cape buffalo and endangered wild dogs. While on a Tanzania safari in Tarangire National Park, you can see cape buffaloes tossing their huge bossed horns and surging across the acacia plains of the area.

The spectacular African wild dogs can be seen rushing in groups of 6-20 in this Kitibong Hill area. Travelers that visit Tarangire National Park while on a Tanzania safari will have the opportunity to see and meet these attractions in the park’s environment. Choose Focus East Africa Tours that will take you on a safari to Tarangire National Park for a truly unforgettable Tanzania-African safari experience.

WELCOME TO SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK TANZANIA

Serengeti National Park /Serengeti park / Serengeti Park Tanzania is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world and is therefore unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value. It has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa.

Serengeti national park found in the Northern part of Tanzania is one of the national parks of Tanzania that makes the greater North tourist destination. The Northern tourist corridor consist of Ngorongoro crater, Lake Manyara national park, Tarangire national park and finally the greater Serengeti National park. Serengeti national park/ Serengeti Tanzania national park / Serengeti park Tanzania was named after the Maasai local word Siringet which means an open endless plain. The park borders Ngorongoro in the South and Maasai Mara in the North crating the greater Serengeti ecosystem.

Before the local communities where resettled in different areas of Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara and Karatu regions all the four Northern parks formed the park/ Serengeti national park Tanzania. Safari in Tanzania without visiting Serengeti is incomplete trip missing much experience on your trip to Tanzania. The Serengeti national park is not only famous of the great wildebeest migration but also host a wide range of different flora and fauna that forms the Serengeti ecosystem.

Welcome to Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania

Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania is located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area which spans across vast expanses of highland plains, savanna woodlands and forests. Established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practicing traditional livestock grazing, it includes the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest caldera. The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation due to the presence of globally threatened species, the density of wildlife inhabiting the area, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles and other animals into the northern plains. Extensive archaeological research has also yielded a long sequence of evidence of human evolution and human-environment dynamics, including early hominid footprints dating back 3.6 million years.

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (809,440 ha) spans across vast expanses of highland plains, savanna, savanna woodlands and forests, from the plains of the Serengeti National Park in the north-west, to the eastern arm of the Great Rift Valley. The area was established in 1959 as a multiple land use area, with wildlife coexisting with semi-nomadic Maasai pastoralists practising traditional livestock grazing. It includes the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest caldera, and Olduvai Gorge, a 14km long deep ravine. The property has global importance for biodiversity conservation in view of the presence of globally threatened species such as the black Rhino, the density of wildlife inhabiting the Ngorongoro Crater and surrounding areas throughout the year, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, Thompson’s and Grant’s gazelles and other ungulates into the northern plains.

BEST TIME TO VISIT NGORONGORO CRATER

Ngorongoro Crater has a wide variety of species and wildlife and is open for visiting all year round. However there are seasons which are very interesting for tourists to visit. During the wet seasons animals be less in the park as they hide for shelter and the roads are usually slipper and impassable. Therefore most of the travelers opt for the months of June to September and December to February which are usually dry months. Animals species like lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes and the like all come out in big numbers in search for water. Also the roads are easy to navigate during these months.  Therefore these months are the best time for tourists to visit Ngorongoro conservation area.

ACTIVITIES & ATTRACTIONS

Due to the large number of wildlife species and other attractions in Ngorongoro, there are a number of activities that tourists can engage in when they visit. Because of these attractions and activities, tanzania has been sold to the world and is very famous for having Ngorongoro Crater as a conservation area. Some of the attractions include the Wildlife species and ngorongoro conservation area happens to be one of the only places in the world where you will find all the Big 5 mammals of Africa i.e. Buffalos, Lions, Elephants, Leopards and the Rhinos.  The most famous activity for viewing the wildlife is the Wildlife. Other attractions in Ngorongoro include bird species, the amazing caldera of Ngorongoro Crater, Gold Mountains, a visit to the Olduvai Museum and footprints at the Laetoli.

SAFARIS TO NGORONGORO CRATER

Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania has got a number of attractions which have continuously brought to deck, a number of tourists who travel from across the world. They usually come to this place for holidays and most of them on honeymoon safaris. From this, a number of safari companies have come up to take advantage of these trips that foreigners do throughout the year. These tour companies all strive to offer the right safari packages for the foreigners. Therefore it is up to the traveler to make a choice with which safaris package to choose. A safari package is sort of a detail on how the trip shall flow right from the start when they pick you from the airport or from your accommodation facility, to when the safari ends when you are flagged off. Therefore it is up to the traveler to make a choice with which safaris package to choose.

Welcome To Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park is one of the best national parks in Tanzania situated in the Rift Valley region. The park is known to have amazing tree-climbing lions similar to the ones in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park  in Uganda. 

Lake Manyara national park is a wildlife viewing destination which is located in the northern part of Tanzania in the south western direction from Arusha. This national park is known for having amazing views of the rift valley escarpment which can be seen during the different activities that tourists engage in as they explore Lake Manyara national park. It is also known that about two-thirds of the national park is covered by water which makes Lake Manyara a major attraction. The lake is a shallow alkaline water body that attracts different wildlife and bird species along its shores.  the park makes  what can only be termed as a perfect lake Manyara park safari or simply lake Manyara park tours.

Attractions in Lake Manyara national park

Attractions can also be described as the different factors which entice the tourists to visit a destination. These attractions which can be seen during safaris to Lake Manyara national park include the following;

Lake Manyara 

Lake Manyara is a major attraction in the national park and is known for having a variety of bird species along its shores especially flamingos as well as other different wildlife species in the nearby savannah plains.

The water levels of Lake Manyara are known to fluctuate over time depending on different factors such as the dry season during which the water evaporates. The saline nature of the lake also contributes to the increase and decrease of the water in the lake.

Wildlife species

A variety of wildlife species can be seen in Lake Manyara national park and these include the rare tree climbing lions, herds of elephants, klipspringers, warthogs, impalas, buffalos, hippos, gazelles, lions, leopards among others.

The dry season during the months of June to October are favorable for wildlife viewing in Lake Manyara national park since the wildlife species gather around water points to drink water and the grass is shorter making it easier to see the wildlife species.

The diverse landscape of Lake Manyara national park also acts as habitat for the different wildlife species in the national park.  

Bird species 

Different bird species can also be seen in Lake Manyara national park and these include both migrant and native bird species such as flamingos, ostriches, storks, hornbills, pelicans, herons, grey crowned cranes, secretary birds among others.

The different bird watching spots around the national park include Lake Manyara and the forests.  Around the floodplains, tourists can also see bird species.

Hot springs 

Majimoto hot springs which can be seen along the western shores of Lake Manyara are also among the attractions in the national park. The name of the hot springs translates to mean hot water which is a description of the hot springs.

Activities in Lake Manyara national park

Many tourists who visit wildlife viewing destinations such as lake Manyara national park also engage in different activities during their safaris which are organized at different times of day. There activities that tourists visiting national park can engage in and include the following;

Game drives

Wildlife viewing experiences in Lake Manyara national park also include game drives which take place in the morning, in the afternoon, in the night and tourists can also enjoy exploring the natural habitat of the wildlife species on a full day game drive.

A recommended game drive is the one which takes place in the morning hours of a day and this is because the wildlife species such as tree climbing lions, elephants, gazelles, antelopes, klipspringers, buffalos, giraffes, zebras, warthogs among others are active as they can easily be seen grazing around the savannah plains.

During afternoon game drives, tourists can enjoy driving around the savannah plains in search of the various wildlife species like elephants, tree climbing lions, antelopes, buffalos, gazelles, impalas, zebras among others which take shelter from the afternoon heat which makes them a little difficult to see compared to morning wildlife viewing experiences in lake Manyara national park.

A unique form of game drive which takes place in Lake Manyara national park is the night game drive. This activity takes place in a few other wildlife viewing destinations around Tanzania and it involves exploring the national park in search of nocturnal wildlife species. Tourists are accompanied by ranger guides during this activity since predators hide around in the wilderness of the national park as they hunt for their prey.

Nature walks

Tourists can also explore the wilderness of Lake Manyara national park on foot as they engage in nature walking excursions at the destination. This activity gives a close encounter with the natural surroundings at the destination.

Different trails are followed during nature walks in the national park and they include the treetop walkway as well as the majimoto trail. The treetop walkway involves moving across a bridge into the forest where tourists can enjoy seeing monkeys as well as many bird species as they enjoy their surroundings.

Ranger guides accompany tourists as they explore the national park and enjoy their nature walk experience. They also ensure that the tourists follow the trails and avoid moving away from the nature walk routes. 

Canoeing

An exciting adventure along Lake Manyara is also another activity which tourists visiting the national park can experience as they engage in canoe rides. This activity takes place when the water levels are favorable to allow the tourists to relax in the comfort of their boat and enjoy the views of the national park such as the rift valley escarpment as well as the savannah plains and woodlands where wildlife species can be seen. Hippos are among the wildlife species which can be seen in Lake Manyara as they swim. Tourists can also enjoy photography during their canoeing experiences at the destination.

Community visits

Interacting with the local community during a safari to Lake Manyara national park is another experience for tourists visiting the northern part of Tanzania. The community visits take place in Mto wa mbu town which is located close to the national park.

During community visits, tourists get to know more about the way of life of the Maasai who live in the neighboring areas of the national park. Other tribes also make up the local community of Mto wa mbu town which is known for is cultural diversity.

Some of the activities which tourists engage in during cultural visits in Mto wa mbu town include visiting the traditional homesteads of the Maasai known as “manyattas”. They also engage in traditional dance performances with the Maasai warriors as they jump and chant their traditional songs. 

The way of dressing of the Maasai is another unique aspect of the Maasai culture which tourists can experience during their community visits in Mto wa mbu town. The Maasai men wear traditional cloths referred to as “shukas” which have different colors such as red, blue and black. The dress code is completed with sandals as well as beaded jewelry such as necklaces, earrings, anklets made by the women.

Due to their high dependence on livestock and their nomadic way of life, the Maasai keep cattle, sheep and goats in enclosed kraals which have thorns as a way of protecting themselves from danger.

The community visits also involve a tour around the local market as well as to art and craft shops in Mto wa mbu town in the company of a local guide.

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