Tanzania’s oldest park, located in the North, covering an area of over 14,760 sq, the Serengeti is the country’s most popular and famous park. “Serengeti” is a Maasai word meaning “endless plain”, very apt, as the park consists of flat, treeless plains stretching as far as the eye can see, one of the highest concentration game sites in Africa.
Tarangire National Park.
Covering an area of approximately 2,600 sq kms. During the dry season from June to October, this park has a particularly high concentration of wildlife, mainly congregating along the Tarangire River.
The park is also an ornithologists paradise with more than 300 species of birds.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
The Conservation area is a fine blend of landscapes, people, wildlife and Africa main archaeological site, lying in the north of country and merging into the Serengeti Game Reserve. The Ngorongoro Crater is regarded as a natural wonder of the world (the 8th) and has been declared a World Heritage Site. It is the largest intact crater in the world, being 610 meters deep, 16 kms across and covering an area of 540 sq kms. and is teaming with wildlife.
The area is also an ornithologists’ paradise, with the thousands of Flamingos wading in the shallows of Lake Magadi and hundreds of other species of birdlife.
Visit the famous volcanic Ngorongoro crater which is the largest unbroken caldera in the world.
Lake Manyara
The alkaline soda of Lake Manyara is home to an incredible array of bird life that thrives on its brackish waters. Pink Flamingo stoop and graze by the thousands, colorful specks against the grey minerals of the lake shore.
Lake Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions are another reason to pay this park a visit. The only kind of their species in the world, they make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season.
