Safari favourites in Tanzania’s north include Serengeti National Park,
Ngorongoro Crater, Mount Kilimanjaro and Tarangire National Park all
accessed via Arusha. The Serengeti is famous for the Great Migration, an
annual journey of 2 million wildebeest, zebra and various antelope that
circulates around the Serengeti and Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Closely
monitored by a throng of lion, leopard, hyaena and cheetah, this
phenomenal spectacle is determined by rainfall and grazing which varies
from year to year.
Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive volcanic caldera, also
offers superb big 5 game viewing providing sanctuary to around 25,000
animals. Nearby Olduvai Gorge is renowned for archaeological discoveries
of the earliest known human remains and the Ngorongoro area offers
opportunities to interact with local Maasai tribes.
Further east, the sight of Mount Kilimanjaro will take your breath
away. If you are fit and healthy, the 5896m/19,343ft ascent to Kili’s
summit is a serious undertaking but achievable without ropes or
technical climbing experience.
Southern
Tanzania is dominated by Selous Game Reserve, a less congested safari
alternative to Tanzania’s popular northern parks. And what better way to
round off a safari than a spell on the picture-perfect beaches of
Zanzibar.
The best time to visit Tanzania for wildlife viewing is the dry season
from late June to October and March/April is the rainy season peak. The
wildebeest calve from late January to February in the southern Serengeti
and the herd resides in the northern Serengeti and Maasai Mara from
late July to mid October. Typically, the wildebeest cross the Grumeti
and Mara Rivers from late August to late September.
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