NORTHERN CIRCUIT – TANZANIA

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OVERVIEW

The Northern circuit attracts many Tourists due to its richness when comes to natural attractions. With the presence of the best destinations such as Serengeti national park, Tarangire national park, Manyara national park, Arusha national park, and Ngorongoro conservation crater. The Northern Circuit is the unbitten circuit to experience a lifetime moment.

One of the Richest Destinations in Northern Tanzania is Serengeti National Park.

Why the Richest?

The presence of a Variety of Animal species and Bird species have made Serengeti national park one of the greatest destination attraction. Planning your vacation to Serengeti National Park will be the best choice to save.

Serengeti National Park is home to great carnivores such as Lions, Leopards, cheetahs, and many other species. Get in touch with the experience of very big elephants, the group of Buffalos, with the isolated ones.

Like the wedding ceremonies of Human beings, come and experience the wedding ceremonies of wild animals. Do you wish to see how the king of the Jungle does this? The wedding of the king of the Jungle is an unexplained event.

Do not miss the technique used by a predator in hunting. Come and see how the Hunters do when catching their prey.

Think about the Wildebeest Migration

The great wildebeest migration stands as a unique attraction in Serengeti National park. The experience of more than two million animals including wildebeest, Zebras, and Gazelles across the western Corridor, is a lifetime experience ever. Northern circuit is waiting for you to feed you with an unforgettable experience.

ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK

Arusha National Park has variety of wildlife, but visitors shouldn’t expect the same game-viewing experience they find in other national parks of Tanzania’s northern circuit.

It is a great place for walking; one can enjoy natural forest in comfort because of the cool climate. The walking activity has to be arranged in advance and must be accompanied by armed ranger. Canoeing on a small Momela lake is also available by prior arrangements withbushbuck, Buffalo, Giraffe and hippos often seen during this excursion.

TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

Tarangire National Park,The open grasslands, acacia trees and the Tarangire River paint the wild landscape.The main activities are game drives, walking safari with armed guides (rangers) and night game drives. During game drives, you will spend yourdays on searching of eland, oryx, wildebeests, zebras and a large elephant population. Keep your eyes trained for hartebeests, gazelles and exotic birds like the bateleur and martial eagle.

Tarangire matches well with northern circuit safari programs. It takes approximately two hours’ drive from Arusha town to Tarangire gate and you can easily drive from Tarangire to Serengeti national park via Mto wa mbu village, Karatu and the Ngorongoro conservation area.

LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Lake ManyaraNational Park lies up against the steep western wall of rift valley. It is directly en route to Ngorongoro from Arusha and Tarangire therefore this makes it very popular for either day trip or overnight. Most of the characteristic east African mammals are found in Manyara including cheetahs, leopard, buffalo, hippos, elephants, giraffe and the largest baboon troops in Africa.

It is in Manyara where some lions opted to rest up in the trees during the heat of midday, giving rise to the mistaken belief that the Manyara lions are somehow different .Lions in many part of Africa spend time in the lower broad limbed branches of trees probably to escape flies. Lake Manyara National Park is also known for flocks of thousands flamingos that feed along the edge of the lake in the wet season. Activities in Manyara National park includes Game drives, this is the main activity. Guests can enjoy driving along the network roads within the park.

NGORONGORO CRATER

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a protected area and a World Heritage Site located 180 km (110 mi) west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania. The area is named after Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera within the area.The Ngorongorocrater formed when a large volcano exploded and collapsed two to three million years ago. The volcanic eruptions like that of Ngorongoro, which resulted in the formation of Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, were very common.Similar collapses occurred in the case of Olmoti and Empakaai, but they were much smaller in magnitude and impact.

Main activity is game drives in the Ngorongoro Crater floor, a vast expanse where animal activity is common place Approximately 25,000 large animals, mostly ungulates, live in the crater. Wildlife in the crater include the black rhino, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, the common eland, Grant’s, Thomson’s gazelles, Waterbucks, lions, hippos, crocodiles.

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions. It is now both a world biosphere reserve and a world heritage site. The Park if famous for its annual wildebeest migration .The migratory – and some resident – wildebeest, which number over 1.5 million individuals, constitute the largest population of big mammals that still roam the planet.

They are joined in their journey through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem by 200,000 plains zebras, 300,000 Thomson’s gazelle sand Grant’s gazelle, and tens of thousands of topi and Coke’s hartebeest. Masai giraffe, waterbuck, impala, common warthogs and hippopotamus are also abundant.