NGORONGORO

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) covers some 8,300 square kilometers. It boasts of the finest blend of land scales, wildlife, people and archeological sites in Africa. It is also a pioneering experiment in multiple land use. The multiple land use philosophy in the area is to maintain the co-existence of human and wildlife in natural tradition setting. Pastoralist, conservation of natural resource and tourism are the three components that are considered to be compatible in the area

OLDUVAI

The archaeological site of Olduvai Gorge is located in the eastern Serengeti in northern Tanzania within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The gorge is a steep sided 4 to 8- kilometers (30 mile) long ravine, which forms part of the Great Rift Valley. It is situated on a series of fault lines which, along with centuries of erosion, has revealed fossils and remnants of early humankind. Ancient archaeological site
Cradle of humankind Situated in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Forms part of the Great Rift Valley
Olduvai

TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK

The park is located 120km from Arusha south east of Manyara. This park has a particularly dense wildlife population between June – October. This national park is home to thousands of elephant, and in the dry season game congregates along the river having migrated from the Maasai Mara. This park is symbolized by the Baobab tree, growing in open acacia woodland. Tarangire is an ornithologists paradise rich in birds of prey and an incredible diversity of avifauna.

MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

At just 325 square kilometers Lake Manyara National Park is a relatively small slice of land, tucked in between the Rift Valley escarpment and the lake itself.

It is a beautiful little park, tucked in between the Rift Escarpment and the lake itself … much overlooked and under-rated.

Most people tend to just visit the park for a couple of hours during the middle of the day, but for those who stay inside the park overnight, either in the one luxury lodge, Manyara Tree Camp, or at one of the private campsites, there is a much deeper and worthwhile experience to be had here.

SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

There is a terrible misunderstanding about the Serengeti Plains, which needs to be sorted out immediately … The Serengeti Plains are not famous because they are incredible endless flat plains, the scale of which you will not find anywhere else. Actually the plains are quite small. You can drive right across them along their longest axis in less than two hours. The Serengeti Plains are famous because of a unique set of geological and meteorological circumstances that has caused a certain distinct seasonal pattern of grass growth, which in turn is the driving force behind a huge annual migration of grazing animals.

ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK

One of the most beautiful parks in Tanzania and located 32 KM from Arusha. Aside from the abundance of wildlife, fauna and flora there are three spectacular features; momella lakes, Meru Crater, and the Ngurdoto Crater. Both Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru can be seen from the park when the weather is fine. Bird watching, photography, walking safaris. Antelope of all sorts; buffalo; leopard; hyena; baboon; colobus monkey; giraffe; rhino; elephant; hippopotamus.

KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK

Mount Kilimanjaro stands on an otherwise featureless part of the East African plateau, on the Tanzanian side of the Kenya border, side by side with the smaller Mount Meru. Both mountains are extinct volcanoes, with Kilimanjaro actually being the agglomeration of three distinct volcanoes, whose violent creation is geologically associated with the creation of the Great Rift Valley, 100km to the West.

These two great mountains create a micro-climate around themselves and the rain-shadow created to their South and East supplies the beautiful and superbly fertile land in which the towns of Moshi and Arusha are situated, full of banana groves and coffee plantations. Mount Kilimanjaro National Park and Forest Reserve occupy the whole of Mount Kilimanjaro and its surrounding montane forest.

Kilimanjaro National Park comprises all of the mountain above the tree line and six forest corridors that stretch through the montane forest belt.

OLDONYO LENGAI

Oldonyo Lengai is a volcano in the Eastern Rift Valley, North Tanzania. Its name means ‘Mountain of God’ in the language of the Maasai people who inhabit this area. Oldonyo Lengai is of particular interest to geologists because it is the world’s only active volcano that erupts natrocarbonatite lava. It is also the only active volcano in this part of the East African Rift Valley, though there are many older extinct volcanoes in this region. Oldonyo Lengai rises about 2000 meters above the Rift Valley floor to a height of approximately 2886 metres.