Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, Northern Circuit):
The greatest show happen on the Earth Covering an area of 14,763 sq. km, Serengeti National Park is the largest National Park in Tanzania. The park is located some 320 km to the northwest of Arusha, lying in a high plateau between the Ngorongoro highlands and the Kenya/ Tanzania border, and extending almost to Lake Victoria to the west. Aptly named “endless plains” by the Maasai people, you immediately experience this vastness as you enter the southeastern plains of the park from Ngorongoro crater.....Read More. |
Tarangire National Park (Northern Circuit):
While the focus for most travelers to Tanzania is nearby Serengeti, many come away claiming lesser-known Tarangire as the real highlight of their trip. It can't compete in terms of size, but it is a beautiful park, typified by century-old baobabs that stand sentinel above the open grass plains and riverbeds, and home to a vast array of animal and bird species, attracted by the permanently flowing waters of the Tarangire River. In fact, given its dense concentrations of animals -- second only to Ngorongoro -- there is every chance you will enjoy a higher incidence of sightings here than in Serengeti; elephants, in particular, are common. ....Read More |
Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Northern Circuit, Tanzania):
Ngorongoro was, and still is, the only conservation area in Africa to provide full protection status for resident wildlife as well as the interests of its indigenous pastoralists, the Maasai, who traded their rights to live in the Serengeti and pursued their traditional lifestyle in the neighboring Ngorongoro Conservation Area half a century ago. ..Read More |
Lake Manyara National Park.
Lake Manyara National Park is among the six national park in northern circuit it derived its name from a plant called Euphobea tiruccalli, known as Emanyara in Maasai language. The Maasai used this plant to cover their boma (hedges). Which Located 125 km west of Arusha town, under the wall of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park is one of the oldest and most popular sanctuaries in East Africa. Read More |