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Tanzania's oldest and most popular national park is known commonly as The Serengeti spanning an area of 14,763 square kilometres. Located in North Tanzania it extends to south/south-west Kenya between latitude 1 to 3 degrees south latitude and 34 to 36 degrees east longitude. The Kenyan part of The Serengeti is known as the Maasai Mara.
As a world heritage site it was recently proclaimed to be one of the seven natural wonders of Africa, and one of the 10 natural travel wonders of the world. It is famed for its annual migration when some 6 million hooves pound the open plains as more than 200,000 zebra, and 300,000 Thomson gazelles, join the wildebeest trek for fresh grazing.
Yet even when the migration is quiet the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa including a great herd of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon thousands of impala, Topi, eland and Grant gazelle.
The spectacle of predator versus prey dominates Tanzania's greatest park. Golden-maned predators feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees lining the Seronera River, while a high density of cheetahs prowl the south-eastern plains. Being renowned for its large lion population it is one of the best places to observe prides in their natural environment.
The name "Serengeti" comes from the Maasai word "Seringiti" referring to an "endless plain". As you stand on the southern grass plains you experience this vastness and witness one of the greatest concetnrations of plain animals left on the earth.
Featuring famous rocky kopjes, the plains were formed 3 to 4 million years ago when ash blew from volcanoes in the Ngorongoro highlands covering the rolling landscape. This thick later of ash preservered traces of early man, and established the rich soil which supports the southern grass plains. From this early beginning man and wildlife have shared this magical Serengeti eco system.
The Western Corridor, called Grumeti, stretches almost to the shores of Lake Victoria. The reach of the western corridor is important in preserving ancient migratory routes. In a typical year the migration arrives between June and July, having left the dry plains in the south. Grumeti River provides a sharp contrast to the surrounding plains and hosts some of the Serengeti's more unusual species, such as the black & white Colobus monkey and the Giant Nile crocodiles at Kirawira, which has made the area famous.
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Day 1 - Lake Manyara:
You will be picked up from your hotel, Kilimanajaro or Arusha airport by our professional SafarEase Tour Driver Guide and driven directly to Lake Manyara National Park where you will enjoy a game drive, a picnic lunch along the way and then retire to your hotel/lodge for Dinner & Overnight.
Day 2 - The Serengeti:
After breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel, lodge or campsite and head to the most famous national park in Africa; The Serengeti, for a full game drive with a picnic lunch. We head to your hotel, lodge or campsite before sundown for dinner & overnight.
Day 3 - The Serengeti to Ngorongoro
After breakfast you will start in the Serengeti again to try to find more animals. After a few hours in the Serengeti we drive to the Ngorongoro highlands with a picnic lunch, dinner and overnight at the lodge on the rim.
Day 4 - Ngorongoro Crater
After a hearty breakfast we will make our descent into the awe-inspiring Ngorongoro Crater.
After a morning game drive we will stop for a picnic lunch then head back to meet your flight or deliver you to your hotel.
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Oldupai Gorge or Olduvai as they call it in the history books, is one of the most important historical sites in the world, having given us an understanding of the oldest inhabitants ever to have walked this earth. Approximately 1.9 million years agao and Homo habilis inhabited this area, so too a Pranthropus boisei 1.8 million years ago and a Homo erectus 1.2 million years ago. Homosapiens, by contrast, are dated to have occupied the site only 17,000 years ago.
The gorge is a deep ravine in the Great Rift Valley in the eastern Serengeti Plains, and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and about 48km (30 miles) in length.
45km away lies another important archeological site known as the Laetoliarchaelogical site, which is significant for showing increased developmental and social abilities in hominins. An example of this is their use of stone tools, indicating the developed cognitive abilities, and the practice of both scavenging and hunting highlighed by the gnaw marks predating cut marks, and the meat versus plant amounts in their early diet. There is also evidence of increases in social interaction and communal activity.
The Olduvai Museum is a must-see when travelling through this are. Unusual lizards and birds can also been enjoyed while visitors are engrossed in the local historian lectures.
Serengeti National Park
Sample Itinerary:
Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater,
(four days three nights)
