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If we talk about epic places within the African continent, we could say that the Great Rift Valley is one of the most epic and highlights. This immensity covering 4830 kilometers is one of the most visited tourist places by tourists and then we’ll tell you why. Read the rest of this entry »

Tanzania geography presents a melting pot of landscapes in which we can find from one of the most spectacular plain that nature shows us as in the Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Crater, not to mention the white sand beaches in the island of Zanzibar.

Serengeti National Park offers the wilder side of nature, the struggle for survival of the animals. A fight begins with the migration. And they come and go more than a million wildebeest and zebra across the plains of the park is not lost to predators such as lions and hyenas. A spectacle of nature in its wildest in which survival is the only end. It is a World Heritage Site since 1981. Read the rest of this entry »

Surely when you think of Tanzania comes to mind the famous safaris. True, travel agencies usually offer us the most common drive: the Serengeti National Park. Certainly it is a spectacular park, but not the only area. On this occasion we give you the opportunity to meet other fabulous and little-known national park in Tanzania. This is the Ruaha National Park. This park has an area of 10.300 square kilometers. How to get here? Very simple you only need to travel 130 kilometers by bus from the town of Iringa.

Why Ruaha park is called? The park takes its name from the Ruaha River, which flows along the park.

Ruaha National Park was declared a protected area since early last century when the Germans still ruled. Later half of the twentieth century, British rule was also responsible for maintaining the care of the park.

What animals can be seen while on a safari in Ruaha? Well anyway we will see elephants living here since a large population of elephants coming to create a colony of 10.000. Not only that. If you are a bird lover then came to the right place. Here we have shown that there are over 475 species of birds Can you believe it? Surely you can shoot like a tropical bird bucerotidaes; to the famous alcedines, commonly known as Kingfisher, a passerine songbirds and even called to see live and live to the mythical stork. Anything else? Yes, zebras, giraffes, gazelles and many more!

The only thing we ask is that does not soil the place and not disturb the animals. Remember you are only a guest at the home of the wildlife!

Some naturalists who had the opportunity to experience the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, say it could be classified as the eighth wonder of the world, with an approximate diameter of 20 kilometers, the walls of a major collapse of the world boiler enclosed in inside a paradise populated by thousands of wild animals in the most representative species in Africa.

The Ngorongoro crater of volcanic origin, is located in Tanzania near the Serengeti National Park, which is administratively independent. At about 2,200 meters above sea level, covers an area of 300 square kilometers. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, and National Park, Ngorongoro Crater remains relatively isolated by a wall 600 meters in height limits inside the crater, the descent into the microworld is an adventure to discover a plain capable of accommodating lake, grazing savannahs, salt, and above all, thousands of animals of different species living together in a unique ecosystem capable of emulating the Eden.

Everything in the Ngorongoro crater appears to belong to another environment, from the weather, which is warmer inside as opposed to setting up the clouds in the morning, which seems to awaken from inside the crater as a mist that rises to sky. The fauna of the crater, including from herds of elephants, zebras, buffaloes, lions, wildebeests, and gazelles, flamingos in the lake to high salinity. A sightseeing tour vehicles with specialized guides will give us one of the best photo opportunities in full safari.

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Lake Manyara is one of the hotbeds of life in Tanzania, especially the number of flamingos that seem to crowd into their costs.

Tanzania has an impressive variety of places and landscapes. Among them, the magnificent Lake Manyara, an oasis of life in proximity to the major national parks and the city of Arusha, from where most safaris in the country. Lake Manyara National Park is one of a bearing the same name, a vast plain whose epicenter is the lake’s ecosystem.

The Lake Manyara National Park has a visitor center in the northeast, where we find out on the best route and points to visit. At the same time, it is important to consider the season, because that will be the variant that changes in the most extreme aspect of the lake and park. During the rainy season is when we find the highest number of bird species, from November to May. Meanwhile, in the dry season will be more abundant mammals walking in the almost dry bed of the lake, especially the giraffes and elephants.

The most striking of Lake Manyara (link in English) and the park are undoubtedly the colony of more than three million flamingos feeding on the rich hot pink. In the park canoe trips are organized or recommended, a night tour to discover some dark secrets that you try to protect: in Africa, few people sleep at night, at least, not always have one eye open.

Any trip to Africa is usually accompanied by a visit to the famous Kruger Park, the richest reserves of the entire African continent. Perhaps a bit ironic, but it is not in this park you will see more animals and that there are several reasons. First considered in relation to Kenya and Tanzania the kingdoms of the Savannah, South Africa, you are in the bush and the difference is huge: if the first countries I mentioned, we can identify animals further and possibly leave the tracks to approach it, it is not the same here where the vegetation is much denser.

Discover an animal in the Kruger Park and it deserves to be in luck. This preamble said, Safari is even more exciting especially for those like me, have already seen wild animals in their natural environment . This may be disappointing for others who rely on tourist brochures are not always totally objective.

In my program runs, there was a day devoted to the Kruger Park, part of the park should I say it is so great. To find in its entirety would be ideal to spend a week, say … a few figures to give a clear idea of what it represents: its area is 20,000 km2 is the equivalent of three French departments means! About 1,000 km of paved roads and 1,500 km of tracks! No fewer than eight Read the rest of this entry »

Off the coast of Tanzania is the island of Zanzibar, Arab sultanate until the 60′s.

In sua streets we see women covered by veils and tattooed hands. For tothe beaches we can find celebrities who seek refuge in this place, unlike any holiday.

In the heart of Zanzibar, the Stone Town, a city that is world heritage, a city built of coral rock by the Arabs, the day begins with the chanting of muezzins calling to prayer from mosques. While we hear the echo of their voices, the vendors sell coffee, breakfast typical of Muslims in every corner you will find vendors who offer smoking.

Women wrapped in Burqas dark, early morning start, the first task is to go to market for supplies of fresh fish.

Its streets are many vendors offering their reasons co colorful paintings of animals and nature, handicrafts, souvenirs, and also those that offer tourists make small henna tattoos.

In the picturesque setting that offers the sound of their vendors, the smell of incense that inundated the city, the heat, you find the house where we can sit and breathe and admire the city, and have a comforting rest and then continue up to this culture so different from what travelers are accustomed.

In the coastal fishermen who sell us find delicious grilled shrimp, in a very particular, cones, we can go eat, as we continue our walk.

A walk into the typical miss is that we are sailing to its shores, from north to south, travel shows clove plantations, with its typical aroma, ruins of ancient palaces, and reached the east coast of the island, where the water of the Indian Ocean makes us believe we’re in an aquarium, transparency, the colors of your fish and corals.

Spend summer in the islands most famous, rich and eccentric characters, strolling through the island you may find some of them.