Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater
Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater
Tarangire and Ngorongoro crater national parks are the best combination of the Northern circuit that guest can ever enjoy during their wildlife experience. Both parks are located on the Northern part of Arusha bordering Lake Manyara and Serengeti National park. The two parks are located slightly in the man route with lovely scenic views of the great rift valley region.
Tarangire national park was named after the Tarangire river that acts as the livelihood of the large wide range of wildlife at the park. Tarangire River is located inside the park crossing the national park in the centre.The park is well known for its huge Baobab trees and large herds of Elephants. The park is located along the Masai Steppe on the South East and the great rift valley on the North and West. Tarangire national park covers an area of 2,600 square kilometres, with large swamps and huge plains covered with Baobab trees.
Tarangire and Ngorongoro crater had a migratory corridor of wildebeest through Karatu area during the dry season and calving season the wildebeest more to and from Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Tarangire and Ngorongoro crater gives the best surprise combined safari package though in most cases it’s overshadowed by the famous endless plains of Serengeti national park.
Ngorongoro crater is the world’s largest broken volcanic caldera found within the Ngorongoro conservation area and managed by Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority. It was recognized as a world heritage site in 1979. The crater is much famous with its highest number of predators especially lions in the entire world. Ngorongoro crater is the major tourist attraction feature in Ngorongoro conservation area that formed three million years ago. The crater is 610 meters deep which is an equivalent of 2,000 feet covering an area of 260 square kilometers.
In 2013 Ngorongoro crater was voted by the Seven Natural wonders in Tanzania Arusha as one of the seven natural Wonders of Africa. The park is one of the must-stop destinations for guests who do safaris in Tanzania second to Serengeti national park. It’s a simple and busy park as where all the African big 5 are easily seen especially the shy rare black Rhinos.
A safari to Tarangire and Ngorongoro crater can be done as a short trip during your stay in Tanzania like 3 days Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire safari, two days Tarangire and Ngorongoro crater safari and others. One can also make Tarangire and Ngorongoro as a supplementary or additional destination during your safari to the most famous Serengeti national park home of the annual great wildebeest migration. Securing an additional two days to visit Tarangire national park and Ngorongoro crater before you end up in Arusha where your trip ends.
We have mixed of both short packages like 4 days Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tarangire safari, 5 days Tanzania safari, 6, 7, 8 and more days of Serengeti and much more. Ngorongoro and Tarangire safari that gives you full enticing wildlife experience of the greater Northern tourist circuit.
Visiting Tarangire and Ngorongoro crater makes your wildlife dreams of seeing the African top 5 complete. The two national parks are gifted by nature each having over 2,000 animals. Tarangire is famous for its largest herds of Elephant not only in Tanzania but Africa at as a whole. Other dominant and permanent residents are lions, leopards, Cheetahs, Buffalos, Hyenas, oribi, Giraffes, dik-dik, Gazelles, topis, wildebeest and many more. In the other hand, Ngorongoro crater is home of the highest concentration of predators in Africa especially lions, leopards, hyenas. Other animals found in the crater are Black Rhinos, Buffalos, Elephants, jackals, zebras, wildebeest, gazelles and others.
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