TANZANIAN SAFARI TOURS
I recently got the chance to go on the Great Northern Circuit Tanzania Safari. We left the Arusha Airport wit our Tanzanian guide. We drove over The Great Rift Valley to Lake Manyara National Park for a game drive. Lake Manyara was gorgeous with the tropical trees and vast, lush vegetation. Zebras, giraffes, and elephants reside here. This park also has hippos and many different types of monkeys. There is also a variety of birdlife, such as flamingos and pelicans. We then spent the night at E Unoto Retreat.
The next morning we passed the Oldonyo Lengai volcano on our way to Lake Natron. We rode down to the lake and sat for hours watching the many flamingos. We spent the night in a tented camp at Lake Natron.
The next day we headed to the Serengeti National Park of Tanzania. While at the Serengeti we saw lions, zebras, and giraffes. We also saw many varieties of the Serengeti birdlife. We took a game drive close to the migration. The landscape was so vibrant and alive. As we camped overnight in a tent, I marveled at the beauty of Tanzania and all its wildlife.
The next day we drove to Lake Victoria. That afternoon we drove to rural Africa. We drove to the villages of the Sakuma people. The Sakumas keep livestock and grow cotton. The Sakumas live just as their ancestors have always lived. We then returned to the Serengeti, where we fell into an exhausted sleep.
We were lucky enough to have arrived during the time of the great migration. It took our breath away as we saw the wildebeests and zebras make their yearly trek across Serengeti, Tanzania. I think our Tanzanian guide was a magician, because he could find animals so easily, even when they weren’t seemingly obvious to us as they hid in their environment. We even saw a lion with his kill. Now that is definitely something you don’t see everyday. Tanzania, Africa is one of the only places in the world to see these things. We then traveled to the Serengeti/Ngorongoro Lodge for the night.
We then drove to the Ngorongoro Crater. This crater has walls that are 2, 00 feet high. Since these walls are so high most animals don’t migrate here. We got to see many lions, jackals, elephants, zebras, and hippos. We camped overnight again and were lullabied to sleep by the sound of the laughing hyenas.
We then traveled for a walking safari with the Maasai Tribe. They took us on a tour of their hunting trails that they use every day. The Maasai Tribe lives in harmony with the wildlife and their environment.
When we left the next day for our return trip home, I knew that I would always carry a little piece of Tanzania with me in my heart.
Tags: Lake Victoria, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti