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35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Beautifull place
I started my Tanzania trip in Lake Manyara and there was my first wildlife encounters of my eastern Africa trip
Drive around the Rift Valley is an awsome experience and we found a lot of wildlife there
Baboons, Blue and Vervet monkeys in the jungles, Elephants, giraffes, buffalos, waterbucks, dik dik, zebras, hippos are easy to spot
One of the best thinks is the new flamingo watching platform. I spent hours there watching and photographing flamingos.
Lake Manyara
Absolutely Worth it
35-50 years of age
Get close to Elephants and enjoy the tranquility of the bush.
The wildlife is unique to our country and I am fortunate to live in close proximity to Addo Elephant National Park. The Park offers accommodation in the form of Chalets, Tented Camps and camping sites, a restaurant at the Main Camp and an enclosed picnic area in the middle of the park. The National Park gives visitors the opportunity to get close to nature from a vehicle and Game drives can be arranged with the National Park's Rangers. Animals such as Elephants, Lions, Kudus, Eland, Cheetahs, and a variety of birdlife are just a few to mention that make up this great diversity. The Spekboom tree is a succulent that grows throughout Addo and is a delicacy to many of the wildlife such as the elephants and kudus. From the southern section of the park you can see the ocean. Overall, if you are looking for a holiday away from the city and want to be surrounded by nature and wildlife then Addo is the place for you.
50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
An amazing experience such that I would do it again at the drop of a hat.
The Namib Naukluft was part of the itinerary on a Capturearth photographic workshop.
We stayed at Wolwedans and at Sossus Dune Lodge.
Wolwedans was amazing with 5-star treatment and meals - real, classy "bush vibe" experience.
Sossus Dune Lodge was comfortable but very hot at the time. It is however a "must stay" destination if you wish to experience Deadvlei at it's photogenic best - that is, at dawn. Part of the program included a dawn helicopter flight over the Sossusvlei sand dunes which I can highly recommend.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Tarangire National Park by Colin S. Johnson Photography
The home of the elephant. The scenic views of Tarangire with its rocky foundation, baobab trees, and valleys provide an amazing backdrop to the wildlife. You will see many elephants at Tarangire guaranteed. A must stop on your Tanzania safari. I would recommend 2 days minimum to explore the park.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Serengeti National Park by Colin S. Johnson Photography
Nowhere else on the planet will you find wildlife like you will on the Serengeti. It was an amazing time. Animals everywhere. You see many animals the first few days then you track down the harder to see animals like the leopard and cheetah. The scenes are breath-taking and the animals...unbelievable. You need to spend at least 3-4 days here to see everything and the park is like a small country so you won't see it all but there is enough to see anywhere you go. In the north park of the park your driver must stay on the roads at all times. In the south part of the park you are more free to roam as you please. Most people go to the north because of its proximity to Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara. But you will see animals...lots of them. Trust me.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Colin S. Johnson Photography
Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most unique places I have ever seen. You literally are deep inside of an extinct volcano crater that is so massive you could fit three Washington, DC's inside of it. The best place in the world to see Black Rhinos in the wild. It was almost like being in a natural theme park. An incredible place that must be given two days minumum to enjoy. So much to see and the animals have little movement so they are easy to find. But the rhinos are scarce even in the crater. I could have spent a week here and still wanted more. An incredible experience.
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35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A small safari to get you started on your Tanzania adventure
My time in Tanzania was to start on the Serengeti, move to Ngorongoro Crater, then to Tarangire, and finish at Arusha National Park. After doing some research I changed that order and reversed it...and I am glad I did.
Arusha National Park is far smaller than the other parks and doesn't have the larger wildlife the other parks have like elphants, hippos, rhinos, etc. What it does have is a thriving flamingo population, baboons, and black and white colobus monkeys. It is a great park to start your journey through Tanzania because it gives you a way to sort of dip your toes into the safari travel without being immersed in it. The roads are dirt, the wildlife is right outside of your car, the views are beautiful but it is a small park and the animals are smaller and less intimidating than other parks.
We stopped for lunch at a picnic grounds and could see baboons around the restroom area maybe 30 feet from us waiting for us to leave so they could scavenge any food we left behind. Impressive animals but at no time did I feel threatened. The lakes were filled with greater and lesser flamingos in the thousands. The Black and White Colobus monkeys played in the trees above our heads in the jungle sections of the park. And the bird species were innumerable.
You will get a feel of a safari vehicle riding on dirt roads, get a bit of jungle, plains, lakes, etc that you will encounter at the larger parks without feeling over-whelmed. But Arusha is simply not as thrilling as the big three. The Serengeti is unmatched, Ngorongoro is unique, and Tarangire provides amazing landscapes as backdrops to the many elephants in the park. The other three are better for seeing the big 5 and most of the animals you came to Tanzania to see, but Arusha is a good way to start your journey...just don't finish it there or you will be disappointed. But when you start there...you get a brief look at the bigger things to come.
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Tarangire National Park by Tom Robinson
A beautiful park with lots of elephants. It seemed a little busier than other parks we visited but we saw a lot and very close up!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Serengeti National Park by Tom Robinson
An amazing environment that you cannot miss! The park is huge and will get you a lot closer to nature. You can see all the big cats here and the wildebeest are amazing!
20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Tom Robinson
A relatively small area with quite concentrated wildlife populations. This is your only realistic chance of seeing a rhino! If you like your birds you will see a lot of kori and black kites. We also saw lots of lions and even a serval cat here!