35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Katavi National Park by Sheikh. Ghulam Sarwar
In my opinion, Katavi national park is not a very good park as other national park of Tanzania. Though it's very large area. Also it is very far from Dar es salaam. And the rods are not good to go there.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Ruaha National Park by Sheikh. Ghulam Sarwar
It's an Average national park.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Ngorongoro Crater by Sheikh. Ghulam Sarwar
The world's biggest crater of BIG FIVE. Pride of Tanzania.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Review about Arusha National Park by Sheikh. Ghulam Sarwar
The nice safari park to be there.
35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
The excellent park to be there.
Tarangire national park is a very nice and beautiful park, if you are in Tanzania, don't miss to be there.
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Kruger National Park by Harry and Grace Mateman
Of course one of our favorites. The south gives you much opportunity to see the big five. There are many roads were you won't see many other cars. There are varying landscapes and especially the Luvuvhu river we would recommend.
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Golden Gate Highlands National Park by Harry and Grace Mateman
Beautiful mountain scenery, but not many animals or birds to see.
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Mokala National Park by Harry and Grace Mateman
A new park a believe. Excellent accommodation and restaurant. We saw animals we didn't see in Kruger (tsessebe and sable antilope). Only dirt roads in the park.
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Review about Marakele National Park by Harry and Grace Mateman
There is a unfenced tented camp, beautifully situated at a lake where we stayed a couple of days. You can drive up the mountain for a lovely view, or drive into the bush to see rhinos and other animals from nearby (watch my video of Marakele at youtube). Mix of dirt and tar roads.
NL
65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Quiet park with nice accommodation, good destination for a couple of days.
We spent 3 nights with a hired 2wd car. We stayed at a cottage at Leokwe camp (Mapungubwe East), which was very well equipped. There are some baobab trees and beautiful rocks in the camp and there is even a small swimmng pool. There are no fences at Leokwe camp, so wildlife can come to your doorstep. We saw klipspringers and many birds while having breakfast. In the evening we heard some noise in the dark ant saw a african civet, an animal we had never seen before. When we stayed here in februari 2010 we saw a couple of elephants near our cottage.
There are not many roads suitable for 2wd, but some more for 4wd. Now, as two years ago, we didn't see much wildlife in the eastern part of the park. You can go to the treetop hide and watch bee-eaters at the Limpopo river and a little further view the confluence of this river with the Shashe river. At the reception we were told that there were lions seen in this part of the park, we can hardly believe that, as several cows were roaming free in the park. Conclusion: in the eastern part of the park you won't see many wildlife, but the secenery is fine and you'll get "bush vibes".
In the western part we saw many more animals, especially from the Maloetswa hide.
We spent two mornings at the hide (and were all allone then) and saw a lot of animals and birds coming for a drink. In our video you can see what animals we saw within a couple of hours. The big five however was only represented by elephants (and there are a lot of them in the park). The tented camp at the western part also is unfenced and is situated in lovely open forest.
There are more campsites in the park which we didn't visit.
The weather was dry and very warm (in februari even warmer).
To travel from the eastern to the western part of the park you have to go out the gate at the reception as there is no internal connection between the two parts.
You can drive thorugh a graded road (20 km) or take the tar road to Pont Drift (40 km). We would not recommend the graded road for 2wd cars. Though when we drove this road two years ago we saw many elephants along this road.
When you have booked an accommodation you must check in at the reception at the eastern part of the park. Recently they have opened a small restaurant near the reception where you can have a meal. But remember from the reception to Leokwe camp the distance is 14 km, so it takes you at least half an hour to get back in time.
If you wish you can book a walk or drive at the reception.
