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20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent !!
I love tanzania seregeti it was a great vibe I will definitely do it again
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Sheer abundance
The sheer abundance and diversity of animals in such a beautiful setting was unbelievable. It felt like a land before time. From one spot you could see so many different species of animals, frolicking in streams and grazing on the plains with masses of birds swarming past them.
You can't get quite as close to the animals as the Serengeti or some of the other parks because there aren't all that many roads and the animals aren't always right by the road. That being said, we did have some animals that went right across the road in front of us: a bull elephant, a male lion, a serval cat, some zebra and wildebeest. We saw a rhino only through the binoculars.
I loved that we went in February because the whole crater was a vibrant shade of green.
Even if there weren't any wildlife in this crater, it would be something amazing to see. With teeming animals all around you, it is a true spectacle and one of the most impressive marvels of nature I've ever seen. Don't miss it.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Africa of My Dreams
The Serengeti exceeded my sky-high expectations. What a marvel of nature! In two days in the Serengeti we saw about 20 lions doing all varieties of activities, 6 cheetah including one hunting and a couple of the cutest cubs imaginable, many elephant herds, massive zebra herds, a group of 50 hippos brawling, a clan of hyenas hazing a newcomer, warthogs chasing each other, jackals eating a zebra corpse, tons of giraffes, tons of buffalo, impala, gazelle, and other antelope.
The sprawling scenery, the sense of adventure as you drive through the bumpy roads in the endless grasses and scattered trees, hearing the elephants as you walk from dinner to your camp. We did an 11 hour game drive one day to really take it all in. One of the best days of my life.
This is a paradise on earth that will live in my heart forever.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A nice safari introduction among the baobabs
We had a fantastic experience on the first day of our safari in Tarangire. In retrospect it didn't compare to Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, and Lake Manyara, but I still think it was a good safari starting park. Here we spent a long time marveling at seeing our first giraffes, our first elephants, and our first lions, but they definitely aren't present here in quite the numbers as the other parks. A part of this could be because we came in green season in February; Tarangire is much more ideal in the dry season compared to the other parks which are good in all seasons.
That being said, Tarangire did have some things that the other parks didn't have. In terms of scenery, it has a ton of really impressive baobab trees! We saw a whole lion pride walking right past our car (in other parks the prides were sleeping and when we saw lions on the move it was usually just 1-2 of them). We saw ostriches up close while in other parks we only saw them far away. We also saw a lot of vervet monkeys, while in other parks it was usually one at a time. This is the only place we saw hyraxes and the northern red billed hornbill.
Overall, it's worth a visit, I assume especially if you go in the dry season, but it'd be okay to skip it if you're short on time.
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20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Heaven for elephants and baboons
This place must be heaven for elephants, because we saw so many. They're so chill here and got incredibly close to our vehicle. I loved that it was a forested park, which was a nice change of scenery from the Serengeti. I also loved watching the huge troops of baboons - apparently this park has the highest concentration of baboons of any park in Africa. We also got lucky and saw 5 lions, including one up in a tree and one eating a baboon in a bush. Though I wouldn't count on this because our guide said many times he's been to Lake Manyara and not seen any lions.
Lake Manyara also gives you the opportunity to go on a walking safari. An armed park ranger took us on an hour and a half hike, which was an excellent experience getting to experience the bush on foot and learn about the plants and animal signs from the ranger. We got lucky and saw a mother and juvenile elephants drinking at a stream. Wow, what a thrill! It was actually pretty intense because the mother started walking in our direction and could have easily charged over the stream, but the park ranger handled it with aplomb and made some loud noises to turn the elephant around.
Lake Manyara was our last stop on our safari. To me I enjoyed it just as much as the heavy hitters like Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Better than Tarangire (though I saw Tarangire in February and it's probably better in the dry season when the wildlife is more concentrated).
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Queen Elizabeth National Park by William Kryska
huge -- lions up close, and a leopard -- I believe there are 2 -- 1 mother and 1 grown offspring (who has left and lives in a different part of the park)
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Murchison Falls National Park by William Kryska
able to see visit the source of the nile, and the falls are amazing (do not skip them)
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Lake Mburo National Park by William Kryska
all kinds of wildlife -- especially Giraffes, and we were able to leave our vehicles and walk along with them (maybe 30 yards away)
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Review about Bwindi Impenetrable National Park by William Kryska
the best -- this is where the Gorillas live - you will hike in this forest -- that alone is worth it
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50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
beautiful, welcoming and amazing place
we went there Kajie Safaris for a 10 day wildlife safari-- a locally run outfit. they made arrangements for the entire trip -- from the hotel the night we arrived right until we left.
we had a group of 9 people, divided into 4 groups. they picked each group up at the airport and dropped them to the hotel they were staying at that first night (before the safari officially began).
we visited the major parks, sat with the Gorillas and had a chimp and rhino trek. all were amazingly beautiful. we were able to hike along with the Giraffes, we were ~6 feet from the Gorillas (you need a special visa for the Gorillas and it you may need to buy them a year or more in advance - our tour operator took care of this for us). additionally, we were able to see (close up) the tree climbing lions, leopards, elephants, countlesss zebra and antelope, warthogs (a favorite), hippos, water buffalo, and more. not really birders, but there were many, many different types.
all the accommodations (lodges) were extremely nice -- I would guess 4 star if compared to a hotel -- all of our meals were arranged for us --
we felt safe and welcomed everywhere we went. 10 days was barely enough to see everything - -it did involve alot of miles on the road, but this went by surprisingly fast as there was always something to look at out the window.
the USD goes far there, but you are better having Ugandan shillings to pay for things.
cannot recommend this trip enough - - seeing a Gorilla family so close is an unbelievable experience, almost surreal - huge, but gentle.
