national-parks
« Previous EntriesArabuko Sokoke Kenya National park
Monday, February 1st, 2010The Arabuko-Sokoke Forest is East Africa’s largest surviving, dry coastal forest, situated only 7 km inland from Watamu and 18 km southwest from Malindi on the Kenya Coast.
The Forest covers an area of approximately 400 square km and is composed of three distinctly different forest habitats: mixed lowland forest, open Brachystegia woodland and dense Cynometra [...]
Hiking Kilimanjaro Trekking Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Trek and Hike
Saturday, April 18th, 2009MARANGU CLIMB (SF6MAR)
7 days / 6 nights (5 day / 4 night hike)
The busiest pathway up & down Africa’s highest mountain, this is a well defined and ‘climber friendly’ route and there are huts along the way.
TRAVELLERS COMMENTS
This is surely how it feels to be on top of the world! I will admit it was [...]
Kenya National Parks Safari Tour, Game Drive in Kenya Parques Africa
Thursday, April 9th, 2009More National Parks of Kenya
ARAWALE NATIONAL RESERVE:
Arawale national reserve is found in the North Eastern province, in Ganisa district, 5Km from the left ground at the edge of river Tana.
Arawale was gazetted in the year 1973, occupying an area of 533Km2 and the main aim of preserving a Kenya Safari scarce antelope species which is [...]
Safari to Saadani National Park Tanzania Saadani Tour Holiday Travel
Thursday, April 9th, 2009SAADANI NATIONAL PARK SAFARI TANZANIA
Saadani National Park is the perfect union of beach and bush. Located just 70 km north of Bagamoyo and easily accessible by paved road from Dar es Salaam, Saadani is a wonderful day-trip from the beach resorts scattered along Tanzania’s northern coast. The only wildlife sanctuary in East Africa to boast [...]
Udzungwa Mountains National Park
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Udzungwa is the largest and most biodiverse chain of a dozen large forest mountains that rise majestically from the flat coastal scrub of eastern Tanzania, known collectively as the Eastern Arc Mountains.
Secret bank account of genetic stock
It is a hot-house nurturing species found nowhere else on earth, a secret bank account of precious genetic stock. [...]
Ruaha National Park Safari Tanzania
Thursday, April 9th, 2009RUAHA NATIONAL PARK
Ruaha protects a vast tract of the rugged, semi-arid bush country that characterises central Tanzania. The moment the plane touches the ground the game viewing starts. A giraffe races beside the airstrip, all legs and neck yet oddly elegant in its awkwardness. A line of zebras and in the distance, beneath a bulbous [...]
MKOMAZI GAME RESERVE TOUR TANZANIA
Thursday, April 9th, 2009MKOMAZI GAME RESERVE
Located in Tanzania’s very north close to the Pare Mountains, Mkomazi Game Reserve is the focus of an intensive breeding program to save the endangered black rhinos.Tourist facilities in this remote area are very sparse, so not many ‘Mzungus’ – as white people are called around here – will bother to visit Mkomazi. [...]
KITULO PLATEAU NATIONAL PARK
Thursday, April 9th, 2009KITULO PLATEAU NATIONAL PARK
Locals refer to the Kitulo Plateu as
‘Bustani ya Mungu’ – The Garden of God – while botanists have dubbed it the Serengeti of Flowers.
Perched at around 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) between the rugged peaks of the Kipengere, Poroto and Livingstone Mountains, the well-watered volcanic soils of Kitulo support the largest and most [...]
Mikumi National Park Safari Tour Tanzania
Thursday, April 9th, 2009MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK
Forming the northern borders of Africa’s biggest game reserve – the vast Selous – Mikumi is one of the most popular of Tanzania`s National Parks, the most accessible part of a 75,000 square kilometre wilderness.
Mikumi flood plain
The main feature of the park is the Mikumi flood plain, along with the mountain ranges that [...]
KATAVI NATIONAL PARK SAFARI
Thursday, April 9th, 2009KATAVI NATIONAL PARK
Isolated, untrammelled and seldom visited, Katavi is a true wilderness, providing the few intrepid souls who make it there with a thrilling taste of Africa as it must have been a century ago. It is situated in Southwest Tanzania, east of Lake Tanganyika.
Focus on Hippos and crocodiles
The main area for game viewing within [...]