WHY TAKE A SAFARI IN NORTHERN TANZANIA RATHER THAN IN KENYA?
Tanzania, with a less-developed tourist infrastructure than Kenya, boasts fewer tourists than does Kenya. In addition, due to the wildlife migration in the Serengeti, from October through early July there is more game in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania’s share of the Serengeti Plain, than there is in Masai Mara National Park, which is the northern tip of the Serengeti lying in Kenya. While the game species to be seen in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya are similar, there is one overwhelming reason for choosing Tanzania for one’s safari; and that is Ngorongoro Crater, which is unique in having a captive wildlife population year-round. The remnant of a collapsed volcano which may have rivaled Kilimanjaro in height, the crater is between 16 km and 19 km wide and has an area of 265 square km. The rim of Ngorongoro Crater lies 610 meters above the crater floor. Some 30,000 animals live in the crater, including lion, elephant, buffalo, Thompson’s gazelle, wildebeest and zebra. The best
