Kenya & Tanzania
Higblights of The Best 0/ Kenya & Tanzania
Lake Nakuru This sa lt wa ter lake in Ke nya's beautiful G reat Rift Valley is home to mo re than 400 di ffe rent avian species, making this locale a birdwa tc he r's paradise. At the peak o f migralion seaso n, as many as two million flamingos nock here in search of blue-green a lgae to eat-fo rming a mass o f vivid pink a lo ng the lakes ho re. It's a sight that re now ned natura list and autho r Roge r Tory Peterson once called , "the greatest bird spectacl e on Eanh ." Besides birdlife, Lake Na kuru Na tional Park is home to a variety of wildli fe, includ ing hippo, lion , leo pard , and wa terbuck, as well as a th riving popu la tio n of Rothschild's giraffe a nd black and while rh ino--due to recent conservat io n efforts. The va riety o f landscapes aro und the lake is a highlight as we ll- from marshes a nd grassla nds to yellow acacia woodla nd a nd rocky h illsides covered with Euphorbia trees. A journey up Baboon Cliff revea ls stunning ae rial views o f the lake a nd va lley below.
Ngorongoro Crater Rising high above the plains west of Arusha, Tanza nia , Ngoro ngoro Crater is a UNESCO Wo rld Heritage Site and home to a un ique and deli ca te ecosyste m. The largest volcani c caldera in the wo rld , (a t some twelve miles across,
with steep walls of mo re than 2,000 feet), Ngoro ngoro Cra ter was o nce a volcano th e s ize o f Mou nt Kilimanjaro ,
with a rim se t 7,500 fee t above sea level, th e highest altilUcie we reach on our trip. Beca use of a perman ent supply o f wa ler and a prec ise ba lance o f predator and prey, most o f the w ildlife remains here yea r-round . Here, you may encounter thri ving populali o ns o f animals tha t, decades
ago, would have been decimated by the skin and ivory trade, such as chee ta hs, rhinos, and , in the crater's fores ted areas, older elephants with magnificelll tusks. Plains ze bra Cas shown here) a re among thousands o f ungulates, including wildebeest, who migrate he re whenever the grasslands a re most favora ble for graz ing.
Lake Nakuru This sa lt wa ter lake in Ke nya's beautiful G reat Rift Valley is home to mo re than 400 di ffe rent avian species, making this locale a birdwa tc he r's paradise. At the peak o f migralion seaso n, as many as two million flamingos nock here in search of blue-green a lgae to eat-fo rming a mass o f vivid pink a lo ng the lakes ho re. It's a sight that re now ned natura list and autho r Roge r Tory Peterson once called , "the greatest bird spectacl e on Eanh ." Besides birdlife, Lake Na kuru Na tional Park is home to a variety of wildli fe, includ ing hippo, lion , leo pard , and wa terbuck, as well as a th riving popu la tio n of Rothschild's giraffe a nd black and while rh ino--due to recent conservat io n efforts. The va riety o f landscapes aro und the lake is a highlight as we ll- from marshes a nd grassla nds to yellow acacia woodla nd a nd rocky h illsides covered with Euphorbia trees. A journey up Baboon Cliff revea ls stunning ae rial views o f the lake a nd va lley below.
Ngorongoro Crater Rising high above the plains west of Arusha, Tanza nia , Ngoro ngoro Crater is a UNESCO Wo rld Heritage Site and home to a un ique and deli ca te ecosyste m. The largest volcani c caldera in the wo rld , (a t some twelve miles across,
with steep walls of mo re than 2,000 feet), Ngoro ngoro Cra ter was o nce a volcano th e s ize o f Mou nt Kilimanjaro ,
with a rim se t 7,500 fee t above sea level, th e highest altilUcie we reach on our trip. Beca use of a perman ent supply o f wa ler and a prec ise ba lance o f predator and prey, most o f the w ildlife remains here yea r-round . Here, you may encounter thri ving populali o ns o f animals tha t, decades
ago, would have been decimated by the skin and ivory trade, such as chee ta hs, rhinos, and , in the crater's fores ted areas, older elephants with magnificelll tusks. Plains ze bra Cas shown here) a re among thousands o f ungulates, including wildebeest, who migrate he re whenever the grasslands a re most favora ble for graz ing.
