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Olduvai Gorge

Olduvai Gorge is situated in the plains area. It is considered the seat of humanity after the discovery of the earliest known specimens of the human genus, Homo habilis as well as early Hominidae, such as Paranthropus boisei. Olduvai gorge is located in Ngorongoro Crater The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is a steep-sided ravine

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Lake Natron

A soda lake at the base of the active Ol Donyo Lengai volcano, the area around Lake Natron is often described as having a desolate and almost lunar beauty. Walks around the lake and to the streams and waterfalls along the nearby escarpment make for a fantastic adventure off the beaten track. Flamingos of Lake

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Lake Manyara National Park

Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600-meter high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as the loveliest I had seen in Africa. The compact game-viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience. The Underground water forest From

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Tarangire National Park

Day after day of cloudless skies. The fierce sun sucks the moisture from the landscape, baking the earth a dusty red, the withered grass as brittle as straw. The Tarangire River has shriveled to a shadow of its wet season self. But it is choked with wildlife. Thirsty nomads have wandered hundreds of parched kilometers

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Ngorongoro Crater

Nearly three million years ago Ngorongoro towered alongside Mount Kilimanjaro as one of the highest peaks in Africa. Forged during the tumultuous birth of the Rift Valley, its volcanic top erupted at the time that ancient man first walked the plains Ngorongoro Wildlife Today, Ngorongoro caldera shelters the most beautiful wildlife haven on earth. The

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Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti is Tanzania oldest and most popular National Park. Although most people automatically associate the Serengeti with the Great Migration, there is much more to see when the migration is not passing through. The Serengeti ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The essential features of climate, vegetation and fauna have barely changed

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