Tanzania Safaris, Tanzania
Trekking and Kilimanjaro Climbs
     
Tanzania is home to one of Africa’s most magnificent game
reserves, namely the Selous Game Reserve and also the seemingly endless plains
of the Serengeti National Park, where one of the world’s greatest natural
spectacles, the annual migration of some two million wildebeest followed by
their predators can be observed. The Serengeti holds some of the largest
concentrations of lion, cheetah and leopard in Africa, and is probably the best
national game park on the continent to see these predators.
Kilimanjaro truly stands alone among the mountains of the world. The huge,
solitary volcano is unaccompanied by any mountain chain. People who are in good
shape can make the ascent to its summit in a matter of days, passing through
five distinct ecological zones along the way. The lower slopes of the
mountain are defined by coffee and banana fields that rise up and end where the
mountain’s forest begins. An average of 80 inches of rainfall a year make the
forest home to some botanical treats. Tree ferns in this region are known to
grow up to 20 feet, and giant lobelia often reach 30 feet. At an altitude of
about 9,000 feet, the forest gives way to grasslands and shrubbery, and elephant
can sometimes be spotted roaming the high slopes. At about 13,000 feet life
begins to recede, a result of extreme weather conditions inhospitable to
anything more than small mosses and lichens.
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