Culture Tours in Tanzania - Maasai Culture
The Ngorongoro Crater - Tanzania
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area which covers 8,300 sq km is home of Ngorongoro Crater-the largest unflooded and unbroken caldera in the world, formed some 2.5 million years ago from a volcanic mountain sinking due to inactivity, and was initially thought to be higher than Tanzania’s famous Mt. Kilimanjaro. The crater measures 20 km’s across and the rim walls stand 600m high. The crater has evolved into a unique and integral part of Tanzania’s eco-system. Views from within and from the rim are breathtaking. The crater houses 30,000 animals including the big five (rhino, elephant, buffalo, lion & leopard) and a large variety of birds, which rarely move from the area due to the availability of water through wet and dry seasons. Interesting enough is the way human being – the Masai living together with the wild animals……
Mount Kilimanjaro The highest free standing mountain in the world. You can climb it ONLY from Tanzania
Mount Oldonyo Lengai the Only Active Volcanic Mt in Tanzania
Sample Mt Kilimanjaro climb 8 Days
Tanzania, the land of wildlife safaris offers a lifetime holiday travels experience in 22 National parks, 19 game reserves, 13 Wildlife management areas and 2 Ramsar sites; it touches something deep within you and can be an affordable gateway that will never be forgotten.
To Enjoy Safari Can Be as a
Day Trip, 2, 3,, 4, 5 or More days depending tourist BUDGET+ TIME + INTEREST
And the Safari can be done as
1. Walking
2. Game drive
3. Hot air balloon
4. Combination of Walking safari + Game Drive + Hot air balloon
Wildlife
Tanzania is noted for both the sheer number of wildlife available throughout the country and for the variety on offer. There are more than four million wild animals in Tanzania representing 430 different species and subspecies. The country houses some 20% of Africa’s large mammal population. Zebras, giraffes, elephants, wildebeest, buffaloes, hippos, antelopes and gazelles are common animals. Larger predatory animals like lions, cheetahs and leopards are also found. Along with the familiar African mammals are approximately 60,000 insect species, 25 types of reptiles and amphibians, around 100 species of snakes and many fish species. Birds are widely represented in Tanzania with around one thousand species including kingfishers, hornbills and flamingos.
Two of the most popular areas to visit in Tanzania are
Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Serengeti National Park is the oldest national park in Tanzania and covers 14,763 square kilometres (5,700 square miles). It is home to the magnificent and world-famous wildebeest migration. A million wildebeest spend three weeks mating and giving birth to around 8,000 calves a day, then make the journey north across the rivers. The wildebeest migration happens at the same time as approximately 200,000 zebras and 300,000 Thomson’s gazelles go searching for grazing pastures. Along with wildebeest, zebras and gazelles are a further 500 birds including ostrich and secretary b
Mount Kilimanjaro permanent Glacier KO
Memories of My CLIMBS to the Top of Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa, making it one of the seven summits. Here are the seven summits in order from highest to lowest.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Mount Elbrus, Russia
Denali, Alaska (formerly known as Mount McKinley)
Aconcagua, Argentina
Vision Massif, Antartica
Puncak Jaya, Oceania
Mount Everest, Nepal/China
Kilimanjaro is very popular with both experienced hikers and first time adventurers because it is considered to be the easiest of the seven summits. Scaling the mountain requires no technical skills or equipment, such as rope, harness, crampons or ice axe. Therefore, it is a hiking or “walk up” peak, not a mountaineering or climbing peak. Many people who climb Kilimanjaro have no significant hiking or backpacking experience when they arrive.
Kilimanjaro is not only Africa’s tallest peak, but also the world’s tallest free standing mountain. The summit, named Uhuru Point, is 5,895 meters (19,341 feet) above sea level.
Most high mountains are part of ranges, such as Mount Everest’s Himalayan Mountain Range. These are formed in a process called plate tectonics. Below the ground, Earth’s crust is made up of multiple tectonic plates. These plates have been moving since the beginning of time due to geologic activity.
Geological Mountains Formation
Inside the Earth there are very very slowly Moving plates
When plates push against each other, the edges crumple, forcing slabs of rock into the air. These are known as fold mountains and are the most common type of mountain. A fault-block mountain range is caused when a fault (crack) in the Earth’s crust pushes blocks of rock up between two tectonic plates. The uplifted blocks become block mountains.
Free standing mountains like Kilimanjaro are usually a result of volcanic activity. Volcanic mountains are formed when molten rock erupts, and piles upon the surface.
As mentioned above, Kilimanjaro was formed
