Tanzania safaris | Sokwe Outfitting

<body> <p><a href="http://www.sokwefilm.com">Tanzania film services</a></p> <p>Sokwe Ltd offer unparalleled service in:</p> <p class="top2"><a href="safari/exclusivesafaris.html">Luxury tented safaris</a><br> <a href="film/home.html">African film services</a><br> <a href="safari/tourguides.html">Safari outfitting for Professional Guides</a></p> <p>We have been outfitting for professional guides in Africa and agents abroad since 1989. We arrange Luxury Safaris under canvas in the traditional East African style that was born of the hunting safaris that began last century, but with our own unique designs and ideas. Our emphasis is on travelling in a relaxed manner, away from standard tour circuits, and allowing plenty of time to experience specific wildlife areas. We select only private campsites, which we vary according to the seasons, depending on wildlife movements, which respond to weather patterns and food resources. </p> <p>About a quarter of Tanzania’s landmass is officially protected – a monumental tribute to its natural wealth. Much of this area is composed of national parks and reserves, and we have selected the best for your choice of safari destination below.</p> <p><a href="#arusha">Arusha National Park</a><br> <a href="#gombe">Gombe Stream National Park</a><br> <a href="#katavi">Katavi National Park</a><br> <a href="#manyara">Lake Manyara National Park </a><br> <a href="#mahale">Mahale Mountains Park </a><br> <a href="#mikumi">Mikumi National Park</a><br> <a href="#ngoro">Ngorongoro Crater </a><br> <a href="#olduvai">Olduvai Gorge</a><br> <a href="#ruaha">Ruaha National Park</a><br> <a href="#selous">Selous Game Reserve</a><br> <a href="#serengeti">Serengeti National Park</a><br> <a href="#tarangire">Tarangire National Park</a></p> <h2>Community & village areas</h2> <p> We believe that the future of Tanzania’s wonderful biodiversity depends on the communities that surround these all important National Parks and Reserves. We have therefore worked jointly with communities in these areas to ensure that you stay provides them with an income - derived from the presence of wildlife on their lands.<br> <a href="#ololos">Ololosokwan</a><br> <a href="#piaya">Piaya</a></p> <p></p> <p><a name="arusha"></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Arusha National Park</h3> <p>Arusha National Park is montaine forest habitat with three distinct zones: Mount Meru, Ngurdoto Crater, the Momella Lakes, a group of shallow alkaline lakes fed by underground streams, and Mount Meru, one of the most rewarding mountains to climb in Africa. Animals here include buffalo, elephant, hippo, giraffe, zebra and a variety of antelope, blue monkey and black and white colobus monkey, leopard and hyena.</p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p><a name="gombe"></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Gombe Stream National Park</h3> <p> Gombe is the smallest of Tanzania's national parks, and one of the best known due to Jane Goodall’s research on the Chimpanzees. Travel to the park is by boat only from Ujiji or Kigoma. The forests are alive with the famous chimpanzees, red colobus, and red-tail and blue monkeys. You can also spot bushbuck, bushpig and grey duiker. The lake shore is home to the pied and giant kingfishers, the crowned eagle, the African broadbill, Ross's turaco and the trumpeter hornbill.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p> </p> <h3><a name="katavi"></a></h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Katavi National Park</h3> Katavi National Park lies south of the Mahale Mountains on a flood plain surrounding Lake Katavi. It is one of the most difficult parks to reach and is strictly for those of an adventurous spirit, but it has excellent game viewing with a real wilderness atmosphere. The waters of the Park shelters crocodile, hippo and large flocks of pelicans. The diverse woodland, acacia bush, lakes and swamps attract over 400 species of birds. Leopard, lion, elephant, eland, roan and sable antelopes, southern reedbuck and topi inhabit the short grasses and thickets. Katavi is also home to Africa largest herds of buffalo.<br> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p> </p> <h3><a name="manyara"></a></h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Lake Manyara National Park</h3> <p> Manyara’s mahogany, sausage-tree and croton are alive with blue monkeys and vervets. Elephants feed off fallen fruit while bushbuck, waterbuck, baboons, aardvark, civet, the shy pangolin and leopard as well as the black rhino, all make their home in the forest. Manyara is sanctuary to elusive buffalo and hippo, giraffe, impala, zebra and the famous residents - tree climbing lions. Lake Manyara itself is a magnet for birdlife and a kaleidoscope of different species can be found around its lake shores, including huge flocks of flamingoes.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p> </p> <p>  </p> <h3><a name="mahale"></a></h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Mahale Mountains Park</h3> <p>Mahale Mountains, is the home to some of the last remaining wild chimpanzees in East Africa. All game viewing is done on foot. Mahale is a unique ecological zone with lowland forest, moist and dry savannah, miombo and open woodlands. Animals range from elephant, buffalo, leopard and primates to roan and sable antelopes, giraffe, kudu, eland, leopard and lion. <br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p><a name="mikumi"></a> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Mikumi National Park</h3> <p>Mikumi, to the north of the Selous, is only 283 km away from Dar-Es-Salaam. The park’s flood plain bordered with mountain ranges, is the main feature. Animals commonly found here include lion, eland, hartebeest, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, hippo and elephant. The Mikumi elephants are mainly grazers and do not cause extensive tree damage. Lions roam the plains and will occasionally climb into the branches of trees. Wild dogs can be seen in packs here. The vegetation includes woodland, swamp and grassland with two water holes, Mkata and Chamgore. Apart from the saddle-bill stork, hammerkop and malachite kingfisher, you will also find monitor lizard and python inhabiting the pools.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p><a name="ngoro"></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Ngorongoro Crater </h3> <p>The views at the rim of Ngorongoro Crater are sensational. On the crater floor, grassland blends into swamps, lakes, rivers, woodland and mountains - all a haven for wildlife, including the densest predator population in Africa. The crater is home to up to 25,000 large mammals, mainly grazers - gazelle, buffalo, eland, hartebeest and warthog. There are a small number of black rhinos here too. The birdlife is largely seasonal and is also affected by the ratio of soda to fresh water in Lake Magadi on the crater floor.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p><a name="olduvai"></a> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Olduvai Gorge</h3> <p>Olduvai, more accurately called Oldupai after the wild sisal in the area, is the site of some of the most important fossil hominid finds of all time by Louis Leakey - "Nutcracker Man" (Australopithecus boisei) who lived 1.75 million years ago. There is a small informative museum located at the visitor centre. The gorge is a treasure trove of archaeological sites filled with fossils, settlement remains and stone artefacts. <br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p><a name="ruaha"></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Ruaha National Park</h3> <p> Ruaha is Tanzania's second largest national park and one of the wildest with Tanzania’s most spectacular and diverse scenery, this park is truly a photographers paradise. Crocodiles, hippos and clawless otters soak and play in the water and on the banks of the great Ruaha River. Reedbuck, waterbuck and buffalo drink, ever watchful for lion, leopard, jackal, spotted hyena and hunting dog. <br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p><br> </p> <h3><a name="selous"></a></h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>The Selous Game Reserve</h3> <p>Tanzania is home to one of the single largest remaining elephant populations in the world. Most of these elephants are found in the remote and wildly beautiful Selous Game Reserve, a World Heritage Site. The Reserve has a varied terrain of rolling savannah woodland, grassland plains and rocky outcrops. Buffalo, crocodile, hippo and wild dog can also be seen here. <br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <h3><br> <a name="serengeti"></a></h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Serengeti National Park</h3> <p>The size of the Serengeti and the opportunities are endless, such is the name "Serengeti" which comes from a Maasai word Siringit meaning 'endless plains'. The Serengeti extends over some 5,700 sq. miles supporting over four million mammals and birds and the greatest concentration of wildlife on the planet. Due to the size of the Serengeti, we will concentrate on different areas for the different times of the year. The short grass plains ( Dec-March), transform when the first rains start allowing the grass to grow from a dull brown to a bright green,. The volcanic soil allows the nutrient rich grasses to attract the pregnant wildebeest to feed and give birth. The Central Serengeti (April-June) Moru Kopjes, the Seronera valley are the most popular areas of the Serengeti, this time of year is quite as far as tourism goes, therefore an ideal time to visit. The wildebeest migration will be passing through the area heading out of the short grass plains towards the western corridor. Western Corridor ( June-August) Very exiting time as the wildebeest migration meets the Grumeti river where some of the largest Nile crocodiles can be found. Northern Serengeti (August-November) The best kept secret of the Serengeti, not many tourists will venture this far and perhaps our most favourite area, we have been operating in this area for over 10 years and know it intimately. The Migration will be crossing the Mara river, traversing some of the most photogenic areas, a patchwork quilt of colour and diversity.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a name="tarangire"></a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h3>Tarangire National Park</h3> <p> Located in the Rift Valley, Tarangire covers approximately 2600 square kilometers and contains nine different vegetation zones, each supporting distinct types of wildlife. Panoramic and wooded savannas stretch far and wide in every direction punctuated with majestic Baobab trees. The park’s main source of water, the Tarangire River, attracts nearly as high a concentration of animal life as Ngorongoro Crater. Large herds of elephant, zebra, wildebeest, eland and oryx congregate along the riverbank until the wet season allows them to migrate to lush new grazing land.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <h3> </h3> <h3><a name="ololos"></a></h3> <h2>Community Areas</h2> <h3> </h3> <h3>Olosokwan Community Wildlife Protected Area (June-Nov)</h3> <p>Nestled in the northern Serengeti is a vast tract of land that the great wildebeest migration passes through every year. This great wilderness land has been preserved by the Maasai people nomadic pastoralists who seasonally inhabit the area. Olosokwan has some of the most photogenic countryside in the Serengeti eco-system, and a substantial population of resident game.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.topranking.co.nc">Search engine promotion</a></p> <h3><a name="piaya"></a></h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3>Piaya Community Wildlife Protected Area (Dec-April)</h3> <p>On the edge of the short grass plains, when the rains fall, this area transforms into a green Garden of Eden, and the wildebeest migration come to give birth in these plains. To the west, the Gol Mountains tower over the plains, with a narrow pass where most of the wildebeest will cross.<br> </p> <p align="right"> <a href="#top">back to top ^^</a></p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p align="right"> </p> <p></p> </body>