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Tanzania National Parks 
 A visit to the Ngorongoro crater is a main attraction for tourists coming to Tanzania and a definite awe inspiring attraction. Within the crater perimeter, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while latent lions doze in the sun. At sunrise, the endangered black rhino returns to the deep cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Masai herdsmen herd their cattle and goats on the green pastures across the slopes, living alongside the wildlife as they have for centuries.
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 The spectacle of predator versus prey dominates the plains of Serengeti, Tanzania’s greatest park. Golden-manned lion prides feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees lining the Seronera River, while a high density of cheetahs prowls the southeastern plains. Almost uniquely, all three African jackal species occur here, alongside the spotted hyena and a host of more elusive small predators, ranging from the insectivorous aardwolf to the beautiful Serval cat.
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 Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600-metre 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”. Lake Manyara National Park is home to the legendary tree-climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants. Squadrons of banded mongoose and a very huge variety of birds inclulding flamingos. The compact game-viewing circuit through Manyara offers a remarkable Tanzanian safari experience.
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 Tarangire forms the greatest concentration of wildlife outside the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania - a haven for predators – and the one place in Tanzania where dry-country antelope such as the stately fringe-eared oryx and peculiar long-necked gerenuk are regularly observed.
During the rainy season, the seasonal visitors scatter over a 20,000 sq km (12,500 sq miles) range until they exhaust the green plains and the river calls once more. But Tarangire's herds of elephant can easily be encountered, wet or dry. Read more about the Tarangire National Park
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