Safari In Zanzibar

Lesaga Adventure is a professional Safari outfitter Tanzania offering authentic travel adventures experience in Africa. With extensive knowledge and experience of wildlife, local culture, destinations and natural landscapes across East Africa, we can plan and organize the perfect Safaris to the most beautiful destinations in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

LAKE NATRON

Lake Natron is shallow soda lake situated northern Tanzania below the Great Rift Valley close to OldoinyoLengai Mountain. The lake is a famous breeding site for flamingoes and lies at altitude of 600m above sea level bordering with Kenya.

Lake Natron surrounding is typically dry with Sand River, waterfalls, rock hills, maasai plains with classic flat topped acacia and active volcanic peaks of Lengai mountain and Gelai. Lake Natron is among the Wetlands Area protected under international treaty (Ramsar) due to its ecological importance to the earth.

With abundance of food and security environment is the most dedicated breeding site for mostly aquatic bird species especially flamingoes. Here various activities offered include walking safari, amazing bird watching, hiking to the Great Rift Valley escarpment, trekking Lengai Mountain, maasai cultural experience and even hunting.

LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK

Lake Manyara National Park with 330km sq is located below Great Rift Valley escarpment in Tanzania. Manyara is renowned for its underground water forest, birdlife, troops of baboons, tree climbing lion, thousands of flamingoes in Lake Manyara, grassland area with plain mammals and acacia woodland.

Wildlife species in Manyara includes elephants, buffaloes, lion, hippo, impala, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, monitor lizard, bushbuck, leopard, baboon, flamingoes, pelican, stork, cormorant, vulture and eagle. The activities conducted in the park include game viewing, night game drive, canoeing and walking safari.

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

• Official name: United Republic of Tanzania
• Surface: 945 087 km2
• Population: more than 51 000 000 (2015)
• Oficials Languages : swahili, english
• Political capital: Dodoma
• Economic capital : Dar Es Salaam
• Other cities : Arusha, Mwanza, Tanga, Stone Town
• Religions : 40% christians, 35% muslims, 20% animists
• Head of State : John Magufuli

CURRENCY

The land currency is the tanzanian shilling (TSH). The US dollar is the second and most appreciated currency but the EURO is almost everywhere accepted.

Prefer the exchange offices to the banks because the rates are much more interesting there. The bank cards are rarely accepted, but when they are, then the Visa, Mastercard and American Express cards.

1 USD = approximately 1000 TSH. 1 USD = approximately 1000 TSH.

TIME DIFFERENCE

Winter: + 3 hours of UK time

Summer: + 2 hours

ELECTRIC CURRENT

220 volts. The plugs have 3 holes. We advise you to bring an adapter.

FORMALITIES

• Valid passport 6 months after the date of return and obligatory visa.
• Visa of less than 3 months (40 pounds, subject to modification: take 2 photographs and a travel certificate or an invoice). You can get the visa at the Embassy of Tanzania in London: 3 Stratford Place London W1C 1ASTel: 020 7569 1470Fax: 020 7491 3710It can be also obtained at the border main cities and at the international airports.
• Vaccination certificate. Obligatory vaccines: Yellow fever. Recommended immunization against meningitis, hepatitis A & B, DTP, cholera, typhoid. Preventive medication against malaria is recommended, especially if you plan to stay at the coast or in Zanzibar.
• Driving license (for those who want to stay longer in Tanzania and rent a car).

SITUATION AND CLIMATE

Tanzania is surrounded by 8 different countries: Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. The country is bounded in the east by the Indian Ocean and is made of mountains, steppes, savannas and forests. The interior of the country has a temperate climate and the coast a humid equatorial climate. The dry season lasts from June to October and December to February.

There are two rainy seasons: the "main rain season" from mid-March to mid-May, and the "small rain season" from November until mid-December.

Here are the seasons that we recommend you for the discovery of the national parks:

Tarangire : from July to February.

Lake Manyara : most birds between June and October.

Ngorongoro : most beautiful landscapes between June and October.

Serengeti : the migration season is the most spectacular (June, July and November), but there are animals all the year. They are more scattered during the rainy season and therefore less easily observable.

Kilimanjaro : prefer the dry season.

POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Stamps can be bought at post offices and in major hotels. A postcard to Europe takes about 15 days to arrive. Telephone networks are functioning relatively well, even in most parks. Mobile phones are numerous and the 4 national operators are Vodacom, Celtel, Tigo and Zantel. There are many internet cafes in big cities such as Arusha, Dar Es Salaam and Stone Town.

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