PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND, H.E YINGLUCK SHINAWATRA VISITS SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK

Hon. Ambassador, Khamisi S. Kagasheki, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism welcomes H.E Prime Minister of Thailand into Serengeti National Park


Prime Minister of Thailand, H.E Yingluck Shinawatra is in Serengeti National Park where by they have signed Memorandum of Understanding on National Parks and Wildlife Management and later in the afternoon game drive to witness the beauty of the park which is one of the seven wonders of the world.
Memorandum of Understanding on National Parks and Wildlife Management was signed between Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism on behalf of Tanzanian Government Hon. Ambassador, Khamisi S. Kagasheki and Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Hon. Plodprasop Suraswadi

 Hon. Khamisi S. Kagasheki, the Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism and H.E Prime Minister of Yingluck Shinawatra soon after she arrives at Seronera Airstrip in Serengeti National Park

source: www.tanzaniaparks.com 

Tanzania Voted the Best Safari Country of Africa

10 reasons to why Tanzania is such a great safari destination

Superb wildlife viewing in top-class parks. Two are Unesco World Heritage Sites.

 

The annual great migration where over 2.5 million wildebeest and zebra migrate from  Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

 

Authentic African wilderness with unfenced parks, dirt roads and endless plains.

 

A wide range of budget, mid-range and luxury safari options.

 

Beach holiday extensions on Zanzibar Island, including kite-surfing.

 

Best chimp tracking of Africa in Gombe- and Mahale Mountains National Park

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Extend your safari holiday by climbing Africa’s highest mountain; Mount Kilimanjaro.

 

Direct flights from abroad make the northern and southern safari circuits easily accessible.

 

Politically stable and generally safe country.

 
 
THE NETHERLANDS - SafariBookings.com conducted an in-depth analysis of 3,061 reviews of safari tourists and acclaimed experts and concluded that both have voted Tanzania as the best safari country of Africa.
 
Over the past two years a distinctive SafariBookings taskforce searched for those who have been on safari and invited them to write a review. As a result, over 1,000 people from 53 nationalities wrote more than 2,300 user reviews.
 
To complement these user reviews, reputable guidebook authors -working for Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Frommer's, Bradt and Footprint- teamed up in the SafariBookings Expert Panel and wrote 756 expert reviews.
 
The overall average rating of Tanzania in both the user and expert reviews is 4.8 out of 5 stars: the highest score of all 8 major safari countries.
 

Ratings for the 8 major safari countries

1. Tanzania        4.84/5 (Experts: 4.85/5 - Users: 4.84/5)
 
2. Botswana       4.75/5 (Experts: 4.70/5 - Users: 4.79/5)
 
3. Kenya             4.66/5 (Experts: 4.50/5 - Users: 4.83/5)
 
4. Zambia           4.58/5 (Experts: 4.56/5 - Users: 4.60/5)
 
5. South Africa  4.55/5 (Experts: 4.33/5 - Users: 4.77/5)
 
6. Namibia         4.54/5 (Experts: 4.38/5 - Users: 4.70/5)
 
7. Uganda          4.16/5 (Experts: 3.88/5 - Users: 4.44/5)
 
8. Zimbabwe      4.14/5 (Experts: 4.00/5 - Users: 4.28/5)
 
When looking at the ratings above it can be concluded that all 8 countries are excellent safari destinations as they all have a rating of 4 stars and up. In general the experts were more critical than normal safari tourists, which is to be expected as they have visited far more countries and parks and have a better sense of what’s on offer. Of the user reviews 42% came from first time safari goers and, in general, they are more easily impressed.

 

source: www.safaribookings.com

WELCOME TO ADVENTURE AFRICA EXPEDITION

We offer and have friendly packages ranging from Tanzania Safaris and Kenya Luxury safaris as well. We are committed in offering sustainable and affordable friendly Kilimanjaro Trekking as well as Mt. Kenya Hiking Tours. Adventure Africa Expedition East Africa is among the Tanzania luxury lodge  and the  finest Kenya Budget Tour Operators itineraries that offers a level of product, excellence service through experience and value that is second to none in Kenya Budget Camping.  

Kenya Safaris, Kenya Lodge Safaris, Birds of East Africa, Cultural Safaris as well as L. Turkana Expedition are the most preferred by luxury tourists and low budget backpacker travelers. As a proud affiliate of Child Focus Africa which is a Children's Special Needs Unit in Migwani http://childfocusafrica.org, we honestly understand the needs of disadvantaged kids and commit ourselves to providing an excellent pocket friendly and cheap East Africa Safari Expedition where by approximately 10% of this trip price goes directly to support the Migwani Initiative through Child Focus Africa which is Kenya and Tanzania Expedition safari of a life time experience.

3 Days Best of Ngorongoro Crater Tour

NGORONGORO CRATER

Day 1: Arusha/ Ngorongoro
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha to the crater rim where you will have your lunch, dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Ngorongoro
After breakfast, taking a picnic lunches with you descend down to the crater floor for a full day of tracking game with your guide. The crater is 670m deep and 260km square wide, making it the largest in the world. The crater contains all the big five, hippos, cheetah, antelopes and spotted hyena. Black rhino and leopard can be seen by luck as the two are extremely shy and elusive. The birds seen here include eagle, vulture, and flamingos in the Crater Lake, stork, bats, giant vulture, sacred ibis, kori bustard, black smith plover, long necked heron and the cattle eagle. Other game such as velvet monkey, jackal, foxes, rock and tree hyraxes, warthog, gnu, zebra and hare can be seen with relative ease. You will have a break for lunch at the Ngoitoktok springs picnic site. In the evening you will ascend up and out of the narrow and steep crater walls, which is a thrilling exercise. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day 3: Ngorongoro/ Arusha
After breakfast, drive back to Arusha for lunch, bypassing maize and coffee plantations in the crater’s immediate environs.

source: www.advenafrica.com

TANZANIA NATIONAL PARKS (TANAPA) CONDUCTED ITS MEETING WITH CONSERVATION STAKEHOLDERS

Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) has successful conducted its meeting with conservation stakeholders to chat out the best ways to yield positive results in the conservation efforts.
“The aim of these meetings is to assess the relationship between TANAPA and people living around and also find solutions to the challenges facing conservation activities in the national parks.” Said Mr. Allan Kijazi, Director General – TANAPA.
He described various challenges in conservation activities as poaching, encroachment, land conflicts, destruction of animal corridors as well as poor involvement of local people in investment opportunities available in tourism industry.
The meetings were held in three zones; Kilimanjaro, Mwanza and Morogoro wherby Regional Commissioners, District Commissioners, Executive Directors and members of parliament from all areas that border national parks participated.
The Mwanza Regional Commissioner, Evarist Ndakilo urged the members to make sure they come up with correct and workable solutions to challenges raised and that their political will is highly needed in curbing conservation challenges.
Member of Parliament for Busega, Hon. Dr. Titus Kamani advised TANAPA to run hotel businesses or acquire shares in companies conducting the hospitality business in the park in order to have other sources of income as it needs money to manage its national parks.

source: www.tanzaniaparks.com

MISS TOURISM TANZANIA 2012/13, POSTPONED TO 30-3-2013

National finals of Miss Tourism Tanzania Tournament 2012/13, which are to be held on 17 March  2013 in the palace of Dar Live Dar es Salaam, have postponed to  30th of March, 2013, the venue will be announced later.

 
Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam, President of competition in the African continent Erastus G. Chipungahelo, said that the reasons for the postponement of the final include budget shortfalls caused by some sponsors bosses who fail to fulfill their commitments as they promised, leading to a decrease of more than 170,000,000/= Tshs, between  870,000,000/= Tshs budget  required to complete the final tournament.

 
"To make this competition excellence and of the international level, we need not less than Shs 870 million, of which up to now we have managed to get a total of Shs 600 million, and we miss the total of Shs 170 million, which is caused by some of the trustees fail to fulfill their commitments due to various commercial problems they face. This competition as it is in other competitions and the World rely on sponsorship from the private and public sectors, as the costs of budget for preparing these competitions are great that can not be paid or compensated for entries depending at the gates ".

This situation has forced us to postpone finals 30-3-2013, to find time to get the same amount of money and complete preparations so as to make it of the quality and international standards.
 
Procedures to get money close to completion before the date of the competition from the tourism stakeholders in the private and public sectors are about to be done.
 
Camp participants continues at Ikondelelo Lodge hotel in Dar es Salaam, where from Tuesday on 19-3-2013, all participants  accompanied by the reporters, they will began a tour of one week in Mikumi, Udzungwa and Saadani National Park.
 
 In Udzungwa, the participants will be climbing mountains of Udzungwa to the top of Nsanje Waterfalls which is the major attraction in the park.

Source: Miss Tourism Organization

Make a tour to Mwanza for Nyama choma festival

 

For those who like entertainment i encourage them to travel to Mwanza on 13th of March for Nyama choma festival. This will be a wonderful entertainment and the winner will get a prize of up to 4 million Tsh. 

Visit there so that you can witness the test of unique nyama choma in Mwanza.

This festival will be held at Furahisha grounds from 10:00am.

You can also visit the places which are much better for preparing nyama choma like:

• Shokeni Bar-Mkuyuni
• AR Pub-Kilimahewa
• Lunara Bar-Nyakato
• Shooters Bar - Kirumba

Without Safari Larger Nyama choma is not well done.

Source: Othmanmichuzi

SERENGETI AND KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK WIN SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF AFRICA AWARDS

Serengeti and Kilimanjaro National Parks have won the recently contested 2012 Seven Natural Wonders of Africa Awards. The contest was conducted by the founders of the Seven Natural Wonders based in the United States of America. Famed for its annual wildebeest migration and as a Roof Top of Africa respectively, exhilarating news about the inclusion of Serengeti and Kilimanjaro in to the Seven Natural Wonders of Africa were announced at a colorful ceremony held in the vicinity of Arusha City-The Geneva of Africa. Things went really well in favour of Destination Tanzania when Ngorongoro was also announced a winner in this contest making Tanzania proudly stand as a winner of three among the seven contested Natural Wonders.

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