Lets talk a deal, vote for Mount Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the Serengeti National Park so that they become among the New seven Natural Wonders of the World. Wake Up Tanzanians and make our country proud wherever we are. It is easy, submit your entries via e-mail: vote@sevennaturalwonders.org bearing the subject title "Tanzania" listing the names of the three entries, and not more than four other tourist attractions.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount
Kilimanjaro has seven distinctive peaks with Uhuru Peak
accounting for the mountains highest elevation at 19,341 feet (5,895 m). A 1.5
mile wide crater is featured as part of the Kibo portion of the mountain.
The
high elevation and proximity to the equator allows visitors to experience a
variety of climate types. Kilimanjaro also features a year round snow-topped
peak. Although the volcano is isolated, it is part of the line of volcanoes
that reach across northern Tanzania .
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest
unbroken caldera. Often referred to as "Africa 's
Garden of Eden," the crater is home to over 30,000 animals including
elephants, lions, cheetahs, wildebeests, buffaloes, and the rare black rhinos.
View Wildlife of Ngorongoro Crater to learn more about the wildlife and
View Birds of Ngorongoro Crater to discover some of the many species
that are found in the area.
Ngorongoro
Crater was created from a volcano that exploded creating the caldera wilderness
haven. The crater is 12 miles (19 km) across and consumes 102 square miles (264
sq km) of wilderness. The rim of the crater rises just over 2,000 feet (610 m)
above the caldera floor reaching an elevation of 7,500 feet (2,286 m).
Serengeti Migration
The
Serengeti migration is the longest and largest over land migration in the
world. The Serengeti plains account for over 18,641 square miles and the
migration itself travels 500 miles on the path from Tanzania
to the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya .
Approximately 80% of the Seregeti plains are protected by the Tanzanian and
Kenyan governments.
The
Serengeti is home to over 70 larger mammals and approximately 500 different
types of birds. Probably the most impressive part of the migration is the herds
of wildebeests that blanket the plains. The migration will kill off around
250,000 wildebeests each year.
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