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Marangu Colobus Travel was established in 1997 to specialize in adventure holidays in Tanzania. Predominantly centered at the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the various trekking routes. The company has expanded to include trekking on the lesser known Mt. Meru, and to encompass wildlife safaris in the Northern Tanzania Game Parks, not forgetting beach holidays on the mainland coast and the Islands of Zanzibar. In addition, we organize cultural tourism in the Kilimanjaro area with the Chagga, and beyond with other interesting tribes.

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NATIONAL PARKS

Why visit Tanzania?

The reasons for visiting Tanzania are innumerable, but the main list includes the following:

Over one quarter of it’s land mass is dedicated to National Parks, Game Reserves and Game Controlled Areas, which gives Tanzania more land dedicated to National Parks than any other country in the world and ensures:
The finest game viewing potential anywhere.
From the largest Game Reserve in Africa (The Selous, 19,293 square miles), declared a World Heritage Site in 1982, to one of the smallest (Gombe Stream, with it’s chimpanzee population) and from one of the best known (the Serengeti) to the least (Mahale Mountains).
The highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro, 19,340 feet (and the eighth highest, Meru (14,979 feet)
The Serengeti ecosystem (just the Park itself covers 5,700 square miles, which gives some scale to the Selous!) and it’s attendant migration.
The collapsed caldera, wildlife miracle and World Heritage Site of the Ngorongoro Crater, often said to be the Eighth Wonder of the World!
Olduvai Gorge - the “birthplace of Man”.
Very varied habitats and vegetational zones.
A wonderful 497 mile coastline on the Indian Ocean, and three main tropical islands: Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia.
Zanzibar is a draw in itself.
An excellent climate.
The second deepest lake in the world (Lake Tanganyika, 4,725 feet) and the largest lake in Africa (Lake Victoria).
The Great Rufiji river.
A substantial portion of the Rift Valley, see “Geography” below. (Kirurumu Tented Lodge is on the lip of the Rift).
Political stability - see Politics & Religion, below.
Exceptionally friendly peoples.
English (and Kiswahili) as the main languages.
Relatively low levels of tourism.

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