Witness The Increasingly Rare And Powerful Carnivores The Lion While On Adventurous Tanzania Safari Tours
Even though lions are the most iconic wildlife species of Africa, these predators are not as widespread as one can imagine or think with less than 23 000 lions remaining in the wild today. Lions are under grave threat, and most of them disappeared from 80% of their natural range. Travelling to one of the best places in Africa to see lions will improve your chances of witnessing these increasingly rare and powerful carnivores in the wild which are also known as the kings of the jungle. You can witness their rage on display while enjoying your packages of Tanzania Safari Tours.
Listed below are the places where you can find the lion
The Best Places To See Untamed Lions In Africa
Most of Africa’s last lions will be found in the East African countries such as Tanzania. If sighting the lions is your basic objective then buckling up for this particular country will provide some better opportunities for you where you will watch these lions interacting with other members of the pride, hunting and most likely taking a nap in the shade of a tree.
Serengeti National Park & its ecosystem covering entire northern Tanzania as well as south Kenya is one of the best regions to see lions in Africa when it comes to their population.
Serengeti National Park – Gigantic Cat Kingdom
Yes, it is one of the best places in the world to watch lions in Tanzania. There is an obvious reason why lions are located in this region so massively. The world-renowned event also known as wildebeest migration, that takes place in Serengeti National Park & the Maasai Mara reserve annually. Thus this event attracts the beasts of the jungles such as hungry lions.
Now, the question is-which season is the best for spotting Lions in Serengeti National Park? The answer is July to October period is good for watching these big cats going for the kill because wildebeests that are trying to cross the Mara river easily becomes their prey.
Ngorongoro Crater – High Concentration Of Great Lions
Apart from Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater is the place where you can watch a high concentration of lions during your Amazing Safaris In Tanzania. This conservation area borders the Serengeti National Park. In this way, it will be easy for safari visitors to enjoy watching lions at both the places in a single tour.
This crater is the world’s largest intact caldera-forming a natural bowl where the extreme concentration of wild animals roam. Due to the plenty of prey available in this region, lions have made this region as the habitat that works as a good hunting ground for them. It raises your chances of watching lions in the crater during your visit to the area.
Lake Manyara Park – World Renowned For Tree-Climbing Lions
It lies near the conservation area and best for watching lions in action while on Tanzania Safari Tours based game drives. Even after being a small park, it offers brilliant & awesome lion sightings. This park is famous for its tree-climbing lions. You will just be mesmerized by the sight of a lion sleeping on a tree while waging its tail.
Here, you will get many spots where lions and their pride are in the vicinity. You can even watch their cubs playing from a distance while their mother is keeping an eye on them or just napping under a tree after a long and tiring hunt.
Tarangire National Park
Lions are common in Tarangire National Park and you can see a lot of them with other animals in the wild. Here you can watch them hunt, protect and feed together with other members of the pride.
The most interesting thing to notice about them is that they are social creatures in nature and they can go at great lengths to protect their pride from every external attack. You will just enjoy such rare sights here.
Sighting Lions Successfully – Other Factors That Count
When it comes to searching ‘The Lion King’ and its pride, your rate of success is determined not only by where you are going to safari but also with whom you are going.
Our expert guides are well aware of the terrain and know exactly where to find for these big fearsome cats.
If you want to watch plenty of African Lions then please visit Tanzania for the coveted Tanzania Safari Tours that will not only show you these big cats in numbers but also let you watch how they interact with each other in open ground. You will see them communicate with other members of their group while going for the hunt. In order to witness the enormous extravaganza, please visit us @ silverskytravel.co.tz to know more about the lions and book for those specific tours that have been specially designed to watch more and more lions of the wild.
