SAADANI NATIONAL PARK

The entrance gate leads into shadowy montane forest inhabited by inquisitive blue monkey and colorful turacos and trongns- the only place on the northen safari circut where the acrobatic black- and white colobus monkey is easily seen. In the midst of the forest stands the spectacukar Ngurdoto Crater, whose steep, rocky cliffs enclosed a wide morshy floor datted with herds of buffalo and warthog. Futher north, rolling grassy hills enclosed the tranquil beauty of the Momela Lakes, each one a different hue of green or blue. Their shallow sometimes tinged pink with thousands of flamingos, the lakes support a rich selection of resident and migrant water fowl, and shaggy waterbucks display their large lyre-shaped horns on the watery finges. Giraffes glide across the grassy hills, between grazing zebra herds, while pairs of wide- eyed dik-dik dart into scrubby bush like overgrown hares on spingly legs.