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| Arusha National Park |
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Arusha National Park is a gem of varied ecosystems and spectacular views of Mt. Meru, the crater that gives the region its name. The small national park includes the slopes, summit, and ash cone of Mt. Meru, the Momela Lakes, Ngurdoto Crater, and the lush highland forests that blanket its lower slopes. Stop to search for troupes of rare colobus monkeys playing in the canopy. 30 minute drive from Arusha town. Best time: Throughout the year. More>>
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| Lake Manyara National Park |
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Located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park offers varied ecosystems, incredible bird life, and breathtaking views. The alkaline soda of Lake Manyara is home to an incredible array of bird life that thrives on its brackish waters. Pink flamingo stoop and graze by the thousands, colourful specks against the grey minerals of the lakeshore. Yellow-billed storks swoop and corkscrew on thermal winds rising up from the escarpment, and herons flap their wings against the sun-drenched sky. More>>
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| Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
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Within the crater rim, large herds of zebra and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist. Just outside the crater’s ridge, tall Masaai herd their cattle and goats over green pastures through the highland slopes. Ngorongoro Conservation Area includes its eponymous famous crater, Olduvai Gorge, and huge expanses of highland plains, scrub bush, and forests that cover approximately 8300 square kilometres. More>>
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| Serengeti National Park |
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Serengeti is easily Tanzania’s most famous national park, and it’s also the largest, at 14,763 km2 of protected area. Large prides of lions laze easily in the long grasses, plentiful families of elephants feed on acacia bark and trump to each other across the plains, and giraffes, gazelles, monkeys, eland, and the whole range of African wildlife is in awe-inspiring numbers. The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the Masai Mara attract visitors from around the world, who flock to the open plains to witness the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet. More>> |
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Katavi boasts the highest hippo and crocodile population in the country. Its undisturbed natural landscape makes Katavi National Park stand out above the other more regularly visited Parks in the country and the huge bonus is that there’s little chance you’ll have to share the Park with anyone else – except an abundance of wildlife. More>> |
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| Mount Kilimanjaro |
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At an altitude of 5895 m above sea level, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain and the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. Only three degrees south of the equator, it is snow-capped all year around. Its most outstanding features are the three major volcanic centres, Shira, Mawenzi and Kibo, all now dormant. There are 5 routes to the summit. The most popular being the Manragu route. Any healthy person can climb the mountain. 40 minutes drive from Moshi town. Avoid the rainy season April, May and November. More>> |
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| Gombe Stream National Park |
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Gombe is one of the few places that chimpanzees can still be found in their natural habitat – Dr Jane Goodall and her colleagues have lived here studying the primates since 1960, the longest study of its kind. Gombe is a place of personalities as chimpanzees are as individually unique as humans. Perhaps you will assess a flicker of understanding when you look into a chimp’s eyes, assessing you in return. Sharing more than 95% of our genes, it’s a look of recognition from our closest animal relative. More>>
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