Explore Tanzania
Tanzania is easily one of the best places to experience a life-altering safari, with nearly 30% of its very fertile land being reigned by National Parks teaming with some of the world’s largest, fastest, and most endangered species in the world. Prominently recognized as the home of the great Mount Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the Zanzibar Islands, Tanzania shows off plenty more parks, heritages, and activities that attract over 1.2 million tourists and travel enthusiasts annually. Tanzania has developed sustainable tourism policies to guard its precious gifts against nature and flourish as a tourist attraction over the years whilst conserving the areas with a firm hand from the government and global partners. Tanzania also boasts over 120 tribes and languages within its border that have lived in harmony since the country’s independence in 1961. The primary language spoken is Swahili, and most countrymen speak English as well.
Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti National Park is Africa’s most famous. Renowned for its incredible concentrations of predators and the Great Migration of two million grazers, a safari here is guaranteed to be exceptional. The endless grassy plains are amongst the richest grazing grounds in the African bush, and therefore home to the largest herds and the highest concentrations of predators on the planet.
The Serengeti Africa is one of those very rare places that has a huge reputation, yet still somehow manages to surpass expectations and take your breath away. Surrounded by remarkable tribes such as the Massai and Hadzabe, this wider area is also fascinating from a cultural perspective.
Tarangire National Park
Located slightly off the main safari route, Tarangire National Park is a lovely, quiet park in Northern Tanzania. It is most famous for its elephant migration, birding and authentic safari atmosphere. The majority of travellers to the region either miss out Tarangire altogether or venture into the park for a matter of hours – leaving swathes of Tarangire virtually untouched!
With a game viewing area that is roughly ten times the size of nearby Manyara NP and a concentration of game that is exceptional from July through to October, this seasonal Tanzania safari park is a little gem on the Northern safari circuit, especially if you love elephants!
Tarangire is the surprise package on the Northern circuit. Often overshadowed by the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire has huge concentrations of animals in the peak months and a fraction of the visitor numbers of any of the other Northern parks. From July through to October safaris here are superb, and the atmosphere and habitats are completely different from other parks.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Tanzania. It is one of the few places on earth where humans and wildlife coexist in harmony. In this article, we will delve into the geography, people, conservation efforts, tourism, and challenges facing Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area is a protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in northern Tanzania. It covers an area of 8,292 square kilometers and is home to a vast array of wildlife, including lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests.
Lake Manyara National Park
Located in southern Tanzania and far from the madding crowds, the Selous Game Reserve is Africa’s largest game reserve and one of our favourite wildlife viewing areas. This really is a hidden gem! The rivers and lakes of the Selous are the lifeblood of a park that hosts some fabulous game, including elephant, wild dog, buffalo, hippo, crocodile and fantastic prides of lion.
As you may have gathered, we are huge fans of Selous safaris. The reality is that this park is so vast it is impossible to count its game and that is exactly what we love about it; Selous is untouched African wilderness and yet still easily accessible from Dar and Zanzibar.
Not only a wonderful place for the seasoned safari enthusiast, the Selous also offers an amazing introduction to unspoilt Africa. Home to some of Africa’s best walking, boat safaris and fly camping trips, the Selous has the greatest diversity of safari activities of all the Tanzanian safari parks.
Ruaha National Park
Located at the heart of Tanzania, Ruaha is the ‘other park’ on the Southern circuit. Ruaha’s relative inaccessibility means it gets far fewer tourists than the Selous and less than any comparable park in the Northern circuit. The rewards of travelling this far are a wild landscape with baobab studded hills and rocky escarpments, with superb wildlife; Ruaha safaris have reliably exciting predator concentrations, it is home to 10% of the world’s lion population, contains one of four cheetah populations in East Africa and has the third largest wild dog population in the world. This is accompanied by huge elephant and buffalo herds and a cross-over of game from southern and Eastern Africa.
Selous Game Reserve
Located in southern Tanzania and far from the madding crowds, the Selous Game Reserve is Africa’s largest game reserve and one of our favourite wildlife viewing areas. This really is a hidden gem! The rivers and lakes of the Selous are the lifeblood of a park that hosts some fabulous game, including elephant, wild dog, buffalo, hippo, crocodile and fantastic prides of lion.
As you may have gathered, we are huge fans of Selous safaris. The reality is that this park is so vast it is impossible to count its game and that is exactly what we love about it; Selous is untouched African wilderness and yet still easily accessible from Dar and Zanzibar.
Not only a wonderful place for the seasoned safari enthusiast, the Selous also offers an amazing introduction to unspoilt Africa. Home to some of Africa’s best walking, boat safaris and fly camping trips, the Selous has the greatest diversity of safari activities of all the Tanzanian safari parks.
Mahale National Park
Located in the far west of the country on the shores of Lake Tanganyika and home to the best chimpanzee viewing in Africa, Mahale would stake its claim as one of the most exceptional and unique safari destinations on the continent.
When you have been in the industry for as long as we have, there are only a few places in Africa which we would consider in the running for the very best safaris on the continent. These would include Schoeman’s Skeleton Coast Safaris, Serra Cafema, Chiawa and Old Mondoro in the Lower Zambezi, Mwaleshi and Kutandala in North Luangwa… and Greystoke Mahale, Tanzania. This remote National Park also has one of the most beautiful camps anywhere in Africa, and offers a Tanzania safari experience to take your breath away. Not just a chimpanzee destination, Mahale has an absurdly good beach with gin clear waters; and the park itself has fair claim to be one of the most interesting destinations in Africa.
Katavi National Park
Located in the far west of the Tanzania, Katavi is a park for the safari enthusiast. Often combined with nearby Mahale, Katavi receives very few travellers due to its relative inaccessibility and consequent high cost of flights. Travellers who spend the time and money to get here, however, are richly rewarded – Katavi is nothing short of magical.
This park is truly wild with few camps and very few visitors. Katavi is one of the few places left in Africa today where you genuinely feel that you could have slipped back a thousand years. Many safari connoisseurs would argue that this is the quintessential Tanzania safari park; we certainly believe it to be the country’s best kept secret. Combine this park with Mahale, specifically at Nomad Tanzania’s Greystoke, and there is a good argument that this is the finest week to be had in Africa!