Serengeti NationalPark
Serengeti National Park is one of Africa’s most celebrated wilderness areas, a vast landscape of open grasslands, wooded savannahs, rocky kopjes and seasonal rivers stretching across northern Tanzania. Its name comes from the Maasai word siringit, meaning “endless plains”, an appropriate description of a landscape where wildlife moves across seemingly limitless horizons. The Serengeti is […]
Tarangire National Park
Tarangire National Park is a distinctive wilderness of ancient baobabs, open savannah, seasonal wetlands and woodland in northern Tanzania. Named after the Tarangire River that runs through the park, the landscape becomes particularly important to wildlife during the dry season, when animals gather around the river and the remaining permanent water sources. The park is […]
Mahale Mountains National Park
Mahale Mountains National Park is one of Tanzania’s most extraordinary wilderness destinations, where dense tropical forests descend from dramatic mountain ridges to the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Far removed from the country’s better-known safari circuits, Mahale offers a rare combination of wild chimpanzee encounters, rainforest trekking, mountain scenery and pristine lakeside landscapes. The park is […]
Mikumi National Park
Mikumi National Park is one of Tanzania’s most accessible safari destinations, protecting an expansive landscape of open grasslands, woodland, seasonal wetlands and rocky hills in the eastern part of the country. The park forms part of the larger Selous–Nyerere ecosystem and offers a diverse safari experience within a landscape framed by the dramatic Uluguru Mountains. […]
Ruaha National Park
Ruaha National Park is one of Tanzania’s great wilderness destinations, a vast landscape of open savannah, ancient baobabs, rocky kopjes, miombo woodland and seasonal rivers in the country’s south-central region. At the heart of the park is the Great Ruaha River, whose pools and surrounding river systems become vital sources of water as the dry […]
Nyerere National Park
Nyerere National Park is one of Africa’s great wilderness destinations, a vast landscape of floodplains, miombo woodlands, riverine forests, lakes and open grasslands shaped by the mighty Rufiji River. Formerly part of the legendary Selous Game Reserve, the park offers an exceptionally varied safari experience where wildlife can be explored by vehicle, boat and on […]
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro rises dramatically above the plains of northern Tanzania, reaching 5,895 metres and standing as Africa’s highest mountain and the world’s highest free-standing mountain. Its immense volcanic form dominates the surrounding landscape, while its summit rises into a world of snow, ice and high-altitude wilderness close to the equator. Kilimanjaro is formed by three […]
Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park stretches between the steep escarpment of the Great Rift Valley and the shallow alkaline waters of Lake Manyara. Despite being relatively small compared with Tanzania’s larger parks, its combination of groundwater forest, open woodland, floodplains and wetlands creates an unusually varied landscape within a short distance. The park is particularly known […]