Mount Meru
Rising dramatically above the city of Arusha, Mount Meru is one of Tanzania’s most striking natural landmarks and the country’s second-highest mountain at 4,566 metres. Forming the centrepiece of Arusha National Park, the mountain combines challenging high-altitude trekking with remarkably varied landscapes, from montane forest and open heathland to volcanic cliffs and sweeping views across […]
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro is one of Tanzania’s most remarkable wildlife destinations, centred around the immense volcanic caldera of Ngorongoro Crater. Formed when a vast volcano collapsed millions of years ago, the crater now shelters a remarkably concentrated ecosystem of grasslands, woodland, wetlands and lakes, creating an exceptional setting for wildlife viewing within a relatively compact area. Descending […]
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 […]
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 […]
Arusha National Park
Arusha National Park is a remarkably diverse highland wilderness surrounding Mount Meru, Tanzania’s second-highest mountain. Located close to Arusha city, the park brings together montane forest, open grasslands, volcanic landscapes, crater lakes and the dramatic slopes of Mount Meru within a relatively compact area. The park is divided naturally into several contrasting landscapes. The forested […]
Lake Natron National Park
ake Natron is one of northern Tanzania’s most distinctive landscapes, lying beneath the active volcanic landscape of the Gregory Rift Valley near the border with Kenya. The shallow, highly alkaline lake is fed mainly by the Ewaso Ng’iro River and seasonal streams, while intense evaporation concentrates minerals and salts in the water. The result is […]
Zanzibar Island
Zanzibar Island, also known as Unguja, is Tanzania’s principal Indian Ocean island and a destination where beaches, history, culture and marine life come together. Its coastline ranges from broad white-sand beaches and turquoise lagoons to coral reefs and traditional fishing communities, creating a natural complement to a mainland safari. The island is particularly known for […]
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 […]