Serengeti
The Serengeti is a world heritage site and truly one of the most special places on earth. It covers 5700 square miles stretching to the Kenyan border on the north and to Lake Victoria on the west. Much of it is vast plains dotted with acacia trees.
This is the home of the great annual migration of wildebeest, zebra and Thompson's gazelles, which is one of the most spectacular wildlife experiences in the world.
But at any time it is full of plains animals: buffalo, eland, topi, kongoni, impala and Grant's gazelle, as well as elephant and giraffe. Because of the huge abundance of prey there are also large numbers of predators, including all the big cats and some smaller ones, hyena and jackals.
There are more than 500 species of bird!
And there is every type of accommodation available. Although this is one of the most popular safari destinations in the world, because of its size it does not get overcrowded.
To start planning your stunning safari to the Serengeti contact us now!
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Ngorongoro
The Ngorongo Conservation Area lies between Urusha, the safari capital of Tanzania and the Serengeti. At its heart is the Ngorongo Crater. This is actually a 'caldera' formed when a volcano collapsed in on itself. It is the world's largest unbroken caldera, with a diameter of 12 miles.
The crater is said to have the highest permanent density of game anywhere in Africa, with about 30 000 animals in it, and can certainly be seen to be teeming with game, including elephant, lion, cheetah, wildebeest, buffalo and black rhino.
It is also home to a fantastic selection of birds, including much-photographed flamingoes.
As well as being an exceptionally beautiful area, the conservation area includes the archeologically important Oldupai Gorge.
Because of its more confined size and its great popularity the area can become rather full of holidaymakers. Some people prefer to do walking safaris to be more out of the way.
To talk about the best way to include the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in your Tanzania safari, contact us now!
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Lake Manyara
Do lions climb trees? Well only very occasionally if they really have to ..... except in the Lake Manyara National Park, where, by some quirk of evolution, the lions routinely climb trees!
There is also a particularly high population of baboons and of elephants, and several smaller, more unusual creatures like Kik's dik dik.
With the beautiful Rift Valley as a scenic backdrop and lots of birds, this is a wonderful game reserve. Like the other smaller northern circuit parks, it can become quite full.
Do you want to try to find the tree dwelling lions? Then contact us to talk about about including Lake Manyara in your Tanzania Safari!
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Tarangire
Tarangire National Park is the closest of the northern circuit parks to Arusha and is a very popular inclusion in northern circuit safaris. It has particularly large numbers of elephants.
It is also well known for less common antelope such as fringe-eared oryx and gerenuk, and like the other parks, it is fantastic for birding.
To talk about a safari to Tarangire or anywhere in the northern circuit, send in an enquiry and we will get straight back to you!
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Gombe
Gombe is a very different safari destination.
Its attraction is the Chimpanzees made famous by the studies of Jane Goodall.
This, the smallest Tanzanian national park, on the shores of lake Victoria gives the opportunity to spend time on foot tracking the chimpanzees and admiring fish eagles and palm-nut vultures. It also provides the opportunity to swim and snorkel in lake Victoria.
To talk about tracking chimps and chilling in Lake Tanganyika as part of yout Tanzania Safari, enquire now!
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Mahale
The mahale Mountains national park offers an experience very similar to Gombe. It is also on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, with a beautiful mountain and forest background, and it also offers swimming and snorkeling in the lake and kayaking on it, as well as swimming in mountain streams and pools.
Again the main safari component is tracking chimpanzees and birding.
To talk about a safari to the Mahale Mounains national Park send us an enquiry!
Katavi
Katavi National Park is also in the far west of Tanzania. It is extremely remote and isolated, and barely discovered by tourists. As such it offers an experience very different from the well frequented parks on the northern circuit.
Known for its vast numbers of hippos and its huge crocodiles, this is also a fantastic place to see roan and sable antelope. It also has plenty of predators.
If you really want to feel as if you have the vast African wilderness to yourself, contact us about including Katavi in your Tanzanian safari!
Ruaha
Not quite as far west as Katavi, but as remote and inaccessible, is the magnificent Ruaha National Park. This is a semi-arid landscape, fed by the Ruaha and its tributaries. With huge herds of elephant, there are also sable and roan antelope, lots of lions, leopards and cheetahs and good numbers of African wild dogs (also known as painted wolves).
In particular this is an incredible place for birding with over 540 species of birds, many of which cannot be found in the north.
With very few other visitors around and a good choice of accommodation this is a great choice for your Tanzania safari.
Contact us today to talk about adding Ruaha to your stunning safari in Tanzania!
Selous
This is the biggest game reserve in Tanzania, covering 17000 square miles, which is more than 5% of the area of Tanzania. Only the part of it to the north of the Rufiji river, which bisects it, is accessible, however.
Like the other more remote Tanzanian parks, this one is not nearly as well known as the northern circuit parks, but offers a fantastic safari experience.
As well as large numbers of all the other game varieties, there are puku to be seen here, and good populations of wild dog.
There are 445 recorded bird species.
As well as game drives and walking safaris, there are also river based game viewing outings available in Selous.
For a stunning safari to Tanzania including Selous, contact us and we will get back to you to start planning!
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