Facts about Tanzania

Tanzania is ideal for combining exhilarating safaris with unique cultural experiences, adventurous hikes, and unspoiled beach vacations. Tanzania has everything a discriminating visitor might want on safari, from the Serengeti plains with the yearly wildebeest migration to snow-capped mountains and lovely palm-fringed beaches. Whether it’s your first trip to Africa or you’ve been there before, the breathtaking natural beauty, astonishing wildlife, and blend of rich culture and warm-friendly people will continue to astound you. The northern circuit will never disappoint you with its famous Serengeti grasslands, the ‘Eight Wonder of the World’ – the Ngorongoro Crater – and the beautiful Kilimanjaro, a highlight for many hikers and mountaineers. If you seek less-traveled locations, consider visiting Tanzania’s untamed southern region or isolated western parks like Selous, Ruaha, or the chimps in Mahale Mountains National Park. And all of these destinations mix wonderfully with a romantic getaway to Tanzania’s exotic islands!

This park is the oldest and most popular in Tanzania, with sunburnt grasslands stretching to the shimming golden horizon. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is known for the Great Movement of wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras. However, when the movement has passed, enormous mobs of buffaloes, giraffes, elephants, and impalas can be enjoyed feeding here. Predators such as cheetahs, leopards, and lions, prowl the savannahs, hide in luxuriant acacia trees, and rest atop the kopjes that dot the landscape.

What is there to do and see in the Serengeti National Park?

Witness the Excessive Migration while taking a game drive.

 Hot air balloon safaris are among the best methods to see the biota in Serengeti.

 This reserve has over 500 bird species, making it a bird watcher’s paradise.

 Walking safaris allow you to walk on the wild sides and discover the landscape!

The Ngorongoro Conservation Region, which borders the Serengeti National Park, includes a vast space of short-grass grasslands, massive old volcanoes, and the Ngorongoro Highlands.

The famed Ngorongoro Crater, known as the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” is part of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It is the world’s largest complete volcanic caldera and home to one of Africa’s densest large animal populations.

What is there to do and see in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area?

Ngorongoro Crater – plunge into one of the world’s greatest spectacular natural marvels and explore the unique environment.

 Cultural tourism — experience everyday life in a Maasai’ boma’ plus learn how harmoniously coexist communal tourism and wildlife conservation.

 Ol Duvai Gorge, often known as “The Cradle of Mankind,” hosts some of the world’s ancient archaeological discoveries.

 Lake Ndutu and Lake Masek – formed by volcanic eruptions in this zone, these two lakes supply the sole residual water during the dry period and attract vast facts of flamingos.

It is one of Tanzania’s smaller parks. It offers a convenient game-watching circuit with various habitats, mammals, and bird species.

A well-maintained road meanders through a woodland that resembles a rainforest at the base of the 600-meter-high Rift Valley elevation and is inhabited by numerous baboons and Blue Monkeys. It continues beyond the grassy river deltas and little soda lake, home to pelican, flamingo, and other avian congregations, before ending at the edge of the acacia woods.

For everyone who has a whole day to spend in this park, the south, home to the legendary tree-climbing lions, is generally unexplored but well worth a visit.

What is there to see and do at Lake Manyara National Park?

Take a game drive to see the various game species and over 400 species of birds.

 Night safari: Lake Manyara is currently Tanzania’s sole national park. You can go on an enthralling night wildlife drive searching for nocturnal species.

 Thermodynamic Springs The Boardwalk – From a freestanding viewing platform directly in the lake, you can get a unique view of the hot Hot Springs, marshes, and the Hippo Pool. The boardwalk is a 300-meter-long wooden structure in the park’s southern section.

 Cycling Safari: While not permitted within the park, the surrounding area of Lake Manyara offers thousands of kilometers of riding paths to explore.

The largest herds of elephants in Africa can be found in this national park, which bears the same name as the Tarangire River. Zebras, wildebeest, impalas, and elephants gather around the shrinking lagoons, while elephants herds of up to around 300 clusters drink in the flatlands or rivers. The gigantic baobab trees dominate the environment, surrounded by a diversified ecosystem of grasslands, acacia woodlands, forests, bush steppe, and extensive wetlands. On the other hand, many birds are drawn to this location, with 550 species reported too far.

What is there to see and do in Tarangire National Park?

Go on a game drive to look for the diverse wildlife, which contains all of the Big 5; redeem the rhinoceros that call this area home. Tarangire has the most number of bird species of any Tanzanian park. About one-third of the total Tanzanian varieties are found there. Take a safari stroll to experience the bush’s authentic sounds, sights, and smells! The Maasai community manages Lake Burunge, only ten minutes from Tarangire Nature Reserve. Take part in traditional interactions, lake paddling, and organized walking safaris.

The roof of the African world! The highest standalone peak in the world and the highest peak on the African peninsula is Kilimanjaro, which stands at 5895 meters. Each year, countless tourists make their way to the base to climb to the summit due to its breathtaking beauty and accessibility relative to other high mountains. The route will take you through various environments, including agricultural slopes, a strange alpine desert, a rich forest reserve that transitions to moorland, and an ice and snow fantasy as you get closer to the peak.

What should you do and see while visiting Kilimanjaro National Park?

One of the many paths leads to standing atop Africa’s Roof and mounting Uhuru’s peak. Hiking on the scenic Shira plateau in the shadows of Mount Kilimanjaro while mingling with natives as you move through tribal communities. In one of the numerous streams, Mount Kilimanjaro drains, go trout fishing. Enjoy your bike ride through coffee farms, verdant valleys, and highland settlements as you ascend the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro! Enjoy the tranquility of the enchanted Lake Chala, a caldera lake close to the Kenyan boundary.

One of Tanzania’s more compact and sometimes disregarded protected areas, Arusha National Park, is highly recommended. It is famous for Mount Meru, whose atypically formed peak towers far over the surrounding vegetation.

Rolling grassy hills, quiet montane forests that are habitat to Dark blue and white & Black Colobus Monkey, the breathtaking Ngurdoto Crater, and the serene alkaline Momella lakes are just some of the park’s many different features. Giraffes grazed on bushes, and buffalo and zebras herds grazed peacefully on the “little Serengeti.” At the same time, leopards and hyenas are occasionally observed.

What is there to see and do at Arusha National Park?

Game drive: this location is perfect for wanting to meet Tanzania’s wildlife due to its small size. On a Walking Safari, climb to the top of Mountain Meru’s foothills for some expansive sights while watching wildlife. Canoe Safari: Explore the calm splendor of the crystal-clear, alkaline Momella Lakes in a conventional dugout canoe. Climb Mount Meru, Africa’s fifth-highest mountain at 4566 meters, is not as big as Kilimanjaro but is widely regarded as much more challenging.

Lake Eyasi and Lake Natron are great highlights on Tanzania’s famed northern circuit for anyone looking to emission the mass of visitors and venture off the beaten path. These seldom-visited places grasp slight tourists but provide:

• Stunning scenery.
• Excellent walking options.
• Unusual interactions with native cultures.
• Pleasant rest throughout the safari.

Lake Eyasi, in the southwest of the Ngorongoro Preservation Area, draws many flamingos. It is home to the Hadzabe tribe of indigenous Bushmen, who are conventional hunters.

Lake Natron is in Africa’s Great Rift Valley, amid a volcanic moonscape of rolling hills and deep craters. Blue algae cause the lake’s unique colors in the saline, supporting a remarkable ecosystem. 

What is there to do and see near Lake Eyasi and Lake Natron?

Visit the Bushmen, experience the ancient ways of life of the Hadzabe tribes, and go on a bow-and-arrow (simulated) hunt with them.

Admire the species of birds, pelicans, and other creatures that hunt in the shallow soda lake as you stroll along Lake Eyasi’s shoreline.

Hiking Mount Ol Doinyo Lengai, also referred to as the “Sacred Mountain of God,” is a live volcano that regularly spews natrocarbonatite lava. You can see Lake Natron, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Ngorongoro Crater, and the western slopes of the Great African Rift Valley from the top of the crater, which is 2960 meters above sea level.

Visit the Enero Sero Cascades at Lake Natron and hike through the rocky valley and cliffs to reach a gorgeous natural swimming pool flanked by palm trees and crystal-clear waterfalls.