Mikumi National Park
MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK Overview Mikumi National Park is an ideal location if you are short on time but long on an adventure. Its accessibility also makes it an attractive destination for any start to the southern safari circuit. After an early morning wake-up call and hot coffee or tea, one departs in a 4×4 safari […]
Ruaha National Park
RUAHA NATIONAL PARK Overview At 10,300 square kilometers, Ruaha National Park is Tanzania’s second largest. Located in the southern half of the country, the park is not as frequently visited as those located in the north making it the perfect location for people wanting to be off the beaten path. The herbivores of this park, […]
Selous Game Reserve
SELOUS GAME RESERVE Overview The reserve is named after the late Captain Frederick Courteney Selous, a famous elephant hunter who was killed by a German sniper in 1917.General accessibility to the 55,000 sq km reserve used to be difficult, however, there are now a number of scheduled flights from Dar es Salaam and a convenient […]
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park
MOUNT KILIMANJARO NATIONAL PARK Overview At 5,895 meters above sea level, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain. That it is a stand-alone mountain and not part of a range, gives Kilimanjaro a prominent place on the horizon. The snow caps are iconic and have lent inspiration to the likes of Hemingway and more. The most […]
Tarangire National Park
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK Overview One outstanding feature of Tarangire is the huge number of enormous baobab trees. These giants, also known as upside-down trees, are a strange and wonderful sight in themselves. The Park is at its best in the dry season, when many of the migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters […]
Lake Manyara National Park
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK Overview This charming park is tiny by comparison with most of the others on a safari itinerary but its special qualities and abundant wildlife make it a most worthwhile visit. The park covers only 330 square kilometers of which 230 is the lake itself. The park lies under the wall of […]
Ngorongoro Crater
NGORONGORO CRATER Overview This remarkable and world-famous geographic feature is considered a “caldera” – a collapsed volcano. The floor is an area of over 102 square miles includes a large soda lake and forms a perfectly preserved and self-contained habitat for a huge number and variety of animal species. More than 30,000 animals call the […]
Serengeti National Park
SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK Overview The Serengeti is one of the largest wildlife sanctuaries in the world. The most famous features of the Serengeti ecosystem are the spectacular concentration of plains animals, found nowhere else in the world, and the annual wildebeest migration. The park itself covers an area of 15,000 square kilometers and adjoins other […]
