Gombe Stream National Park Overview The smallest of Tanzania’s national parks is situated on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe Stream park is very famous for its chimpanzees. It’s here where Jane Goodall founded a behavioural research program in 1960 that now stands as the longest-running study of its kind in the world. The … Read more
Mahale Mountains National Park Overview Mahale Mountains, bordering Lake Tanganyika, are home to some of Africa’s last remaining wild chimpanzees: a population of roughly eight hundred, habituated to human visitors by a Japanese research project founded in the 1960s. To get there you will travel by steamer from Kigoma and then on a local fishing … Read more
Saadani National Park Overview Saadani National Park is the perfect union of beach and bush. Located just 70 km north of Bagamoyo and easily accessible by paved road from Dar es Salaam, Saadani is a wonderful day-trip from the beach resorts scattered along Tanzania’s northern coast. The only wildlife sanctuary in East Africa to boast … Read more
Nyerere Game Reserve Overview The Selous Game Reserve is an amazing place, so wild and vast that it will offer you a uniquely adventurous experience. This land is one of the untouched gems of Tanzanian nature. It is the largest National Park in Africa with an area of 54.000 sq km, four times the size … Read more
Mkomazi Game Reserve One of the mysterious national parks located in the Northern Tanzania Overview Located in Tanzania’s very north close to the Pare Mountains, Mkomazi Game Reserve is the focus of an intensive breeding program to save the endangered black rhinos. Tourist facilities in this remote area are very sparse, so not many ‘Mzungus’ … Read more
Mikumi National Park Overview Forming the northern borders of Africa’s biggest game reserve – the vast Selous – Mikumi is one of the most popular of Tanzania’s National Parks, the most accessible part of a 75,000 square km wilderness. The main feature of the park is the Mikumi flood plain, along with the mountain ranges … Read more
Katavi National Park Overview Isolated, unspoilt and seldom visited, Katavi is a true wilderness, providing the few intrepid souls who make it there with a thrilling taste of Africa as it must have been a century ago. It is situated in Southwest Tanzania, east of Lake Tanganyika. The focus is on Hippos and crocodiles. The … Read more
Ruaha national Park Overview Ruaha protects a vast tract of the rugged, semi-arid bush country that characterizes central Tanzania. The moment the plane touches the ground the game viewing starts. A giraffe races beside the airstrip, all legs and neck yet oddly elegant in its awkwardness. A line of zebras and in the distance, beneath … Read more
Lake Manyara National Park Overview Close to Arusha, en route to Ngorongoro and Serengeti there is a sweet small National Park that is worthy of your attention. Its size is 330 sq km of which up to 200 sq km is comprised of an alkaline lake when water levels are high. Entering its main gate … Read more
Lake Natron & Ol Doinyo Lengai Overview Lake Natron and Mountain Ol Doinyo Lengai are part of an untouched land of ancient origin at the northeast of Tanzania in-between the Ngorongoro Highlands and Serengeti plains. This area is home of the Maasai, who have kept all their customs and practises and have hardly been influenced … Read more