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Safari Circuit

Western Circuit

Remote Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria country — big-game Katavi and the chimpanzee forests of Mahale and Gombe.

Katavi National Park

Katavi National Park

Tanzania's most remote major park — 4,471 km² of floodplain and miombo in the far west, with dry-season buffalo herds and hippo densities matched...

Dry-season floodplain game drives Walking safaris Hippo and crocodile river viewing Fly-camping in the bush
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Mahale Mountains National Park

Mahale Mountains National Park

Forested mountains dropping into Lake Tanganyika, home to around 800 wild chimpanzees — the premier chimp-trekking destination in Africa, reached only by boat or...

Chimpanzee trekking in the forest Snorkelling and kayaking on Lake Tanganyika Forest birding and primate walks Boat trips along the lakeshore
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Gombe National Park

Gombe National Park

Tanzania's smallest park at 52 km² — the strip of lakeshore forest where Jane Goodall began her chimpanzee study in 1960, still one of...

Chimpanzee trekking Visiting the Jane Goodall research legacy sites Hiking to Kakombe Waterfall and Jane's Peak Forest and lakeshore birdwatching
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Rubondo Island National Park

Rubondo Island National Park

A forested 240 km² island in Lake Victoria and a genuine sanctuary — introduced chimpanzees, elephants and giraffe now thrive alongside sitatunga, African grey...

Forest walks and chimpanzee habituation experiences Birdwatching (300+ species) Catch-and-release sport fishing for Nile perch Boat trips and canoeing on Lake Victoria
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Saanane Island National Park

Saanane Island National Park

Tanzania's smallest national park at just 2.18 km² — a rocky island in Lake Victoria a short boat ride from central Mwanza, with impala,...

Guided island nature walk Boat crossing from Mwanza Birdwatching on the lakeshore Granite kopje and sunset photography
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Burigi-Chato National Park

Burigi-Chato National Park

One of Tanzania's largest parks at about 4,707 km², gazetted in 2019 in the north-west near Lake Victoria and Rwanda — lakes, wetlands, savanna...

Game drives across savanna and lakeshore Boat trips on Lake Burigi Birdwatching in the wetlands Exploring a park with almost no other visitors
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Ibanda-Kyerwa National Park

Ibanda-Kyerwa National Park

A small 200 km² park in the far north-west corner of Tanzania on the Kagera River, gazetted in 2019 — topi, eland, roan antelope...

Savanna game drives for topi and roan antelope Kagera River birdwatching Cross-border travel stopovers Wilderness camping
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Rumanyika-Karagwe National Park

Rumanyika-Karagwe National Park

A 247 km² park in the Kagera Region, gazetted in 2019 from an old game reserve — wetlands, hills and woodland with sitatunga, roan...

Wetland birdwatching Sitatunga and roan antelope spotting Woodland walks and drives Visiting a newly gazetted park
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Ugalla River National Park

Ugalla River National Park

About 3,865 km² of miombo woodland and seasonal floodplain in western Tanzania, gazetted in 2019 — Tanzania's largest sable and roan herds, huge crocodiles...

Miombo and floodplain game drives Sable and roan antelope viewing Shoebill and wetland birding River and crocodile viewing
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