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National Parks

Tanzania protects roughly a third of its land. These are the national parks and reserves at the heart of every safari we run.

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park

Tanzania's most famous park — 14,763 km² of endless plains, the stage for the Great Migration of over 1.5 million wildebeest and a UNESCO...

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Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The world's largest intact volcanic caldera — a 260 km² crater floor holding roughly 25,000 large animals, plus Olduvai Gorge and Maasai grazing lands....

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Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park

2,850 km² of baobab-studded savanna along the Tarangire River, home to some of Tanzania's largest elephant herds and a superb dry-season alternative to the...

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Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park

A narrow 649 km² park pressed between the Rift Valley escarpment and a soda lake — known for tree-climbing lions, big elephant herds and...

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Arusha National Park

Arusha National Park

A compact, scenic park under Mount Meru — colobus monkeys, giraffe, flamingo-lined crater lakes and one of the few places in Tanzania you can...

Canoeing on the Momella Lakes Colobus monkey forest walks Game drives for giraffe and zebra Mount Meru trek (3–4 days)
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Kilimanjaro National Park

Kilimanjaro National Park

1,688 km² protecting Africa's highest mountain. Uhuru Peak stands at 5,895 m — the world's tallest free-standing mountain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

Multi-day summit treks (Machame, Lemosho, Marangu, Rongai) Acclimatisation day hikes on the lower slopes Rainforest and Shira Plateau nature walks Chagga village and waterfall day trips nearby
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Nyerere National Park

Nyerere National Park

Tanzania's largest national park at 30,893 km² — the former northern Selous, carved out in 2019. Boat safaris on the Rufiji River, huge wild-dog...

Boat safari on the Rufiji River Walking safari with an armed ranger Fly-camping overnight in the bush African wild dog tracking
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Ruaha National Park

Ruaha National Park

At about 20,226 km², Tanzania's second-largest park and the anchor of the Southern Circuit — big elephant and buffalo herds, both kudu species, large...

Great Ruaha River game drives Big-cat and wild-dog viewing Guided walking safaris Birdwatching (570+ species)
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Mikumi National Park

Mikumi National Park

3,230 km² of open floodplain often compared to the Serengeti in miniature — the most accessible of the southern parks, a four-hour drive from...

Mkata Floodplain game drives Hippo pool visits Birdwatching (400+ species) Short safaris from Dar es Salaam
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Udzungwa Mountains National Park

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

1,990 km² of tropical rainforest rising straight from the plains — a walking-only park with waterfalls, endemic primates and part of the Eastern Arc...

Sanje Waterfall day hike Multi-day plateau treks Endemic primate and bird walks Camping at Prince Bernhard Falls
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Saadani National Park

Saadani National Park

The only Tanzanian park where the beach meets the bush — 1,062 km² on the Indian Ocean coast, where elephants and lions share the...

Beach-and-bush game drives Wami River boat safari Green turtle nesting walks (seasonal) Village and river-mouth birdwatching
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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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Mkomazi National Park

Mkomazi National Park

3,245 km² of semi-arid savanna below the Pare and Usambara Mountains — a conservation success story for black rhino and African wild dog, with...

Black rhino sanctuary visit (by arrangement) African wild dog project visit Dry-country game drives for gerenuk and oryx Birdwatching in the acacia bush
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Kitulo National Park

Kitulo National Park

A high montane grassland in the southern highlands nicknamed the "Garden of God" — 413 km² protecting 350-plus plant species, including 45 kinds of...

Wildflower and orchid walks (Nov–Apr) Plateau day hikes Birdwatching for blue swallow and bustard Photography of the Kipengere Range
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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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