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Tanzania Safari
Tanzania Safari is an answer Whether you are looking for a family safari, corporate adventure, or even planning your honeymoon safari for many reasons Tanzania Safari tends to be the Best option, Tanzania Safari offers a wide range of tours and travel ideas available. Tanzania is a vibrant and beautiful country with exceptional parks and reserves. It’s blessed with the winning combination of unparalleled game viewing and dazzling tropical beaches. Because Tanzania is so vast (almost 1.5 times the size of Texas), it helps to divide the country’s major holiday destinations into four areas:
- Tanzania Northern Safari Circuit – the most popular Tanzania route comprising the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, and Kilimanjaro.
- Tanzania Coast and Islands – the country’s beaches, especially those on islands like Zanzibar, are breathtaking and very accessible.
- Tanzania Southern Circuit – includes the wonderfully wild and underrated Nyerere and Ruaha, Tanzania’s best-kept safari secrets.
- Tanzania Western Circuit – head to the far-flung corners of Katavi and Mahale for the ultimate off-the-beaten-path safari experiences
Wake to the call of stirring birds in the Ngorongoro Crater during your safari holidays or perhaps, scale Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, while experiencing the extraordinary biodiversity along its most scenic route. These are the top timeless sights and sounds of the Serengeti, and only the beginning of what Tanzania safari has to offer.
On Tanzania journeys, explore a range of wildlife parks and reserves, including the vast Serengeti National Park, the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater, and the wildlife-rich Tarangire National Park. Our Tanzania Tours features the continent’s finest guides, who expertly reveal your destination’s countless wonders. After each day of eye-opening adventures, rest in Africa’s best lodges or, on certain Tanzania vacations, retire to luxurious mobile tented camps. Whether you witness an endangered black rhino quietly grazing or thousands of wildebeest and zebra thundering through plains during the Great Migration, Kiwoito Africa Safaris takes you to the core of the action on the top Tanzania experience.
Popular Tanzania Safari
Tanzania holidays also introduce you to the many cultures in the region, from the proud Maasai or the Hadza (Hadzabe) people to the last bushmen in Africa. Meet the women of a local bike shop that empowers them to earn money to support their families and many more Cultural Activities.
On a Tanzanian safari, you’re not just observing. You’re part of the scene. Animals roam freely, offering a genuine glimpse into their daily lives. As dusk falls, the adventure doesn’t end. You’ll relax in comfortable lodges, the unique sounds of the savannah as your lullaby.
The country’s landscapes are as diverse as its wildlife, from the Serengeti’s dry plains to Ngorongoro’s lush forests. Every corner of Tanzania offers a different slice of nature, promising a rich and unforgettable wildlife journey.
Why Tanzania safari
Tanzania is renowned as a premium destination for Big 5 wildlife viewing, luxury lodges, Serengeti safari tours, and beach vacations with international visitors flocking from the U.S., UK, France, Europe, and beyond.The country is also home to Africa’s highest mountain Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, superb coffee plantations, UNESCO World Heritage Sites including Stone Town, wildlife-rich national parks such as the Serengeti, the superb Rift Valley lakes and more.
Top attractions visitors can expect from a Tanzania safari include:
Animals
Tanzania is famous for its wildlife with the big 5 present as well as Wildebeest, Diceros, Impalas, Dik-diks, Impalas, giraffes, hyenas, African wild dogs and many more.
All big 5 game animals can be found roaming including the African bush elephant, the lion, the black rhino and white rhino, the leopard, and the African buffalo.
Tanzania is one of Africa’s best birding destinations with one of the largest species lists of any African country at over 1,100 bird species including the black crake, Fischer’s lovebird, Ashy starling, Tanzania seedeater, and Hartlaub’s turaco.
Tanzania contains some 20% of the species of Africa’s large mammal population with most wildlife found in the surrounds of the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater.
Parks & Reserves
Tanzania has numerous parks, reserves, and sanctuaries, all of which have their own charm, accommodation, and wildlife attractions.
Tanzania has more than 17 national parks and many smaller parks.
Of particular note amongst parks are the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, a truly spectacular experience, as well as Nyere National Park (Selous) & Ruaha National Park.
- Serengeti National Park: 5,700 sq miles of savannah teeming with migrations of wildebeests, gazelle, and zebras making this one of the 7 Natural Wonders of Africa, a national treasure in the north of Tanzania.
- Ngorongoro Crater: The world’s largest inactive cauldron-like hollow volcano with a crater floor covering over 100 sq. miles and almost 0.4 miles deep. This crater in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area has over 7,000 wildebeest, 6,000 black spotted hyenas, 4,000 zebras, 300 Elephants and 55 Lions.
- Selous Game Reserve: Also known as Nyerere National Park, this is Tanzania’s largest national park at about 12,000 sq miles, set in southern Tanzania with majestic waterways, notably the Rufiji River and interconnected lakes attracting wildlife galore.
- Ruaha National Park: Tanzania’s second largest national park with excellent game viewing of predators including lions and the endangered wild dog and 500 bird species.
- Gombe National Park: The second smallest of Tanzania’s national parks at just 20 sq miles, Gombe is characterized by steep valleys and vegetation from grassland to woodland to tropical rainforest, a superb place for tracking chimpanzees.
- Katavi National Park: A 1,700 sq mile park renowned for large concentrations of animals including 4,000 elephants.
- Tarangire National Park: The Tarangire River provides water for the wildlife in this northern park including for the rare tree-climbing lion, leopards, cheetahs, baobab trees, birds, and for the Masai people.
- Arusha National Park: At the base of Mount Meru, visitors will find this 213 sq mile less visited park with large numbers of African elephants, Cape buffaloes, hippos, zebras, and giraffes.
- Kitulo National Park: A protected area of montane grassland and montane forest on the Kitulo Plateau in the southern highlands of Tanzania.
Other national parks of note include:
- Lake Manyara National Park: This is a protected area in Tanzania’s Arusha and Manyara Regions, known for its large elephant numbers and tree-climbing lions.
- Kilimanjaro National Park: At 644 sq miles, the park contains the largest free-standing volcanic mass in the world and the highest mountain in Africa, also home to numerous giraffes, warthogs, water buffaloes, colobus monkeys, dik-dik, and many birds.
- Mahale Mountains National Park: A park of 637 sq. miles on the western tip of Tanzania bordering the Congo (DRC), known for its large population of chimpanzees.
- Mikumi National Park: A large park at 1,250 sq miles, 190 miles from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, Mikumi NP has numerous waterholes, crowded with hippos, elephants, and buffaloes.
- Mkomazi National Park: Mkomazi does have the big 5 present, but wildlife in general is more thinly populated in this 1,253 sq mile park.
- Rubondo Island National Park: This 176 sq mile island on Lake Victoria in the north-west is 75% covered in pristine equatorial rainforest, perfect for hippos, bushbuck, vervets, sitatungas, crocodiles, elephants, chimpanzees, and giraffes.
- Saadani National Park: The only park in East Africa with an Indian Ocean beachfront with elephants and Swahili fishermen on view in this 410 square mile area.
- Saanane Island National Park: A square mile island on Lake Victoria in Mwanza, northern Tanzania, known for its zebra, impala, rock hyrax, velvet monkey, and wild cats.
- Udzungwa Mountains National Park: This 770 sq mile park supports diverse wildlife, including elephants, buffalo, lions, leopards, African wild dogs, and eland as well as 6 species of primate.
- Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park: Located on the island of Zanzibar, this 19 sq. mile park has a landscape consisting of mangroves, tropical forests, and coral rug forests, as well as groundwater, salt marshes, and agricultural areas.
Spread across the country including Zanzibar tour packages, Tanzania’s parks and reserves can take several hours/flight to one another
Tanzania Safari Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Tanzania on the map?
Located in East Africa, Tanzania is bordered by the Indian Ocean on its Eastern Side, blessing us with the beauty of Zanzibar.
North of Tanzania you will find Kenya and Uganda, whilst Rwanda, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi can be found to the west. South of Tanzania is Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique.
How do I get to Tanzania?
There are a number of ways of getting to Tanzania, however you usually will fly into Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam (640km, or 2 hours’ flight from Arusha City), or at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (45 minutes’ drive from Arusha City.
What is the time in Tanzania?
Tanzania is three hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+3). This means that there’s no time difference between their summer and winter months.
What language is spoken in Tanzania? And do they understand english?
The official language of Tanzania is Swahili, and most of our people speak it. Just as well, as we have well over 100 different tribal languages! Fortunately English is widely spoken in the larger towns and places where visitors frequent. At Kiwoito Africa Safaris , we have a team of driver-guides who can speak a variety of languages such as English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German. When booking with us be sure to let us know if you have a preferred language you would like our Guides to speak.
Is it safe in Tanzania for me to visit? Is it safe for kids and females?
We are sure you’ll feel very safe here, we’re sure you’ll feel very welcome. As with everywhere else in the world, just use a bit of common sense, don’t flaunt any valuables and you can enjoy the natural wonders, the culture and the people of Tanzania.
Whilst most of our visitors will come to Tanzania for our wildlife experiences, they often leave with a much wider and richer experience than they could have ever expected. Why? Part of that is due to our friendly, welcoming, colourful people. Tanzanians are a true mix of many ethnicities, different religious beliefs and all live together in harmony in what is one of the African continent’s safest destinations.
How can I plan my Tanzanian adventure?
Whether you are looking to climb Kilimanjaro or tick off that African Safari from your bucket list, we are excited to help you plan.
Contact us today with any specific preferences and our team of Tanzania specialists will get back to you with a bespoke Itinerary that will blow your mind.
We cannot wait to welcome you!
What is the weather like Tanzania?
The Tanzanian dry season usually starts at the start of June and continues through until the end of October. After that, the ‘short rains’ begin from late October/early November until mid- to end December. There is then a respite from late December to Mid of March, and then the ‘long rains’ start at the end of March and last until May.
Of course, weather seasons can vary every year, so you have to be prepared for anything.