Twenty-two national parks, sixteen game reserves. Here are the eight you should actually be choosing between.
Serengeti
The benchmark. Fourteen thousand square kilometres of grassland, woodland, and granite kopjes.
Ngorongoro Crater
A collapsed volcanic caldera with the highest density of large mammals in Africa.
Tarangire
Elephants, baobabs, and superb birdlife between June and October.
“Fourteen thousand square kilometres of grassland, woodland, and granite kopjes.”
Lake Manyara
Compact, scenic, and a brilliant first morning out of Arusha.
Ruaha
Tanzania's largest park, in the wild south. Cinematic landscapes and big-cat density that rivals the Serengeti.
Nyerere (formerly Selous)
Boat safaris on the Rufiji, walking safaris, and the largest game reserve in Africa.
Katavi
Remote, expensive, unforgettable — hippo pods of 500 animals in the dry-season pools.
Mahale Mountains
Chimpanzee trekking on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. A bucket-list trip that quietly ranks above the gorillas of Rwanda for many of our travellers.
Born on the edge of Tarangire, Amani has guided more than 600 expeditions across Tanzania's northern and southern circuits.
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