Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park is one of the oldest and most popular sanctuaries in East Africa. It’s located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the Rift Valley, less than 130 kilometres from Arusha town. Size: 330 sq km (127 sq miles), of which up to 200 sq km (77 sq miles) is... Read more

Mikumi National Park

Mikumi National Park 3,230 sq km (1,250 sq miles) is Tanzania’s fourth-largest national park. It’s also the most accessible from Dar es Salaam 283 km (175 miles). With almost guaranteed wildlife sightings, it makes an ideal safari destination for those without much time. The Park is about three to f... Read more

Serengeti National Park

A World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly one of the best known wildlife sanctuaries in the world, famed for its annual wildebeest migration. Aptly referred to as “endless plains” by the Maasai, Serengeti provides sanctuary to the highest concentration of pl... Read more

Gombe National Park

Gombe Stream National Park, located on the western border of Tanzania and the Congo, is most famous for Jane Goodall, the resident primatologist who spent many years in its forests studying the behaviour of the endangered chimpanzees. Size: 52 sq km (20 sq miles), Tanzania’s smallest national park..... Read more

Bagamoyo

Some 75 kilometres to the north of Dar es Salaam lies Bagamoyo, once the embarkation port for slaves from the hinterland, and later the first German colonial capital. It is a place of considerable significance to world history, both as an entry point for Arab and European missionaries, explorers, an... Read more

Mount Meru

Mount Meru is one of Africa's most beautiful volcanoes and is the second highest mountain in Tanzania after Kilimanjaro at 4,565m it is also the fifth highest in the whole of Africa. The mountain is located in Arusha National Park, which gives trekkers the opportunity to see a lot of wildlife as the... Read more