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      • Tanzania
        • Arusha National Park
        • Katavi National Park
        • Lake Manyara National Park
        • Lake Natron
        • Mahale Mountains National Park
        • Mafia Island
        • Mikumi National Park
        • Mkomazi National Park
        • Mount Kilimanjaro National Park
        • Mount Meru
        • Ngorongoro Crater
        • Pemba – Zanzibar Island
        • Ruaha National Park
        • Rubondo National Park
        • Saadani National Park
        • Selous Game Reserves
        • Serengeti National Park
        • Tarangire National Park
      • Kenya
        • Amboseli National Park
        • Aberdare National Park
        • Maasai Mara
        • Mount Kenya National Park
        • Samburu National Reserve
        • Shimba Hills National Reserve
      • Uganda
        • Bwindi National Park
        • Kibale National Park
        • Lake Mburo National Park
        • Murchison Falls National Park
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    • Tanzania Itineraries
      • HPE: 031 Kenya and Tanzania Biking Adventures
      • HPE: 335 True Taste of Africa
      • HPE: 407 Safari to Tanzania Western Circuit
      • HPE: 412 Horseback Riding and the Majestic Serengeti
      • HPE: 421 Wonders of Tanzania
      • HPE: 429 Tanzania Luxury Honeymooners Safari
      • HPE: 556 Safari with Ngorongoro Crater Highlands
      • HPE: 558 Tanzania – Classic Camping Safaris!
      • HPE: 559 Monduli Mountains (Hiking with the Maasai)
      • HPE: 602 East African Land and Sea Safari (Kenya – Tanzania – Zanzibar)
      • HPE: 609 Honeymoon Special
      • HPE: 610 Selous Game Reserve Safari & Zanzibar
      • HPE: 716 Tanzania Rift valley and Soda Lakes Tour
      • HPE: 778 Serengeti under Canvas
      • HPE: 779 Medium Comfort Adventure Safari
      • HPE: 781 Mt Kilimanjaro Climbing, Wildlife Safari, and Zanzibar
      • HPE: 900 Selous Game reserve, Mikumi, Udzungwa and Ruaha National park Safari
      • HPE: 902 Wonders Of African Elephants and Baobab Trees
      • HPE: 789 Horseback Riding on the Slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro
      • HPE: 331 Ascent of Oldonyo Lengai
      • HPE: 332 Chimpanzee tracking safari at Gombe and Mahale mountains
    • Kenya Itineraries
      • HPE: 783 Discover East Africa and Masai Mara Safari
      • HPE: 786 Wonders of Kenya and Tanzania
      • HPE: 420 Kenya Mobile Camping
      • HPE: 406 Discover Kenya
      • HPE: 471 East African cross border Safari
      • HPE: 469 Samburu | Aberdares | Masai Mara | Amboseli | Tsavo Safaris
      • HPE: 404 Kenya Beach Holiday & Wildlife Safari
      • HPE: 457 Mount Kenya Climb (Chogoria Route Down Naro Moru)
    • Uganda Itineraries
      • HPE: 577 Uganda Gorilla tracking
      • HPE: 708 Gorilla tracking Safaris – Bwindi Impenetrable Park
      • HPE: 573 Gorilla Tracking
      • HPE: 574 Rwenzori Central Circuit Trail
      • HPE: 707 Gorilla Trekking – Uganda
      • HPE: 903 Mount Rwenzori climb – Margherita Peak
    • Kilimanjaro Itineraries
      • HPE: 777 Machame Route – 10 Days
      • HPE: 409 Lemosho Glades – 9 Days
      • HPE: 782 Marangu Route – 7 Days
      • HPE: 780 Umbwe Route – 7 Days
      • HPE: 901 Machame route – 7 Days
      • HPE: 410 Rongai Route – 6 Days
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Tanzania

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Tanzania

Tanzania is an East African country known for its vast wilderness areas. They include the plains of Serengeti National Park, a safari mecca populated by the “big five” game (elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino), and Kilimanjaro National Park, home to Africa’s highest mountain. Offshore lie the tropical islands of Zanzibar, with Arabic influences, and Mafia, with a marine park home to whale sharks and coral reefs.

Tanzania has three safari circuits, and each one of them, in its own right, would make Tanzania a top wildlife destination. The popular Northern circuit with the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater offers one of the best classical safaris in Africa, especially if timed with the annual wildebeest migration.

Wildlife

You’ll have few problems spotting the more-prominent African animals in Tanzania, including the lion, elephant, giraffe, and buffalo. For big cats like the leopard and cheetah, you’ll want to head to the Serengeti, while Ngorongoro Crater is where you want to be for a chance of seeing a black rhino. Other wildlife highlights include chimpanzee tracking, checking out African wild dogs, and being awestruck by the several million wildebeest, gazelle, and zebra on their annual migration.

Weather & Climate

In equatorial Tanzania, the humidity lessens noticeably the further away from the coast you get. Heat is a mainstay of the country everywhere except for the central region, where things cool quickly once the sun goes down. The Dry season (June to October) sees the temperature vary between 20°C/68°F and 30°C/86°F. It’s useful to remember, the higher the altitude, the cooler it will be. The Wet season (November to May) kicks off with showers (the ‘short rains’), followed by a drier interlude and then heavy downfalls (the ‘long rains’) from March.

Best Time to Visit

To see the incredible spectacle of the great migration, you need to visit during the Dry season (June to October). Wildlife watching across the country is also at a premium at this time. There’s far less rainfall and therefore bush to impede your view, and not so many mosquitoes to bug you. That said, the northern-circuit parks still have productive game drives in the Wet season (November to May). And January and February is the time when wildebeest calving in the Serengeti attracts lots of predators.