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Tanzania's Northern safaris are renowned for offering some of the finest wildlife viewing throughout Africa.
Its natural abundance of wildlife, along with the annual migration of millions of animals across these northern reaches, make up a flourishing eco-system that is now benefiting from hard-fought conservation measures.
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The Great migration is one of the world’s most spectacular wildlife events.
Often referred to as 'The Greatest Show on Earth' the Migration is a movement of approximately 1.5 million wildebeest and zebra throughout the Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystems.
The Migration is dependant on rain and the animals move back and forth following the rains.
The water supply, be it rain for the new grass or standing water to drink is never in the same place and is quite often spread across different areas of the Serengeti.
Therefore, the animals split.
They are animals and they cannot be predicted!
When wildebeest number 1 thinks its best to go to the Western Corridor, half a million may follow him.
Number 50001 however may well think it will be best elsewhere and take the remaining numbers with him.
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The Serengeti National Park is one of the most famous wildlife reserves in the world.
The Serengeti covers nearly 15,000 square kilometres of magnificent Tanzanian land, and its rolling distances of short grass plains provide an exceptional landscape for wildlife viewing
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The Seronera Valley; Located at the heart of the Serengeti, The Seronera is characterized by mainly wide open grassy plains, rock kopjes, and a network of rivers that ensure year-round water supplies and keep the region rich in wildlife.
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Ngorongoro Crater: The famous Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera in an exceptional geographical position, forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 square kms with sides up to 600m deep.
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Lake Manyara: Manyara is a small but scenic park, excellent for bird-watching and a good area to find elephant, as well as the potential excitement of spotting a legendary Lake Manyara tree-climbing lion.
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Tarangire National Park covers 2600 sq km of grassland and floodplains, and a large proportion of tall acacia woodland just south of the large open grass plains of southern Maasai Land.
It is unspoiled, with stunning purpled formations of volcanic mountain ranges.
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Tanzania’s southern and western safaris
The lush green rivers of the Selous contrast with the rolling, ancient realms of Ruaha, again different from the floodplains of Katavi, or the deep and distant forests of Mahale.
There are many advantages to a safari in the South: Both Selous and Ruaha are fly-in destinations, so avoiding the need for the long drives that are necessary in the North.
Walks (and boat based river safaris, in Selous) are permitted, which breaks the monotony of game viewing by vehicle each day and allows you to feel even closer to the action...
The parks of the South are much less visited than the north and the South is a much easier destination for a short safari
Covering almost 50,000 square km, an area greater than the size of Switzerland, the Selous game reserve is one of the largest areas set aside for wildlife preservation anywhere in the world, although only the small northern portion is allocated for photographic tourism.
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Ruaha is bordered on the east by the Great Ruaha River and the west by Mzombe River.
The terrain is varied and fascinating with wild fig trees, rare baobab forests and gorges of glowing orange sandstone. The rivers contain swirling rapids and deep pools inhabited by crocodiles and hippos Covering 12,950sq km, Ruaha is the second largest National Park in Tanzania after the Serengeti.
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Mount Kilimanjaro: Kilimanjaro represents a powerful life force for the local Chagga people and all those who have made their lives around this mountain, providing rich volcanic soils for agriculture and an endless source of pure spring waters.
One of the most amazing aspects of the mountain in the present day is the accessibility of its peak to climbers with no mountain climbing equipment or real previous experience of scaling such heights.
Saadani National Park
Saadani Game Reserve was gazetted in 1964, covering an area of some 250 sq km from the Wami river in the south to the Mligaji river in the north, with the Moshi railway line as the western boundary. In 2003 Saadani was upgraded to become Tanzania’s latest National Park.
Saadani also sits almost directly opposite Zanzibar’s Stone Town, located approximately 42 kms away. Flights from Zanzibar to Saadani take just 15 minutes.
The combination of beach and big game is unique in Tanzania. Large game currently seen include giraffe, buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard, sable antelope, eland, hartebeest, wildebeest, zebra, waterbuck, crocodiles, hippos and many more including a variety of birdlife. Dolphins are sometimes seen offshore and whales pass through the Zanzibar channel on their migration.
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