Tanzania Safaris
Visit Tanzania: Safaris and Tours: Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Gombe National Park
Karibu Tanzania (Welcome to Tanzania) This is one of the most enchanting and beloved adventure destinations in Africa and the world at large. Far more than just a place to see the great Wildebeest Migration and the Big Five, Tanzania offers a wealth of cultural and natural experiences to be treasured for a lifetime. Below are some of the top Tanzania safari packages;
Lake Manyara National Park is one of the most interesting safari destinations in Tanzania, located 126km from Arusha (2hrs drive) on the same route to Tarangire, Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti National park. The park is famous for tree-climbing lions, the soda ash lake and its flamingos, as well as breathtaking scenery! It is suitable for weekend getaways from Arusha.
Famous for its largest population of Elephants in the Northern Tanzania Parks, only 3 hours drive from Arusha. It is the sixth-largest in Tanzania with 2,600sq Kms, and a wide variety of wildlife such as lesser and great kudu, African buffalo, lion, cheetah, fringe-eared Oryx, leopard, Masai giraffe, olive baboon, spotted hyena, common zebra, warthog, impala, eland, bat-eared fox, common waterbuck, bushbuck, white-bearded wildebeest, coke’s hartebeest and gerenuk.
The 5 Days Tanzania safari rewards you a chance to explore the Arusha city before you hit the road to explore Lake Manyara (Home of tree-climbing lions), Ngorongoro conservation area and Serengeti National Park for amazing wildlife watching and Big Five tour.
In the 10 days Tanzania cultural and wildlife safari offers the opportunity to dive into Tanzanian wildlife yet at the same time learning and experiencing the culture of the inhabitants of two of the Tanzania towns; Moshi and Arusha
The 11 days Tanzania safari allows you to explore all the country’s most famous and interesting wildlife parks, especially in the Northern sector. These include Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro crater, and Oldu Vai Gorge among others.
The 17 days safari package allows you to explore Africa’s 2 best safari destinations; that is, Uganda and Tanzania. This is a lifetime adventure experience!
10 Reasons To Take A Safari in Tanzania
It is never the places we visit, the landscapes we see but the eyes with which we see them that makes the difference. What may seem like magic to your senses is someone else’s delay lifestyle. Living the magic daily sometimes makes them oblivious to the treasure before their eyes.
The beauty with African safaris is you come ready to be surprised. With this readiness to get surprised, you set your heart for adventure as well as opening your eyes to the beauty that has been shadowed to even the people that experience it every day.
The extra beauty with most of the African safaris is rooted in the African culture, game drives, gorilla trekking, nature walks and hikes. However, a destination does not necessarily have to offer all these wilderness activities to qualify as a popular African destination.
Though Tanzania does not have gorilla trekking among its safari adventures, there are actually ten more reasons that you should visit Tanzania for your African safari holiday this year;
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The wildebeest Migration (The Great Migration)
Would you believe me if I told you that every year there is a great migration of over one million animals crossing over from Serengeti national park to Masai Mara National Park in Kenya in the same month; it might be too hard for you to believe this, it’s the very reason you should consider Tanzania for this great once in a lifetime experience.
Just to paint an image of what it is like; think about wildebeests coupled together with Zebras having to cross a river in large herds. This would have been a normal experience if only crocodiles were not counting on the same incident. The drama and action involved in this migration is what makes it iconic to visit Tanzania just to see this action unfolding before your very eyes.
You do not have to think any further on how to make this adventure possible, our team of experts is more than willing not only to answer your questions regarding destination Tanzania but also organize for you’re the best of Tanzania adventures.
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The Big Five
“Words mean nothing, but people mean things when they use the words” If you have a psychology background, the big five will lean more on personality traits; but in Africa; when you speak of the big five; we refer to the hardest animals to hunt in the African wilderness.
The Lion, also known as the King of the jungle, African Elephant, Cape Buffaloes, Leopards and rhinoceros acquired for themselves the name “the big five”. Tanzania is one of the few countries on the African continent that still offer hunting safaris.
However besides the hunting safaris; though not necessarily for the big five; you can spot all the Africa’s big five games in Serengeti national park and Ngorongoro conservation area. With the help of our self-guided tour partners, you can help you do a self-drive safari in these two national parks to spot Africa’s big five. We can also organize for you an escorted tour if you inquire with our team of experts.
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The Zanzibar Beaches
It is only a few paradise destinations that offer both backpacker packages along with luxurious packages. It is I think for this reason that Zanzibar Islands are the best honeymoon destination in East Africa.
Besides the sand beaches, there are a number of activities to include on your Zanzibar packages; think of marine life tour, spice tours, boat cruise, kite surfing, scuba and snorkel, slave trade history, music festivals, local dishes, village tours; the list is endless. You can never run out of activities at Zanzibar Islands.
FYI; you can spend more than a month in Zanzibar Islands and still fail to do all the activities the Island has to offer, there are a number of marvellous reviews regarding the island that can inspire your trip on TripAdvisor.
But besides the marvellous reviews; our team of experts is also available to help you plan your tailor-made safari holiday in Tanzania and Zanzibar to be specific.
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Mountain Kilimanjaro
Mountaineering is one of the highest-ranking adventure activities in Tanzania. It is already proven; mountain Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa giving the best mountaineering sceneries on the African continent.
Though the mountain has contemporaries of the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda and Mountain Kenya in Kenya; it leaves all the other mountaineering destinations in Africa flatfooted because of its height.
Mountain Kilimanjaro is one of those places you can visit for your Adventures in Tanzania. We have you covered through our Tanzania safari packages for mountaineering and hiking experiences!
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Tanzania Cultural Tours
Tanzania has a total of over 120 tribes with different norms and customs. Though you might not have the opportunity to discover all these tribes in a single trip, you can choose-out the popular Maasai cultural experience in Tanzania.
Though the Maasai people are not only found in Tanzania, they still remain one of the reasons you should visit Tanzania. Through their customs might remains the same as those in Kenya, their experiences of the environment differ which is the very reason you should set out on the Tanzania adventure to discover more about them.
Beyond the jumping, and the attires of the Maasai people, a Maasai cultural tour will grant you more insight into their way of life, and customs that will help you appreciate a life of honour in the African society.
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Glamping In Serengeti National park
In most of the destinations, they often showcase the beauty of the lodges and hotels. But there is such a thing as glamping; also known as luxury camping. You might not have access to many lodges in Serengeti national park like the case is for glamping.
Anyone that loves a true wilderness adventure close to most of the animals that can be found in Serengeti national park would opt for this glamping experience. It is better experienced than explained.
Our team of tour consultants is always ready to share in-depth regarding Serengeti glamping, regular camping and other accommodation options to consider in Serengeti national park during your northern circuit safari
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Ngorongoro Craters
Ngorongoro conservation area and Serengeti national park are synonymous; it is very hard to have a Serengeti national park itinerary without Ngorongoro conservation area. So what does Ngorongoro conservation area has to offer?
Ngorongoro conservation area is one of the best-hiking destinations in Tanzania, however besides the hiking; it offers the opportunity to spot the scarce black rhinos in their natural habitat. Other animals you spot on your Ngorongoro adventure include; African elephants, cape buffaloes, African lions, hyenas, lions, Giraffes, Zebras, Cheetah, Wild dog, Wildebeets, all in large numbers among several other wildlife species.
There is a lot more to explore in Ngorongoro national park for your best of Tanzania experience, our team is always ready to help out for that matter.
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Southern Circuit Safari
Tanzania is the biggest country in East Africa; this comes with some parts of the country being less explored than other parts of the country. Though this can not be wholly attributed to the country size; there are challenges to do with the road network that makes some destinations in Tanzania unpopular.
If you are considering a game drive or any safari adventure in Tanzania, you are likely to hear about the southern circuit and the northern circuit.
The northern circuit is the most popular thus sometimes crowded with tourists in the peak seasons while the southern circuit remains less discovered. To experience the true Tanzanian wilderness safari, you would have to go for the less popular southern circuit that will grant you opportunities to experience the best of Tanzania. Our team of experts will assist you to plan a perfect safari based on your interests, time and budget.
If you choose self-drive trip rather than a guided tour, we recommend rooftop tent camping to avoid any challenges that might come up to find accommodation in the southern circuit route just in case you get off the common safari itineraries. However, with our experience in Tanzania safaris, we will surely help you plan the best of the southern circuit even without considering camping on any given day.
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Flying Safari
Unlike most of other East African countries that only have a limited number of airports, Tanzania has a total of 29 airports. It is for this reason that Tanzania comes out as one of the must-visit destinations in Africa because of the flexibility with quick air transport.
Besides simply coming in through the airport, you can also do a tour in Selous game reserve and Gombe stream national park for chimpanzee tracking through flying safaris which cannot be done in other parts of East Africa. You do not have to worry about the long journeys since you can easily take a flight after your northern safari circuit adventure.
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Chimpanzee Tracking
One of the most asked questions about Tanzania and primates is whether you can find mountain gorillas in Tanzania! Mountain gorillas only live in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo but this doesn’t mean that Tanzania has no primate adventures to offer!
Though chimpanzee tracking can be done in Uganda and Rwanda as well; Uganda and Tanzania seem to be the leading chimpanzee tracking destinations in East Africa. Mahale Mountains are the permanent residence for chimpanzees in Tanzania.
Chimpanzees in Tanzania can be spotted throughout the year making it possible to couple it up the other popular Tanzanian activities such as the great migration, mountaineering at Kilimanjaro and other popular hiking and game drive destinations in Tanzania
There you have them, the ten destinations or reasons to visit Tanzania this year. But just for purposes of emphasis, allow me to share about the hikes in Tanzania
- Spectacular Hiking Experiences
It would be unfair to project an African safari without any hiking experience yet most of the African countries have a lot in the hiking field. We know you might not be the kind that can manage a mountaineering experience, however, there are also short hikes on mountain Kilimanjaro that are worth your time to try out.
Besides Mountain Kilimanjaro hikes, Ngorongoro craters offer a special wilderness hiking experience with wilderness sceneries of not only landscapes but also wildlife ranging from but not limited to; rhinos, buffaloes, lions, bushbucks among several other Ngorongoro wildlife species.
Of course; at this point, you might already be thinking; “I have already heard about the Kilimanjaro Mountains and Ngorongoro conservation area! Have you heard of Ol Doinyo Lengai?
I know it might sound like French to you but that is one of the untold destinations of Tanzania that may not be found anywhere else in Africa. This is one of the few places in the world where you have an opportunity to hike an active volcano. Any information necessary for organizing such a hike can be sent right to your inbox if only you engage with our team of experts.
