Tanzania - Areas of Interest
Between africans highest mountain (KIlimanjaro) and africans largest lake (Victoria) lies one of the best game viewing areas on the continent. These regions also include the worlds largest and unflooded intact volcatic caldera (Ngorongoro) and the most famous wildlife park (The Serengeti). There is great chimpanzee trekking at Mahale in the west and to the south east lies one of the worlds largest game reserve, The Selous. Volcanic highlands domminate the north, giving way southwards to plateau, then semi desert in the centre of the country and highlands in the south. The coast lowlands are hot and humid with lush vegetation. One branch of the great rift valley passes through Lake natron and Lake Manyara in northern Tanzania, to lake Malawi(Lake nyasa). The other brach passes through Lake Lukwa and Lake Tanganyika in the west.
Once a small trading post, its only significance due to its geographical position in the centre of Africa, mid way between the Cape and Cairo, Arusha is today an agricultural town and the comfortable base for all safaris in the northern part of Tanzania.
Set around a shallow alkaline lake, surrounded by ancient baobabs, ground water forest of fig and mahogany and open grasslands, this park lies at the foot of a dramatic escarpment, offering a rich diversity of scenery and wildlife. Considered...
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Tarangire lies to the for south of the large open grass plains of southern Maasailand and is the best-kept secret on the northern safari circuit. Tarangire is a dry season refuge many migratory animals (elephants, wildebeest, zebra, gazelles, eland and buffalo)...
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This is quite possibly the most famous of all Africa’s conservation areas, and is worth visiting at least once in your lifetime. It is the largest intact volcanic caldera in the world, and some scientists maintain that before it erupted, it stood...
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Serengeti is renown for its black-maned lion and other predators including wild dog, spotted hyena, jackal, cheetah and leopard. The wealth of birdlife is of a special interest including colourful rollers, bee-eaters, kingfishers and sunbirds and...
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This little known reserve happens to be the second largest game reserve in Africa, and it is A Wold Heritage Site. Over 21,000 square miles (55,000km2) in area, the Selous is more than half the size of the state of Ohio, twice the area of Denmark...
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Ruaha is now the largest national park in Tanzania. Known for its great populations of elephant, buffalo, greater and lesser kudu, hippo, crocs, it is also one of the countrys best national parks, and because of its location, it is one of the least visited.
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Zanzibar is an archipelago made up of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, and several islets. It is located in the Indian Ocean, about 25 miles from the Tanzanian coast, and 6° south of the equator. Zanzibar Island (known locally as Unguja, but as Zanzibar...
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Dar es Salaam, is an old city dating as early as 1857. The city has seen major changes dating from the influences of the Sultanates to the Germans and the British. The name Dar es Salaam means heaven of peace, a name chosen by Sultan Seyyid Majid...
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