Top Tanzania Safari Parks You Shouldn’t Miss: When planning a safari to Africa, it is almost always an impulse that Tanzania is always among the top choices. It is not that travelers are all programmed to think like that, it is natural attractions hosted in Tanzania. Visiting Tanzania’s Safari Park is always an adventure, whether you are safari addict or wildlife enthusiast.
So if you are looking into exploring the best of the best in Tanzania, here is a list of the Top Tanzania Safari Parks you shouldn’t miss!
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Serengeti National Park
As the most popular safari park in Tanzania as well as Africa, Serengeti National Park is must visit national park while on a Tanzania Safari. The Serengeti is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and probably the most photographed wildlife sanctuary in Tanzania. It is an absolute favorite among all travelers on a safari in Tanzania due to its unrivaled adventure and mystery as well as the mind-blowing Great Migration event, where two million strong wildebeests along with hundreds and thousands of zebras and gazelles stampede across the savannah in search for grazing pastures and water.
In addition to the Great Wildebeest Migration, Serengeti National Park demonstrates an amazing mixture of ecosystems ranging from open grasslands, swamps, rocky terrains and gorgeous woodlands that is why it is one of the finest safari parks in Africa. Serengeti is home to the highest concentration of large mammals in the world, including the famous Big Five, and the highest concentrations of predators in Africa, guaranteeing spectacular, adrenalin-filled predator Vs prey actions. Plus, its birdlife is so impressive, you wouldn’t want to put down your pair of binoculars.
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Often referred to as “The Wildlife Eden”, Ngorongoro Conservation Area is another UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania that lies in the northern circuit of Tanzania, continuous to the world famous Serengeti. Ngorongoro is best known for its resident Big Five and endangered black rhinos and also the world’s largest inactive volcanic caldera, Ngorongoro Crater.
Ngorongoro Crater is a paradise of woodlands and crater lakes that provide habitats for abundant wildlife. It rises high above the plains of the Serengeti with Lake Natron in its northeast which is a breeding ground for East Africa’s flamingoes. Lake Eyasi in its south and Lake Manyara in its east.
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Kilimanjaro National Park
On a Tanzania safari, it is hard to miss Kilimanjaro National Park. At 5,895 meters, Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa and the world’s tallest free- standing mountain with a year-round snow-capped peak that looms over the savannah, almost calling out for visitors to explore its splendor. Surrounding the mountain is a lush forest that hosts a wealth of mammals including endangered species like Abbots duiker.
For adventurous and physically fit travelers, a trek to the “Roof of Africa” will be an amazing opportunity to tick that off the bucket list. Luckily, there are several routes winding around the mountain (some routes are even beginner-friendly), allowing travelers to discover the beauty of Africa from 5,895 metres high.
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Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park is a popular stop along the way to Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The park is an absolute scenic gem with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa” it stretches for 50 kilometers along the base of the rusty-gold vast high Rift Valley Escarpment and offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzania Safari Experience.
Lake Manyara National Park boasts of diverse wildlife including buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, antelopes and one of the thickest baboon and elephant population in Africa but What Lake Manyara is famous for are thousands of flamingoes by its soda lake, huge elephant herds, and the rare tree climbing lions.
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Selous Game Reserve
Known as Africa’s largest natural reserve covering a vast wilderness area of over 50,000 km² plus the Rufiji River, Selous Game Reserve offers magnificent wildlife and a highly untouched, less crowded scenery. It is located in South Tanzania and it is popular for its unique wildebeests and numerous endangered wild dogs.
Selous Game Reserve is also home to the largest population of buffaloes in the whole of Africa, hosting about 150,000 of them which is more than twice the entire buffalo population in all of Southern Africa.
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Tarangire National Park
Known as the most scenic park in Tanzania and home to large herds of elephants, Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest park in Tanzania situated quite off –route to the northern circuit safari parks. It boasts of stunning forested landscape with baobab and acacia trees peppered around it and it is famous for its migrating herds of elephants that come around June to October, which is the perfect season to see a lot of elephant mud baths.
During the dry season, Tarangire National Park attracts over 250,000 mammals in a mini – Migration in search for water.
The Big, including the rhino can also be easily spotted around the park as well as impalas, wildebeests, and zebras. When it comes to birding, Tarangire is a birder’s paradise as it holds one of the highest numbers of birds in Tanzania.
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Ruaha National Park
Located in the Southern Circuit, Ruaha National Park is the second largest national park in Tanzania. It is one of the most remote parks in the country and is one hundred percent untouched and unexplored.
Although not very accessible, many visitors to Ruaha National Park say they would go visit the park again in a heartbeat.
Conclusion
Thanks to the diverse landscape and impressive wildlife that thrives in Tanzania, it is effortlessly one of the top safari destinations in the world.
