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Arusha National Park

Situated just a short drive from Arusha and Moshi, Arusha National Park is one of Tanzania's most convenient parks and is a fantastic destination for a day trip and makes for a great beginning or end to any Tanzanian itinerary. Arusha National Park hosts a wide variety of landscapes, ranging from vast savannah and rainforest through to acacia woodlands and up to alpine vegetation on the higher reaches of Mount Meru. At just over 200 square miles, Arusha National Park has great wildlife densities, and it is home to the world's largest population of giraffe.

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Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The Ngorongoro Crater - with its lush green plains, woodland trees and wildflowers - is one of the most popular travel destinations in Tanzania. A stunningly beautiful place, it's often referred to as the ‘Garden of Eden’. Ngorongoro has been the site of numerous archaeological discoveries over the years, and it's now one of the best places for safari in East Africa. The Ngorongoro National Park is located west of Arusha, connecting to the Serengeti in the north-west and to the Great Rift Valley in the east. The park was established as a conservation area for wildlife and the semi-nomadic Maasai population that reside in it.

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Serengeti National Park (Great Migration)

The Greater Serengeti Migration Area refers to a huge area that incorporates a number of national parks, including Serengeti and the Ndutu region of Ngorongoro. Vast plains, rolling hills, volcanic mountains and forested areas make for breathtaking scenery. Add to that abundant wildlife and the annual migration through the region of millions of wildebeest, zebra, antelope and their predators, and you have the perfect safari setting. The Greater Serengeti Migration Area spans two countries and refers to the area through which millions of wildebeest, zebra, antelope and their predators migrate each year. It includes over 30,000 km² of land through numerous game parks including the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Maswa, Loliondo, Seronera, Grumeti Reserve, Ikorongo and Kenya's Masai Mara.

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Lake Manyara National Park

a, at a glance Located in the Arusha Region of northern Tanzania, Lake Manyara is the centrepiece of the Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara is a soda lake and its 230km² surface covers two thirds of the park’s total area. Designated as a national park in 1960, Lake Manyara National Park is home to a diverse range of stunning landscapes, including marshland, dense acacia woodland, and steep rocky slopes. Lake Manyara National Park is famous for housing vast flocks of flamingos, tree-climbing lions, and one of the highest concentrations of elephants in all of Tanzania.

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Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park is in northern Tanzania, just south of Lake Manyara. This is a protected area of colossal baobabs, grassy plains and huge herds of elephant. The park is one of the most underrated of Tanzania’s attractions, receiving just a fraction of the Serengeti’s visitors, which means more space and exclusivity for those who do make it to Tarangire. As well as 300-strong herds of elephant, visitors will find big groups of buffalo and healthy populations of lion and leopard. During the dry season, Tarangire has the highest concentration of mammals in the country. There are wild dog and rare antelope such as gerenuk, plus more than 550 species of birds to spot throughout the year.

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Nyerere National Park (Selous Game Reserve)

Once one of the world’s biggest game reserves, Selous has recently been split up to accommodate the new Nyerere National Park in honour of Tanzania’s first President Julius Nyerere. Together, the parks cover around 50,000 square kilometres in southern Tanzania, an area several times the size of the Serengeti. The Selous Game Reserve is off the beaten path, and only 1% of Tanzania’s tourists heading down to this part of the country. It is often seen as one of Africa’s last true wilderness areas - its savannah spans as far as you can see, and you can go days without ever seeing a car or another traveller.

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Mkomazi National Park

Mkomazi National Park is Tanzania's newest park and bridges the well-travelled northern circuit and coastal regions. Bordering Kenya's Tsavo National Park to the north and encompasses the fantastic Usambara and Eastern Arc Mountains. While still in its early stages and lesser known in the region, the park has an important population of black rhino. The dangerously endangered species was reintroduced to the area in the 1990s and now live in a fenced sanctuary while the population is still in this fragile state. The equally endangered African Wild Dog was also introduced into the refuge of the park in the 1990s and can be seen throughout the park. Other wildlife includes elephant, giraffe, eland, zebra and buffalo.

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Mahale Mountains National Park

The Mahale Mountains National Park is situated on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika in remote western Tanzania. It's spectacularly beautiful, with the backdrop of the Mahale Mountains and lush, tropical flora. The main attraction is walking safaris to observe the chimpanzees who live here. They share their forest paradise with a range of other primates, mammals and beautiful birds. Gazetted as the Mahale Mountains National Park in 1985, the park covers over 1,500 km² of fertile land on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, the world's longest and second-deepest freshwater lake, in remote western Tanzania.

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Ruaha National Park

This Largest remote park is found in southern Tanzania The convergence of vegetation zone in this huge Park has resulted in unusual combination of animals ,Particularly Greater and Lesser Kudu, together with sable and roan antelopes in the Park a feature that is not found in other National Park in the country. Key animals found in Ruaha National Park includes elephant ,zebra, lion, giraffe, hunting dog, ostrich, greater and lesser kudu, grants gazelles, striped hyena, sable and roan antelopes, crocodile and hippos mainly in Ruaha River. More than 540 species of birds have been recorded in this Park.

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Mikumi National Park

As accessible as it is, Mikumi is the most appealing Park to a safari. This Park will give a true taste of an African safari while preserving your precious time. The Park has a variety of wildlife that can be easly seen. Its closeness to Dar makes it an ideal place for weekend visitors who don’t have to spend a long time on an extended safari itinerary. The park derives its name from a palm tree called Borassus palm which once grew there and covers an area of 3,230km2

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Katavi National Park

There are truly wild places in Tanzania, Gombe National Park is one of them. The nature value of Gombe was noticed in 1943 when it was designated as a game reserve. Gombe gained its popularity after the pioneering research activities of Dr Jane Goodall in 1960 which is believed to be the longest running study of primates in the world. Conservation status was upgraded to that of a National Park in 1968 and opened for tourism in 1978 after chimpanzee habituated to human visitors. It is located 16 km north of Kigoma town on the shores of the world’s second deepest Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania with an area of 56 square kilometers.

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Gombe National Park

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Arusha National Park

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Serengeti National Park (Great Migration)

Lake Manyara National Park

Tarangire National Park

Nyerere National Park (Selous Game Reserve)

Mkomazi National Park

Mahale Mountains National Park

Ruaha National Park

Mikumi National Park

Katavi National Park

Gombe National Park

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