ZANZIBAR ISLAND AND PEMBA are within the United Republic of Tanzania, located in the Indian Ocean about 38 km off the coast of mainland Tanzania at six degrees south of the Equator. Zanzibar is made up of many islands, the main two being Unguja (sometimes called...
THE WORLD FAMOUS NGORONGORO CRATER Nearly three million years ago Ngorongoro towered alongside Mt. Kilimanjaro as one of the highest peaks in Africa. Today, Ngorongoro’s caldera shelters the most beautiful wildlife haven on earth. The rich pasture and permanent water...
Located on the south-west shores of Lake Victoria, Rubondo Island National Park includes Rubondo Island and several other small islands of Lake Victoria. The park boasts for its rich and diverse variety of butterflies and birdlife, easily viewable from the lakeshore....
THE UNIQUE SCENERY OF MKOMAZI NATIONAL PARK, It is where black rhino and wild dog have returned to roam. East of the Pare Mountains, Mkomazi falls along the edge of a semi-arid savanna arc that stretches into bordering Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park. Every day,...
THE LAKE ZONE BURIGI CHATO NATIONAL PARK, BurigiChato National Park The Burigi-Chato National Park traces its origin back to the 1970s when it had acquired the status of a National Game Reserve. Covering more than 2,200 square kilometers, the park is now ranking the...
THE GREAT MARINE SAADANI NATIONAL PARK, Palm trees sway in a cooling oceanic breeze. White sand and blue water sparkle alluringly beneath the tropical sun. Traditional dhows sail slowly past, propelled by billowing white sails, while Swahili fishermen cast their nets...
THE UNIQUE OF UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Brooding and primaeval, the forests of Udzungwa seem positively enchanted: a verdant refuge of sunshine-dappled glades enclosed by 30-metre (100 foot) high trees, their buttresses layered with fungi, lichens, mosses and...
THE BEST ADVENTURE OF RUAHA NATIONAL PARK, the game viewing starts the moment the plane touches down. A giraffe races beside the airstrip, all legs, and neck, yet oddly elegant in its awkwardness. A line of zebras parades across the runway in the giraffe’s wake. In...
THE GARDEN OF THE WORLD KITULO NATIONAL PARK, Kitulo Plateau is locally known as the ‘Bustani ya Mungu’ or ‘God’s Garden’. Another name for Kitulo is the ‘Serengeti of Flowers’. The Kitulo Plateau is a unique habitat made up of a matrix of Afromontane and Afroalpine...
THE GREAT GOMBE STREAMS NATIONAL PARK, An excited whoop erupts from deep in the forest, boosted immediately by a dozen other voices, rising in volume and tempo and pitch to a frenzied shrieking crescendo. It is the famous ‘pant-hoot’ call: a bonding ritual that allows...
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE SAFARI TO KATAVI NATIONAL PARK, Isolated, untrammeled, and seldom visited, Katavi is a true wilderness, providing the few intrepid souls who make it there with a thrilling taste of Africa as it must have been a century ago. Tanzania’s...
THE GREAT MAHALE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Set deep in the heart of the African interior, inaccessible by road and only 100km (60 miles) south of where Stanley uttered that immortal greeting “Doctor Livingstone, I presume”, is a scene reminiscent of an Indian Ocean...