SAFARIS AND GAME PARKS:

All of the most famous game parks of Tanzania are in the Northern Region and a safari to the parks usually starts from Arusha. We would be happy to take you there.

• Arusha National Park:
Only 30 km Northwest from Arusha you will find a small but beautiful National Park, also called "Serengeti Ndogo" (small Serengeti) with giraffs, buffalos, zebras and many other animals in a beautiful landscape with varies from steppe to jungle. It includes Mount Meru, 4566 m high. The park is worth a visit, especially if you have just one day in Arusha.

• Tarangire Nationl Park:
West from Arusha, 105 km on taarmace road and another 7 km on dust road, you come to the Tarangire National Park. On the way there, you can make a stop at the Meseram Snake Farm and Maasai Cultural Museum. The park comprises 2600 qkm and takes its name from the Tarangiere River, which crosses it lengthwise, giving support to a large wildlife population during the dry season. During this season, betweeen June and October, thousands of animals including wildebeests, zebras, elands, elephants, buffaloes, hartebeests and more migrate from the dry Maasai steppe to the Tarangiere River. One lodge, two tented lodges and camjpsites are inside the park and a dozen exclusive lodges and tented camps immediately outside its borders.

• Lake Manyara: Located 125 km west of Arusha town, under the wall of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park attainded its status in 1960. Again, you can make a stop at the Snake Farm and Maasai Cultural Mueseum and you pass through the town of Mto wa Mbu (Mosquito River) with many souvenier shops and a good market. The most famous spectacle in the park, 330 square km in size, of which 230 is covered by the lake, is the tree-climbing lions, which are occasionally seen relaxing on the branches of acacia trees. Different accommodation is available near the park. • Ngorongoro Crater: About 50 km past Mto wa Mbu you will reach the edge of Ngorongoro Crater, 2286 meters above sea level. It is the largest unbroken caldera in the world and on the list of World Heritages sites of the UNESCO. Surrounded by very steep walls rising 610 m from the crater floor, this natural amphitheatre is the home of up to 25.000 larger mammals, almost half of them zebras and wildebeests. With a little bit of luck, you might see the "Big Five" - elephant, rihno, buffalo, lion and leopard. Several lodges can be found on the crater rim.

• Serengeti National Park:
The Serengeti National Park, covering 14.763 square kilometres, is the wold's greatest wildlife sanctuary and is about 350 km west of Arusha. One of the most breathtaking events in the animal kingdom is the annual migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeests, zebras and gazelles.Serengeti has been declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO and is a Biosphere. Accommodation can be found at four lodges, six tented camps and a variety of campsites in the park.
Tanzania has still more National Parks to offer. Some are in the Southern Region, easier accessable from Dar es Salaam. No problem for us to bring you there:

• Selous Game Reserve:
The Selous Game Reserve, south of Morogoro, is the largest in Africa, an uninhabited area in the size of Switzerland with a large population of giant mammals. The best time to visit the park is from June to October. Several lodges and tended camps are in the park.

• Ruaha National Park:
130 km west of Iringa lies the Ruaha National Park, Tanzania's second largest and its largest elephant sanctuary among the national parks. The park is also known for its concentration of lesser and greaater kudus, its roan and sable antelopes and its rich bird life. The best months for game viewing are July to November. The park has one lodge and three tended camps. Hotels are available in Iringa town.

• Mikumi National Park:
This park is the closest to Dar es Salaam and coveres 3.230 square kilometres. It is accessible by road and by charted plane. The park has a wide variety of wildlife, large herds of buffaloes and elephants, many wildebeests, warthogs, jackals, crocodiles and hippos. It also has many species of birds. Two lodges and two tented camps offer accommodation.