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Tanzania is one of the prime safari destinations and home to the greatest spectacle on earth. Walk with Maa Tours provides a front-row seat to all the action. The annual wildebeest migration across Serengeti National Park, in Tanzania and Maasai Mara National Reserve, in Kenya is the opportunity of a lifetime: millions of animals weave their way across the landscape.
But there’s more to this East African country. The word safari is Swahili for “journey”. A journey to Tanzania brings you to Mt.Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, and unspoiled national parks that the “Big Five” (elephant, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, and buffalo) call home.
When planning a Tanzania safari, it’s crucial to have knowledgeable local guides and a selection of customizable, curated tours as you surround yourself with the majestic beauty, varied landscapes, and robust wildlife. At Natural World Kenya Safaris, a locally owned tour operator, we are perfectly equipped to bring you an unforgettable safari.
Our standard safari vehicle is a 4*4 Land Cruiser Jeep that accommodates six people. It has long-range radios for ease of communication and a pop-up top that makes photography a cinch. Whether you want a budget safari, a mid-priced safari, or an over-the-top luxury experience, Natural World Kenya Safaris can make your vision a reality.
Both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a national park, Serengeti offers one of the best safaris in Tanzania. Witness the epic animal migration, where massive herds of wildebeest and zebra zig-zag across the endless plains and the Mara River in search of fresh water and pasture on an arduous expedition. Tanzania’s oldest and most popular park also provides up-close sightings of lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, giraffes, gazelle, and the endangered Eastern Black Rhino. Rivers are filled with crocodiles and hippos, while hundreds of species of birds fly overhead. There’s never a dull moment in the Serengeti.
Nicknamed Africa’s “eighth wonder of the world,” the Ngorongoro Conservation Area comprises a 100-square mile volcanic crater and includes incredible wildlife viewing. Located in northern Tanzania, this fertile valley enclosed within the high walls of the crater is home to the “Big Five,” alongside several bird species, including egrets and ostriches. In the Lerai Forest, safari-goers will spot vervet monkeys, waterbucks, and great tusker bull elephants. During the rainy season, Lake Magadi transforms into a magical landscape with flocks of migratory flamingos, a sight that will forever be embedded in your mind.
Tree-climbing lions, millions of pink flamingos, large herds of elephants, and troops of baboons make Lake Manyara National Park a must-visit safari destination. The park may be small in size, but it is mighty in its offerings. Birdwatchers can marvel at pink-backed pelicans, Marabou storks, and gray herons feeding in the middle of the great shallow lake.
Tarangire National Park boasts the second-highest concentration of wildlife of any park in Tanzania. During the peak dry season, visitors will discover large concentrations of elephants around the Tarangire River. In this vibrant reserve, visitors will be captivated by big cats like lions, leopards, cheetahs, zebras, wildebeest, buffalo, and giraffes. The towering baobab trees dotting the grassy savannah make the landscape even more otherworldly.
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The 650-square-mile park, located near the Tanzanian region of Moshi, 190 miles south of the equator, includes the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro and the surrounding mountain forest. The 19,340-foot Kili, as it’s called, is Africa’s highest mountain and one of the continent’s most breathtaking sights. Over 65,000 international tourists attempted to climb it in 2019, and those numbers are increasing. The mountain rises from vast farmlands on its lower slopes to lush rainforest to alpine meadows, finally reaching the twin summits of Kibo and Mawenzi.
A variety of wildlife can be seen within the park, from tree hyrax, gray and red duiker, and bushbuck above the timberline to Cape buffalo, leopard, blue monkeys, eastern black and white colobus, and bushbabies in the montane forest, moorland, and grassland. Elephants roam between the Namwai and Tarakia rivers and sometimes can even be spotted at higher elevations.
Though only 58 square miles, Arusha National Park has plenty of eye candy for the safari-goer, including the towering peaks of Mt. Meru, the vivid waters of Momella Lakes, and the forest around Ngurdoto Crater. Just 20 miles southwest of Arusha, the park can easily be seen in a single day.
The park has been renamed several times, from Ngurdoto Crater National Park in 1960 to Mt. Meru National Park in 1967 to its current iteration. It is now named for the Warusha people who once lived in the region, along with the Maasai, for whom many sights within the park are named.
