| Tanzania is renowned as a safari destination and | | | | Tanzania lost a while back. The big hotspots are |
| boasts some of the finest wildlife areas anywhere | | | | Selous and Ruaha and these compliment each |
| in Africa. But a Tanzania safari trip is something | | | | other perfectly but areas like Saadani, Udzungwa |
| that needs careful planning if you want to get the | | | | and southern Highlands all have their highlights too. |
| most out of what is for many visitors, a | | | | These are typically smaller and simpler bush |
| once-in-a-lifetime trip. When planning a safari in | | | | camps but here you have many more |
| Tanzania, it is crucial to know the best locations to | | | | opportunities to go on a walking safari or a boat |
| visit and the best times to go there. | | | | safari, than you do in Northern Tanzania. The |
| Northern Tanzania offers many world class wildlife | | | | majority of safari tourists usually fly between the |
| areas within a relatively small area. Serengeti, | | | | main areas rather than drive. |
| Kilimanjaro and Ngorongoro are the best known | | | | Western Tanzania is a small hidden gem in Africa. |
| regions but Tarangire, Natron, Manyara, and Eyasi | | | | More and more people recognise this and perhaps |
| are also well worthy of consideration. Tanzania | | | | talk about it with reverence but you'll find that |
| boasts some stunning scenery, incredible diversity | | | | very few have visited it in any great depth. |
| and enormous variety and concentrations of | | | | Katavi and Mahale National parks are the main |
| wildlife. Almost four in every five visitors to | | | | areas but the rest of Lake Tanganyika is worth |
| Tanzania visit this Northern region alone, most of | | | | considering, along with places such as Rukwa, |
| them on jeep safari or driving safaris. But most | | | | Malagarasi and Ugalla. |
| of these safari tourists concentrate only on the | | | | Strangely, the Tanzania Coast can sometimes be |
| well known hotspots and miss out completely on | | | | ignored by visitors. This is unfortunate since the |
| the very best areas and experiences. | | | | coast of Tanzania includes Zanzibar and the other |
| The success of any safari to Northern Tanzania | | | | offshore islands of Pemba and Mafia. It also offers |
| largely depends on the Serengeti element of the | | | | some of the finest beaches, diving and game |
| trip and this area is the best illustration of how | | | | fishing available anywhere in the Indian Ocean. |
| you need to understand not just the park but | | | | Whether its a beach holiday with a few days |
| also the dynamics of the different areas within | | | | safari added on, or the reverse, the combination |
| the park. For example, you should treat the busy | | | | of beach and safari holiday is about as good as it |
| Serengeti Central with caution and, wherever | | | | gets on the coast of Tanzania. |
| possible look at visiting the quieter areas, in | | | | Within all the regions of Tanzania there are many |
| particular the Serengeti North between August | | | | lesser known options in the peripheries that should |
| and October or the southern Serengeti Plains and | | | | be considered along with the main game parks. |
| Loliondo between December and May. | | | | An experienced safari tour operator should be |
| Southern Tanzania has really opened up a lot | | | | able to take you through all these options and find |
| within the last decade but still retains a charm and | | | | the best matching safari trip depending on your |
| sense of wilderness that some parts of Northern | | | | requirements of a Tanzania safari. |