Tanzania is a leading safari tour destination in East Africa with the finest Savana wildlife experiences you can ever be part of. The country is relatively large compared to its neighbors like Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda. This large size gives it a great advantage of tourism resources from the many protected areas, diversity, and numbers.
Planning a Tanzania safari tour seems easy but deciding on the destinations to visit is where the challenge comes in. This is because all Tanzania tour destinations are pretty amazing and feature on bucket lists of adventure lovers.
Below are our recommended Top 5 Tanzania Tour destinations you must not miss on your Tanzania Journeys of Discovery.
##Serengeti National Park
Serengeti National Park is located in northern Tanzania and has an open savanna ecosystem where the wildebeest migration takes place. This epic mass animal migration involves hundreds of thousands of grazers including wildebeests, zebras, and the topi among others. The migrating herds move in search of fresh pastures and eventually cross the Mara River to Kenya's Masai Mara. Joining this epic animal migration brings you into close encounters with the largest wild animal population just in one place.
On the Serengeti wildebeest Migration journey, you also get to see the big cats hunting, scavenger birds, and other savanna wildlife species. Our 8-day Serengeti Safari covers this fully following the migration in all the sectors of Serengeti National Park.
##The Ngorongoro Crater
The Ngorongoro Crater is a unique feature and one of East Africa's wildlife wonders. The crater is located in northern Tanzania and it is the world's largest unfilled Volcanic Caldera. Ngorongoro is not just an empty crater but home to the big five mammals, birds, and other major savanna wildlife species.
It is one place in Tanzania where you can easily see several wildlife species in one place since it has a natural enclosure. The crater itself is a phenomenon and has other relief features and landscapes. These include a Crater lake, a Riverine Swamp, and raised lands.
The Ngorongoro Crater can be visited on a one-day excursion or a northern Tanzania Discovery Journey featuring other destinations in the North. Our 9-day Tanzania safari is extensive and features a visit to Ngorongoro.
##Nyerere National Park
Nyerere National Park is located in Southern Tanzania. This and many other remote south destinations form the exclusive Southern Tanzania less traveled adventures. The Park is the largest in Tanzania and East Africa in general with several wildlife species including the rare African wild dogs.
Nyerere offers the perfect escape and safari adventures here are most recommended for those keen on nature and wildlife. It is ideal for honeymooners, researchers, and photographers as it is not crowded at all and you get the best of your time there. The park has one section that was strictly set aside for photography and scenic safaris.
Exploring Tanzania's wild south is only realistic when you feature a visit to Nyerere National Park. The 10-day Southern Tanzania safari features this and other incredible destinations including Mikimu National Park.
##Mahale Mountains
Mahale Mountains is Among the most remote Tanzania tour destinations. It is located just on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania. Mahale mountains to differ from other Tanzania destinations is home to the chimpanzees. This and Gombe National Park are the only two destinations in Tanzania with Chimpanzees and other primates.
The mountainous national park is also forested and only accessed on foot. Such adventures bring you in close contact with Nature as you enjoy the sights and sounds of the birds and other small wildlife species. Being so remote, Mahale Mountains is only accessed by air from Arusha or Dar-es-Salaam to Kigoma, and then from there take a boat to the park.
Tanzania tour adventures to the Mahale Mountains are also very exclusive and ideal for honeymooners, researchers, and adventure lovers. Ensure to add this to your Tanzania Discovery Journeys.
##Zanzibar Islands and Tanzania Mainland Coast
Tanzania has a pretty impressive coastline along the Indian Ocean and Zanzibar Islands are part of the country. These bring in a different Tanzania tour experience of Marine wildlife and white sand beaches. Tanzania lies within the tropics and has one of the best weather throughout the year. This makes Tanzania beach tours even more remarkable.
Tanzania beach tours be it on the mainland or Zanzibar feature marine wildlife species. These include sea turtles, dolphins, and several fish species. While there you can engage in beach sports activities including beach soccer, beach volleyball, snorkeling, diving, and sunbathing among others.
All Tanzania beaches and the Zanzibar Islands are great for destination weddings and honeymoons.