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...
Udzungwa National Park
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...
Ruaha National Park
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...
Gombe Stream National Park
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...
Kitulo National Park
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...
Katavi National Park
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...
Mahale National Park
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...
Mikumi National Park
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK, Swirls of opaque mist hide the advancing dawn. The first shafts of sun colour the fluffy grass heads rippling across the plain in a russet halo. A herd of zebras, confident in their camouflage at this predatory hour,...
Lake Manyara National Park
THE GREAT BEAUTY OF LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK, Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty gold 600-metre high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”. The compact...
Serengeti National Park
THE WORLD FINEST SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, a million wildebeest… each one driven by the same ancient rhythm, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life: a frenzied three-week bout of territorial conquests and mating; survival of the fittest as...
Tarangire National Park
THE WILDLIFE OF TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK, the fierce sun sucks the moisture from the landscape, baking the earth a dusty red, the withered grass as brittle as straw. The Tarangire River has shriveled to a shadow of its wet season self. But it is choked with wildlife....
Arusha National Park
THE MOUNT MERU AND ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK, the closest national park to Arusha town – northern Tanzania’s safari capital – Arusha National Park is a multi-faceted jewel, often overlooked by safarigoers, despite offering the opportunity to explore a beguiling diversity...
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