By Destination

The places that make a Tanzanian journey.

Each park has its own season, its own rhythm and its own reason to be there. Here is how we think about them, and how they fit together.

Acacia trees on the golden Serengeti plains at sunrise

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Serengeti National Park

Endless plains, and the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth

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Ngorongoro Crater

A collapsed volcano holding a world of its own

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Tarangire National Park

Baobabs, river valleys and Tanzania's greatest elephant herds

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Flamingos on Lake Manyara beneath the Rift Valley escarpment

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Lake Manyara National Park

Groundwater forest, soda lake and the Rift Valley wall

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Giraffes and flamingos at the Momella Lakes below Mount Meru

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Arusha National Park

Mount Meru, the Momella Lakes and safari on foot

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Mount Kilimanjaro

Africa's highest point, and its most attainable great climb

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Zanzibar

Where the safari ends and the Indian Ocean begins

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Lake Natron

A crimson soda lake beneath an active volcano

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Arrival & rest days

Short day excursions, for when the parks can wait.

If your flight lands late, or you would rather ease in after a long journey, choose a half or full-day excursion near Arusha and Moshi — a city and market tour, a canoe on Lake Duluti, the Materuni waterfall and coffee day, or a swim at Chemka hot springs.