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Wildebeest crossing a track during the Great Migration, northern Serengeti, Tanzania

The Serengeti, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar

Tanzania

Tanzania holds some of Africa's most famous wild places: the endless plains of the Serengeti, the wildlife-filled Ngorongoro Crater, Mount Kilimanjaro and the spice island of Zanzibar.

Best time to go
June to October for dry-season game viewing; January to February for calving in the southern Serengeti.
High season
July–October
Top places
Serengeti NP · Ngorongoro Crater · Mount Kilimanjaro · Zanzibar and Stone Town

Highlights

  • Great Migration safaris
  • Game drives on the Ngorongoro Crater floor
  • Kilimanjaro trekking
  • Zanzibar beaches and spice tours

Parks and reserves

  • Serengeti NPThe Great Migration and big cats
  • Ngorongoro CraterA volcanic caldera full of wildlife
  • Mount KilimanjaroAfrica’s highest mountain
  • Zanzibar and Stone TownWhite beaches and spice farms

Journeys in Tanzania

Tanzania

Great Wildebeest Migration Safari

  • Shared tour
  • Mid-range
  • Tented camps

Nine days timed for the migration in the northern Serengeti, with Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, Tarangire, a waterfall and coffee walk, and a hot-spring swim.

You visit: Arusha → Lake Manyara → Northern Serengeti → Ngorongoro Crater → Tarangire → Materuni → Kikuletwa Hot Springs

Reviews

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Great guide, bumpy roads

The camp at the Mara was excellent and we saw a leopard on the second morning. The drive from Nakuru is long and rough, so plan for a tiring day, but the quotation told us that up front.

Gorillas one week, lions the next

Ten days and not one thing we had to sort out ourselves. Our driver-guide knew every lodge manager by name, and the hour with the gorilla family in Bwindi is something we will talk about for the rest of our lives.

Worth every step up the hill

The trek was steep and muddy, exactly as they warned us, and the porters made it possible. They secured our permits months ahead, so there were no surprises at all.

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