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Arusha, Tanzania · Est. safari operator

— Destinations

A country of many weathers.

Tanzania is more than one landscape. Here's how we string them together from the crater rim to the coral coast.

Serengeti
01

Serengeti

Twelve thousand square miles of open plains where the herds still run. The Serengeti is the reason most people come to Tanzania and the reason they return.

Best time
Jun Oct (migration crossings)
Wildlife
Great Migration, big cats, cheetah
Ngorongoro
02

Ngorongoro

A collapsed volcano that quietly holds the Big Five in a single, sunken bowl. Dense, unforgettable, best entered at first light.

Best time
Year-round
Wildlife
Black rhino, elephant, lion, flamingo
Tarangire
03

Tarangire

Ancient baobabs and a river that draws animals in from every direction when the country dries out. Underrated. We love it.

Best time
Jul Oct (dry season)
Wildlife
Massive elephant herds, tree-climbing pythons
Lake Manyara
04

Lake Manyara

A silver ribbon of lake under the Rift Valley escarpment. Short, poetic, endlessly photogenic.

Best time
Jun Sep, Nov (migratory birds)
Wildlife
Flamingos, tree-climbing lions, hippos
Kilimanjaro Foothills
05

Kilimanjaro Foothills

Cloud forest, coffee farms, and the roof of Africa above. A grounding day or two on foot before the plains open up.

Best time
Jan Feb, Jul Oct
Wildlife
Colobus monkey, forest elephant
Zanzibar
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Zanzibar

The exhale after safari. Stone Town lanes, dhow sunsets, and reef-quiet mornings on the east coast.

Best time
Jun Oct, Dec Feb
Wildlife
Reef fish, dolphins, red colobus