Why Consider Tanzania Safari Packages For Your Trip?

If you are considering an African safari for your next travel adventure, Tanzania should be at the top of the list of places to see. Compared to other African countries, Tanzania is more affordable and less crowded, even during peak safari season. Plus, Tanzania is considered one of the top safari destinations in Africa, mainly because of the number of game reserves within its borders. During an African safari in Tanzania, you’ll be sure to see the “Big 5.” This group of famous animals includes lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, and rhinos. So, buckle up – we have the scoop on Tanzania safari packages to get you started on your African adventure!

Guided Safari Tours In Tanzania

Although there are many countries where it is possible for experienced travelers to create their own, personalized DIY tour, Tanzania is not one of them. In fact, for anyone embarking on an African safari in Tanzania, a guided tour is recommended. Here are a few reasons why you should reserve an experienced guide to help you navigate the Tanzanian landscape:

• One of the main reasons to visit Tanzania is for the numerous game preserves. However, there is a lot of paperwork for visitors to fill out to simply enter the park. As part of a guided tour, you can skip the hassle of this paperwork and leave it to your guide. Additionally, the lodging at each park (even for a basic campsite) can be quite expensive. Tanzania safari packages will include the fees for your accommodations in the overall cost of the trip. Tour operators can generally get better deals on lodging for you than if you were making reservations yourself.
• The roads in Tanzania are very bad! Additionally, many routes require the driver to cross rivers and do a bit of off-roading. Even an experienced driver can have trouble navigating Tanzania’s roads. An experienced driver will know how to traverse the rugged landscape and keep you safe during your African safari in Tanzania!
• National parks and game preserves are difficult to navigate. It’s easy to get lost in any one of Tanzania’s vast game preserves. They are huge, and the roads do not show up on a GPS. Although you will be given a paper map at the park entrance, finding your way through the park can be challenging. An experienced driver can make all the difference and can help you spot the wildlife you’ve gone on safari to find.
• Most importantly, all safari drivers are also excellent guides. Each driver is extremely knowledgeable about all the animals you will see on safaris to Tanzania, so you will learn all about the animals you are seeing and gain insight on why they are in each particular park you visit.

Five Unique Things You Will Experience On A Tanzania Safari

• If you time your trip to Tanzania just right, you can follow the wildebeest migration across the Serengeti plains. This annual event is an amazing sight to see with an experienced driver and tour guide.
• You can search for rare tree-climbing lions in Lake Manyara National Park. These big cats make climbing a daily habit, generally only coming down to the underbrush to hunt. Hiding among the boughs of acacia trees, the lions are well-camouflaged but easy to spot once you know what to look for!
• Schedule a morning game drive in Ngorongoro Crater, which has been labeled as one of the seven wonders of the natural world. In the morning hours, all members of Tanzania’s Big 6 can be spotted at once.
• Go on a walking safari in the Selous Game Reserve. This is one of the few big game reserves in Tanzania that allows visitors to hike, rather than view animals from the confines of a vehicle. The park offers wildlife enthusiasts the rare chance to explore Tanzania’s wilderness on foot. (With an experienced guide, of course!)
• Tanzania safari packages also allow you to camp in the wild, where you just might wake up to zebra and buffalo grazing around your tent.

What Should I Visit On My Safari?

Tanzania is home to so many iconic game reserves that there is no shortage of destinations to travel to on an African safari in Tanzania. Here are five of the most popular safari destinations in this amazing country:

Safari Destination #1 - The Serengeti National Park

This park is the most well-known and famous wildlife refuge in the world. Its unique ecosystem is home to more than 200,000 zebra and 300,00 Thomson’s gazelle. You can also see buffalo herds, elephants, giraffes, eland, topi, impalas, and wildebeest in the park – as well as giraffes, jackals, baboons, and monkeys. In other parts of the park, you can spot predators such as lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas. The park is also home to more than 500 species of birds. Of course, part of the Serengeti’s claim to fame is that it was the setting for Disney’s The Lion King!

Safari Destination #2 - Tarangire National Park

This vast park is famous for its elephants. More than 2,500 memories of elephants plod across the park’s savannah, scraping bark from the native baobab trees that provide shade and nourishment for them as well as for the impala, eland, giraffe, zebra, and buffalo herds that roam the park. The Tarangire River winds through the park, attracting hundreds of birds to its banks

Safari Destination #3 - Gombe Stream National Park

This park, on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, was made famous by English primatologist Jane Goodall. Here, you can see the chimpanzees that she studied at the Gombe Stream Research Center. The park is also worth visiting to see the Kakombe and Mkenke waterfalls, as well as its amazing diversity of butterfly species. Lake Tanganyika is also famous for its snorkeling, diving, and fishing.

Safari Destination #4 - Nyerere National Park

If diversity is what you’re after, Nyerere National Park is the destination for you! This national park boasts the largest number of species in Tanzania, including the country’s “Big 5.” During your safari, you’ll be able to see blue wildebeest, Lichtenstein hartebeest, and kudu as well as the rare sable and roan antelopes that roam the park. Along the park’s Rufiji River, you can see hippos, crocodiles, buffalo, giraffes, reedbuck, warthog, spotted hyena, lion, leopards, white egrets, and Africa’s endangered wild dog.

Safari Destination #4 – Rubondo Island National Park

In Western Tanzania, on the shores of Lake Victoria, you can find this national park. Like the other parks, you can see elephants, giraffes, bushbucks, hippos, and other animals on safaris to Tanzania, but the chimpanzee, antelopes, birds, and fish make the park unique. The dense, evergreen forest is home to the black and white colobus monkey and the African grey parrot, as well as the most diverse species of birds in all of Tanzania.

An African safari in Tanzania is nothing short of a big adventure! Be prepared to enjoy the country’s amazing diversity of wildlife species with an experienced tour guide. And get ready for an experience of a lifetime.