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Tanzania

Great herds, great skies, great silence.

Home to the Great Migration, the endless Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and the spice-scented beaches of Zanzibar. Our home country — and where every Wildlux journey begins.

Best time · June – October (dry season) and January – March (calving in the south)
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Places that define Tanzania.

Tarangire National Park
Tanzania

Tarangire National Park

Elephant country, written in baobab.

A baobab-studded valley along the Tarangire River, drawing Tanzania's largest dry-season elephant concentrations between June and October.

Lake Eyasi
Tanzania

Lake Eyasi

Tanzania's most humbling half day.

A shallow seasonal soda lake beneath the Ngorongoro highlands, and home to the Hadzabe — one of the last hunter-gatherer societies on earth — alongside the Datoga pastoralists and blacksmiths.

Best time · June – October for dry, accessible tracks and the easiest hunting conditions. December – May brings water to the lake and outstanding birdlife.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area & Crater
Tanzania

Ngorongoro Conservation Area & Crater

The world's greatest natural wildlife amphitheatre.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site where 260 square kilometres of crater floor hold lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and one of Africa's last populations of black rhino — all beneath a 600-metre volcanic rim shared with Maasai herders.

Best time · June – October for dry, clear crater days. January – March for green landscapes, calving on the nearby Ndutu plains and fewer vehicles.
Arusha
Tanzania

Arusha

The Gateway to Tanzania's Legendary Northern Safari Circuit

Arusha is Tanzania's premier safari gateway, offering easy access to world-famous national parks, Mount Kilimanjaro, rich cultural experiences, luxury lodges and authentic East African hospitality.

Best time · 15°C – 28°C | June – October | 1,400 m (4,593 ft)
Serengeti National Park
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Serengeti National Park

The endless plains.

Fourteen thousand square kilometres of grassland, kopjes and riverine forest carrying the largest land migration on earth — and, outside the migration, the densest population of big cats in Africa.

Best time · There is no bad month, only a right sector. June to October for the northern river crossings and peak general game viewing; December to March for calving on the southern plains; April and May for green-season value and near-empty roads.
Ruaha National Park
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Ruaha National Park

The wildest big park in East Africa.

One of Africa's largest national parks — a remote southern wilderness of baobabs, sand rivers and rocky escarpments, with exceptional lion densities, huge elephant herds and fly-in camps that see a fraction of the northern circuit's visitors.

Best time · June – October for the dry season, when wildlife concentrates on the Great Ruaha River. January – April is green, superb for birding, and many camps close.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania

Mount Kilimanjaro

The highest walk in Africa.

Africa's highest peak and the world's tallest freestanding mountain — a non-technical trek through rainforest, moorland, alpine desert and glacial ice to Uhuru Peak at 5,895 metres.

Best time · January – mid-March and June – October are the primary climbing seasons. April, May and November are wet and best avoided on most routes.
Zanzibar
Tanzania

Zanzibar

Indian Ocean island, Swahili soul.

The Spice Island — powder-white beaches and warm turquoise water on one side, the UNESCO-listed labyrinth of Stone Town on the other, and coral reefs, spice farms and dolphin-filled channels in between.

Best time · June – October and December – February for hot, dry, clear conditions. April – May brings the long rains and the quietest, greenest island.
Lake Natron
Tanzania

Lake Natron

Tanzania's most otherworldly landscape.

A caustic, shallow soda lake in the Rift Valley below the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai — the sole regular breeding site for East Africa's 2.5 million lesser flamingo, and one of the most photographed landscapes in Africa.

Best time · June – October for dry roads and reliable access. Flamingo numbers are highest between August and October; breeding depends on water levels.
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