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Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda each need a different plan.

Kenya can connect mountains, safari and coast. Tanzania changes with the northern circuit, Kilimanjaro and the season. Uganda asks you to plan around forests, primates, the Nile and the Rwenzori. Start with the country, then compare the regions that give it its character.

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Destination guides across East Africa.

Browse by country and experience, then open each guide for access, seasons, places to stay and the journeys that connect the region.

lions in serengeti national park tanzania

Tanzania

Serengeti National Park

The Serengeti is several safari regions, not one lodge address. We match central, northern, western and southern country to season, access and pace.

4–7 nights, usually across one or two regions recommended

View across Ngorongoro Crater from the highland rim

Tanzania

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Ngorongoro is a crater, a highland landscape and a living conservation area. Where you sleep changes the morning, the cost and the wider journey.

2–4 nights recommended

Elephants feeding beside a baobab in Tarangire National Park

Tanzania

Tarangire National Park

Tarangire is strongest when given time: baobab country, seasonal wetlands and wildlife responding to the river rather than a rushed first-day drive.

2–4 nights recommended

Lake Manyara National Park seen from the Rift Valley escarpment

Tanzania

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara compresses forest, floodplain and alkaline lake beneath the Rift Valley wall; its character changes with water and season.

2–4 nights recommended

Giraffes on the open meadow near Hatari Lodge in Arusha National Park

Tanzania

Arusha & Northern Tanzania Gateway

Arusha is more than a night between flights: it is the place to settle, brief properly and choose how the northern safari should begin.

1–2 nights before safari; 2–3 when adding Arusha National Park or a slower arrival recommended

Sunset over the Rufiji River in the protected landscape now forming northern Nyerere National Park

Tanzania

Southern Tanzania Safaris

Nyerere and Ruaha offer two different southern safaris: river and floodplain in one, baobab slopes and a wilder dry-country rhythm in the other.

7–10 nights across two parks; at least 3 nights in each recommended

Lake Tanganyika and the forested Tanzania shoreline

Tanzania

Western Tanzania Safaris

Western Tanzania combines remote savannah with forested mountains and Lake Tanganyika, but the logistics demand time, flexibility and careful sequencing.

8–12 nights for Katavi and Mahale; longer when adding Gombe or another circuit recommended

Namiri Plains Camp surrounded by open eastern Serengeti grassland

Tanzania

Eastern Serengeti & Namiri Plains

Eastern Serengeti is big-cat country stripped back to its essentials. Grass, sky and long volcanic horizons leave little room for an animal to disappear. Cheetah use the view;…

3–4 nights recommended

Riverside grassland and woodland in Katavi National Park

Tanzania

Katavi National Park

Katavi is western Tanzania's great savannah wilderness: seasonal floodplains, woodland and remaining water that reshape the dry-season safari.

4 nights recommended

Dry-season landscape and distant hills in Ruaha National Park

Tanzania

Ruaha National Park

Ruaha is a large, rugged park of river lines, baobab slopes and long horizons where fieldcraft matters more than a hurried checklist.

4–5 nights recommended

Sunset over the Rufiji River in the protected landscape now forming northern Nyerere National Park

Tanzania

Nyerere National Park

The Rufiji River gives Nyerere a safari rhythm that moves between channels, lakes, woodland and open floodplain.

3–5 nights recommended

Three zebras standing on the open grasslands of Serengeti National Park

Tanzania

Photography in Serengeti

Serengeti photography is less about reach than anticipation. A long lens can isolate a lion’s eyes, but the photograph that explains the Serengeti may be made at 70mm:…

4–7 nights recommended