What should I pack for a Tanzania Safari?
Apart from your travel essentials like passport, vaccination identification, prescription medication, and camera, you should pack some safari clothes and a few other items for a Tanzania Safari.
Safari clothing is best layered for various weather. Be sure to also bring along these items too:
a few pairs of comfortable underwear
long sleeve shirt or T-shirt
convertible trousers
walking shoes and socks
a hat
a scarf to cover your neck and face if required
regular sandals
swimsuit
light raincoat or poncho
an outfit for dinners at the lodges
What are the most popular national parks for a Tanzania Safari?
The most popular national parks for a Tanzania Safari are, without a doubt, the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Gombe, Mahale, Ruaha, and Selous. That's not to say there aren't other incredible national parks that tourists like to visit. In this article, I'll talk more about each safari region in Tanzania and what you can do at each national park.
As a large country with immense wildlife and other natural beauty, Tanzania can roughly be divided into northern, southern, and western safari circuits.
Northern Circuit parks are usually visited by an absolute majority of travellers since they offer the classic Big Five wildlife viewing. The parks include Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater National Park, and Lake Manyara National Park.
Southern Circuit parks, like Selous and Ruaha, are visited by about a quarter of all tourists and offer similar Big Five wildlife viewing experiences. Big Five animals include lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo.
Western parks are famous for their chimpanzee-tracking safaris in the Mahale Mountains and Gombe National Park, as well as the largest buffalo herds in the world seen in Katavi.
Which tour? Here are 5 Northern Tanzania safari tours I recommend:
Group Camping Safari that includes Tarangire and Ngorongoro (4 days)
Budget Serengeti Safari (5 days)
Scenic Northern Tanzania Safari (7 days)
Serengeti Trail that includes Ngorongoro (8 days)
Best of Kenya and Tanzania (incl. 6 national parks) (12 days)
What parks can I visit in the Northern Circuit?
That's easy. You can visit six national parks in the Northern Circuit:
Serengeti
Ngorongoro
Lake Manyara
Tarangire
Arusha
Mount Kilimanjaro