Safari

Tanzania is home to the ultimate dream safari

In fact, it was recently voted the #1 safari destination in Africa. Fully one-quarter of its land has been dedicated to wildlife parks and conservation area.

Tanzania is Africa’s safari diversity hotspot, and connoisseurs keep coming back year after year, discovering new wonders with each trip. You could spend the rest of your safaris in Tanzania and never exhaust all the spectacular sights!

The Great Wildebeest Migration (featured prominently on many people's "bucket list"!) takes place for a longer period in Tanzania’s Serengeti than in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. In fact, Serengeti is many times the size of the Maasai Mara. If you love seeing primates in their natural habitat, come enjoy the best chimp viewing to be found anywhere, at Mahale, the vast Selous, extremely remote Katavi, or the less visited Ruaha, Tarangire, and Manyara reserves. Kilimanjaro is of course Africa's iconic snowy peak, observable from many parts of both Kenya and Tanzania. Ngorogoro Crater offers a wonderfully different viewing experience – from inside a volcano crater! And of course, after your safari, what could be better than a spot of tropical island bliss on the Spice Islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mafia? Human civilization originated in the historical Oldupai area. So, whether you're after bush, beach, history, or culture, Tanzania has it all in spades.

Should you wish to be even more adventurous, ask us about adding to your Tanzanian safari a gorilla trek in nearby Uganda and Rwanda - or a hop across the border to Kenya for more safari options.

Accommodation in Tanzania ranges from luxury lodge "glamping" to city hotels, beautiful old guesthouses, mobile safari camping, and almost everything in-between.

Where to go in Tanzania?
THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT

Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater, Oldupai Gorge, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Kilimanjaro
Start from Arusha.

Tanzania is world famous for its safaris, and the Serengeti is the crown jewel of all safari parks! Safaris to the The Northern Circuit Safar offer some of the most breathtaking game sightings you can find anywhere. Here, you will watch big game in their natural habitat - hunting, feeding, migrating, and protecting their young. This safari appeals to a variety of interests and comfort levels. Whether you are a wildlife enthusiast, photographer, or planning a family holiday (children are welcome), you will want to experience an exceptional wildlife safari, and Bon Adventure offers the most seasoned guides. Planning the perfect honeymoon, anniversary, or destination wedding? The Northern Circuit will leave you and yours with memories you'll cherish for a lifetime!

Northern Circuit Safaris feature the Great Migration through the Serengeti National Park – a massive spectacle with wildebeest herds so large they can be viewed from space!

Parks also include Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

THE EASTERN CIRCUIT

Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia offer a truly tropical island experience!

The charming and more relaxing beach experiences of the eastern circuit is the smallest in Tanzania. Features miles of gorgeous shoreline along the Indian Ocean, begging to be enjoyed, this private and more remote route offers no shortage of sights and experiences to explore.

In Sadaani National Park, you will be amazed by the array of waterbucks, wildebeests, hartebeests, buffalo, and reedbucks. This park, established in 2005 is unusual as it borders the sea.

Mkomazi National Park in the north-east, is spreads across an incredible 3,234 sq km. Coastal tourist-friendly towns like Dar Es Salaam (the former capital of the country, is the largest city and economic capital of Tanzania), Bagayomo, and Pangani are all located in the eastern circuit. From this location, enjoy the close vicinity of the Zanzibar Archipelago.

THE WESTERN CIRCUIT

For the intrepid traveler, the remote areas of Katavi and Mahale are rarely visited, but offer diverse habitats and a safari experience hard to find elsewhere in Africa.

In the Western Circuit, you get to the heart of the bush and leave the tourist crowds behind. See chimpanzees in their natural habitat at Gombe Stream or Mahale Mountains, see hippos and lions as you hike through stunningly rich forests.

Enjoy uninhabited remoteness as you visit Tanzania's great lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Nyasa (Malawi), and Lake Rukwa.

GOMBE STREAM NATIONAL PARK

Gombe Stream National Park is the smallest National Park in Tanzania and home to Jane Goodall's famous chimpanzees. In this park you will witness first-hand its social chimpanzees, terrain that is distinguished by steep valleys, and forest vegetation that ranges from grassland to woodland to tropical rainforest. Hiking and swimming are also popular activities here, and it the ideal setting for a walking safari.

MAHALE NATIONAL PARK

Home to Africa's remaining population of wild chimpanzees, Mahale National Park is also world famous for its elephants, leopards, zebras, roan antelopes, hyenas, wild dogs, giraffes, and buffal. Visit Mahale to enjoy chimp tracking, hiking, camping, snorkeling, and sport fishingon the world’s longest, second deepest and least polluted freshwater lake.

KATAVI NATIONAL PARK

Katavi became national park in 1974, and is the third largest park in Tanzania (roughly 4,500 sq. km.). This remote park offers diverse, unspoilt landscapes - from the diverse vegetation, woodlands, and floodplains, the park's wildlife includes: buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, giraffes, and elephants, crocodiles, hippos, cheetahs, wild dogs, hyenas, leopards, and lions.

RUBONDO ISLAND NATIONAL PARK

Fantastic for gamer fisherman and bird enthusiasts, (with over 300 species) Rubondo Island National park is one of two Tanzanian National Parks located on an island in Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is the world’s second-largest lake, and Rubondo Island spans Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya. Rubondo has become a sanctuary for threatened wildlife and has seen many species introduced over the years.