Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park is a compact gem, located conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks and underlain by ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks which date back more than 500 million years. It is home to 350 bird species as well as zebra, […]

Semliki Wildlife Reserve

Semliki Wildlife Reserve, formerly known as the Toro Game Reserve, is Uganda’s oldest protected area, established as a game reserve in 1926. The main reason was to protect the large numbers of Uganda Kobs in the area. It is located in the western part of Uganda within Ntoroko and Kabarole districts. It covers approximately 542 […]

Mkomazi National Park

The Mkomazi National Park is a magnificent, 3,245 square kilometer national park in northern Tanzania. Remote and initially inaccessible, it was established in 1951, but never attracted the financial support provided for the better-known wildlife strongholds such as the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti National Parks. Only since 1989, when the Tanzanian Government re-examined […]

Gombe National Park

The smallest of Tanzania’s national parks, Gombe Stream National Park is a narrow strip of chimpanzee habitat on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, located on the far western border of Tanzania and the Congo. The park is world-famous for Jane Goodall, the resident primatologist who spent many years in its forests studying the behavior of […]

Kitulo National Park

Kitulo National Park, nicknamed the Serengeti of Flowers, is the first National Park in tropical Africa to be established primarily for its floristic importance in Tanzania. Host one of the greatest floral spectacles of the world with 350 species of Vascular plants. Including 45 varieties of terrestrial orchid! Visitors can walk across the grasslands to […]

Udzungwa Mountains National Park

Being Part of the Eastern Arc Mountains, Udzungwa National Park is home to a fascinating diversity of life. Eastern Arc Mountain’ which is famous for its high concentration of endemic species of animals and plants is an important biodiversity hotspot on earth. The park has a variety of landforms including rolling hills, mountains, valleys, and […]

Katavi National Park

The sheer number of games in Katavi National Park is staggering. In particular, the elephant and buffalo herds are huge. Lion prides are plentiful, and interactions between lions and buffalo can often be seen here. Enormous crocs and hippo pods can be found in the lakes. Whilst you can also be out for a day […]

Nyerere National Park

Now the Largest National Park in Africa, Nyerere National Park is a newly established Park that is part of what is known as Selous Game Reserve. The name of the Park is given in honor of the founder of the Nation, the Late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. The Park was established in year 2019 and […]

Mikumi National Park

Mikumi National Park is the fourth largest park in Tanzania, covering an area of 3,230 sq km (1,225 sq miles). It lies 300km to the west of Dar es Salaam and is easily accessed from the city, being on the main Morogoro and Iringa road, and is an easy 4-hour drive from Dar es Salaam. […]

Arusha National Park

Arusha National Park is a park with a dynamic topography and can be accessed quite easily. The park is only 30 minutes away from Arusha, and you will be surprised by the way the lush green regions of the park suddenly pop up amid urban locales. The park has three main topographical features: Mount Meru, […]

Rimoi National Reserve

Rimoi National Reserve is a protected area in the Kerio Valley along the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley. The 66 square kilometers (25 sq mi) reserve was created in 1983 and is managed by the Kenya Wildlife Service. The reserve is on the west side of the Kerio River, while the Lake Kamnarok National […]

Mwingi Game Reserve

Hot, dry, remote, and unspoiled, this reserve is designated a Wilderness Activity Zone and allows for fly camping, fishing, camel, and horseback safaris for the intrepid visitor. Other attractions include Adamson’s Falls, fishing and boating on Tana River, and visiting Kampi ya Simba – the former home of Joy and George Adamson and the grave […]