Tanzania is a super amazing tourism hot spot in East Africa; it perfectly straddles the eastern border of the Indian Ocean, and it shares its borders with Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mozambique. The country is known for its beautiful amazing physical features and abundant wildlife species dotted within the many conservation areas. It is home to the highest mountain in Africa known as the mountain Kilimanjaro a snow-capped mountain to the north of Tanzania. It is home to some of the oldest inhabitants of the world, fossils of homosapiens and well-preserved footprints have been discovered in the Olduvai Gorge between the Ngorongoro conservation area and the famous Serengeti National Park.
Tourist Attractions in Tanzania differ from one point to another, the Serengeti National Park is one of the best conservation areas of the country placed along the northern circuit, it is famous for the great wildebeest migration of more than one million wildebeests migrating from southern Kenya into the northern side of Tanzania, these together with their predators run the wild, the activity has been named among the 7 wonders of the world it is a thrilling experience that you cannot see anywhere in the world rather than these ecosystems. The Serengeti is a known place to see the largest concentration of lions in Africa accompanied by other big cats like leopards and cheetahs, exploring the park is best done on game drives.
Ngorongoro conservation area is home to the world’s largest caldera, it is a wonderful area supporting animal life including the so-called big five of the wilderness (Lions, leopards, African Buffaloes, elephants and Rhinos), it is said that an active volcano the size of mountain Kilimanjaro elapsed on its weight forming the caldera, instead of being filled with water it is rather with wild animals, the region used to be a shared grazing ground with the Masai people, however, due to conservation purposes, it was protected and recognized a UNESCO world heritage site.
Mountain Kilimanjaro is the most striking feature of northern Tanzania it is the highest mountain in Africa attracting many travellers to Tanzania, it catches most hikers and great challenge to very experienced hikers of the mountains, along the slopes of the mountain is a growing angelic vegetation cover in different altitudinal zones making up the Kilimanjaro national park. Hikes to the summit last for 2-6 days with stopovers en route at tents build and breakfast point. Hiking the Mountain Kilimanjaro is one of the greatest experiences in the country that has attracted many travellers.
The Olduvai Gorge is a known significant archaeological point, it is often referred to as the cradle of man because it is where the fossils and remains of the early man were discovered, these are said to date back to over 19,000 years ago. The site is located in the eastern plains of the Serengeti National Park, the region has evidentially perfectly preserved human footprints towards Lake Natron, these are said to set back to approximately 3.6 million years ago.
Zanzibar is a great safari destination in the country it is made up of several islands along the Indian Ocean, and a trip to Tanzania is no trip without a visit to Zanzibar, it is natural and full of great tourist activities like visiting the beautiful sandy beaches, snorkelling, swimming with the dolphins, boat cruises, visiting the stone city to mention a few.
In conclusion, Tanzania is full of tourist attractions besides the mentioned, other places of the country not to miss include the Lake Manyara National Park for tree climbing lions, Tarangire National Park known for its splitting beauty the growing baobab trees together with large populations of African elephants, Ruaha national park the country’s largest ecosystem, Mahale National park and the Gombe National park to find many primates including the Chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, among others.