Tanzania is an Eastern African country boarded by the states of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Malawi, it is the largest of East African countries, and the country is renowned for its wonderful abundant wildlife, these live in variety of biodiverse environments including the open savannah grasslands, forests, mountains, and coastal areas, the act as homes to the many species found in Tanzania. Examples of conservation areas are the famous Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park, Gombe Stream National Park, Ruaha National Park, Mikumi National Park, and Mahale National Park when talking of wildlife, the aquatic and reptile life of the Zanzibar Island is not to miss while in Rwanda.
Wildlife in Tanzania is dotted within the ecosystems, the country hosts 20% of Africa’s large mammals including the so-called big five of the wilderness, it is famous for the great wildebeest migration where millions of wildebeests, zebras, and gazelles cross from the southern part of Masai Mara National park passing through the crocodile infested river Mara to the northern Serengeti National park, the most famous diversity is that of large cats, which are seen in the most of the Savannah parks, they are most popular in the Serengeti National park.
Wildlife in Tanzania includes lions, leopards, wildebeests, African buffaloes, African elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, rhinos, cheetahs, oribi, gazelles, reedbucks, bat-eared foxes, rock hyrax, wild dogs, side-striped hyenas, jackals, honey badger, roan antelopes, elands, Oryx, kirks dik-dik, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, reptiles like snakes, dolphins in Zanzibar and the large tortoise along the islands, primates are in a few parks, for example, the Gombe stream national park famous for the Chimpanzee, these are the closest relatives to mankind, sharing up to 98% of the human DNA, to mention a few, there are over 1000 species of birds present within the distributed ecosystems, for example, Masai ostrich, a large bird rare to the African savannah grasslands of the Serengeti, African fish eagles, secretary birds, lilac breasted roller, African harrier hawks, crows, grey crowned cranes, plover birds to mention a few, some of these bird types are endemics of the African wilderness.
Wildlife in Tanzania is best seen when doing tourism activities like game drives through the well-distributed trails of the ecosystems, game drives are done using 4*4 Wheel car drives to beat the tough terrain of the African wilderness, guided nature walks, Chimpanzee tracking in the Gombe stream and Mahale mountains national park, mountain climbing, birding experiences among others.
The best time to see wildlife in Tanzania is during the dry season between the months of December-February and June to October, even though the country can be seen all year round, it is a time when the parks are most accessible and less slippery. The great wildebeest migration happens in June- October mostly and this one is the highlight of your great African experience in Tanzania.
In conclusion, when planning a visit to Tanzania bear in mind that there is available accommodation ranging from the best budget to luxury, this is distributed around most of the ecosystems or within the national parks. There is at least something for everyone.