Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa, bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. There is simply no other African Country-perhaps no other place in the World-that possesses a natural variety and largesse comparable to Tanzania. From the snow-capped majesty of Kilimanjaro, the highest freestanding Mountain on earth, to the forested shores of Lake Tanganyika, the World’s longest, second deepest and least-polluted fresh water body.
Tanzania made up by twenty six regions from them 120 tribes are come from with their one mother language, from the iconic Maasai pastoralist of the Rift valley to the Arab – Influenced Swahili of the coast, to the hadzabe hunter – gatherers of Lake Eyasi. and possessing Total of 945,090 sq Km where by 886,040 sq Km covered by land and 59,050 sq Km covered by water.
This is a land of astonishing scenic beauty and is a singulary Compelling safari destination. In the south you have the Selous, the World’s largest game reserve. In the north, Sweeping plains of the Serengeti are justifiably the most famous park in Africa while nearly Ngorongoro Crater is perhaps the most scenically dramatic. In Tanzania the skull of earliest man to live on earth more than 3.5 millions of years ago discovered, visit Olduvai Gorge near Ngorongoro to view fossils and other remains.
Apart of that Tanzania pride among the African countries with many natural attractions few to mention, Mount Meru ,Mount Ol-Doinyo Lengai and the world renown best National Parks in Africa: lake Manyara N Park, Tarangire N Park, Arusha N Park, Mkomazi N Park, Saadani N Park, mikumi N Park, Ruaha N Park, Kitulo N Park, katavi N Park, Rubondo N Park, Saanane N Park and Udzungwa N Park, where from those parks thousands of animal species living in their natural habitat. The remote west is home to Africa’s to chimpanzee tracking sites namely Gombe stream and Mahale mountains somewhat is lacking in big game, but compensates in the form of the forest Eastern Arc Mountains which is home to a dazzling diversity of birds, monkeys, Chameleons and flowering plants found nowhere else in the World.
Here lies the picturesque pink soda lakes on which breed millions of flamingoes, breathtaking golden savannahs teeming with wildebeest, zebra, antelopes and their predators, and imperious
Tanzania’s biggest annual event begin at the Serengeti national park near the Kenya border when a million wildebeest – each one driven by the same ancient rhythmic, fulfilling its instinctive role in the inescapable cycle of life; A frenzied three – week bout of territorial conquest and mating; survival of the fittest as 25 smiles long columns plunge through crocodile – infested waters on the annual exodus north; replenishing the species is a brief population explosion that produces more than 8000 calves daily before the 600 miles pilgrimage begins again. Starting in may each year more than a million of these animals migrate across the Serengeti southern plains accompanied by Africa’s great predators, Zebras, Antelopes, and Gazelles etc.
The spectacles of predator versus prey dominates Tanzania’s greatest park. Golden – manned lion feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees living the sermera river, while a high density of cheetahs prowls the southern plain, a long side the spotted hyena and a host of more elusive small predators, ranging from the insectivorous aardwolf to the beautiful serval cat.
Tanzania has two of the best Stone Age sites in the world: Isimila Gorge (near Iringa) and the earliest known examples of human art among the rock paintings, near Kolo, north of Dodoma -- some of which are reckoned to be around 30,000 years old.
If that is not enough, then there’s also the legendary ‘Spice Island” of ‘Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia, the highlight of the Indian Ocean coastline studded with postcard-perfect beaches, mysterious ruined cities and modern-day settlements steeped in Centuries of maritime trade with Asia and Arabia. Offshore, one may find reefs and islands in habited by whales, dolphins, giant marine turtles, sharks, giant coconut crabs, white sand, palm trees and literally thousands of brightly coloured reef fish, also Bagamoyo which is Historical site and our National Museum.
The most scenic Country in Africa? Quite possibly.
The finest Wildlife destination? Almost certainly.
A beacon of tolerance and stability in an increasingly turbulent World? Without a doubt!
