Safari Journal

Tarangire National Park is Tanzania’s sixth largest park, but it remains one of those destinations that visitors only briefly stop at (if at all they do). This is mainly due to the more popular and more extensive parks like Manyara and Ngorongoro, that dominate the main safari route in Tanzania. Unb...

The Great Migration is often described as the World Cup of wildlife. It is a yearly event that sees over two million wildebeest, zebras and Thomson gazelle’s move annually to and from the Serengeti plains and the Masai Mara for better grazing. To get a good view of this spectacular event, you need a...

The Serengeti National Park is the quintessential safari destination of East Africa. It is best known for unrivaled sightings of the “big five” as well as being one of only two locations on the planet that hosts the massive wildebeest migration taking place each year. It’s one of the continent’s mos...

A safari adventure to the home of wildlife’s greatest spectacle is the ultimate goal for every true safari enthusiast. Widely known as one of the world’s largest and most unspoiled tracts of wilderness, the Serengeti is Tanzania’s most famous park with some of the world’s best game-viewing. From the...

Tarangire National Park doesn’t get as much recognition as its northern Tanzania counterparts like the Serengeti or the Ngorongoro Crater. But did you know that the Tarangire River provides permanent water sources when the surrounding shallow lakes dry up, which in turn attracts thousands of various...

The American Rock Band, Toto, had a Number One hit in 1982 with its song “Africa” which contained the lines:” I know that I must do what’s right as sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.” In reality, these two iconic features of East Africa are a two hour light aircraft flight a...

It is rare that you can get a bird’s eye view of anything, especially of one of the most iconic wildlife plains in the world, the Serengeti. As you fly in a jet over land at a height of over 30,000 feet anywhere in the world, you will get a glimpse of the land below on a cloudless day, but you can o...

It is a worldwide known fact that Serengeti is an idyllic safari destination; one that each person must visit in his lifetime. Thanks to its wide-open plains that are inhabited by stupendous wildlife and its elegantly rugged scenery that just seems unreal, Serengeti National Park remains to be one o...

Tanzania is one of East Africa’s most popular safari destinations. Think of conservation areas in Northern Tanzania like Tarangire National Park, the Ngorongoro Crater, and Serengeti National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the backdrop against which the Great Wildebeest Migration ta...