Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact volcanic caldera and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, sheltering around 25,000 large animals including the Big Five.
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Serengeti National Park is Tanzania's most famous park and stage of the Great Migration, where 1.5 million wildebeest move in an endless cycle across endless plains.
Tarangire National Park is famous for giant baobab trees and the largest elephant herds in northern Tanzania, especially in the dry season.
Lake Manyara National Park is a compact park beneath the Rift Valley escarpment, known for tree-climbing lions, flamingos and lush groundwater forest.
Arusha National Park is a scenic day-trip park beneath Mount Meru, with the Momella Lakes, Ngurdoto Crater, giraffes and black-and-white colobus monkeys.
Kilimanjaro National Park is home to Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain on earth at 5,895 m.
Mount Meru is Tanzania's second-highest peak at 4,566 m and one of the best acclimatisation climbs before tackling Kilimanjaro.
Nyerere National Park (Selous) is Africa's largest national park, a vast southern wilderness of the Rufiji River famous for boat safaris and wild dogs.
Ruaha National Park is Tanzania's largest national park, a remote baobab wilderness holding around 10% of the world's lions.
Mikumi National Park is the most accessible southern park, with Serengeti-like floodplains and easy road access from Dar es Salaam.
Mkomazi National Park is a semi-arid park near the Pare and Usambara mountains, home to a rhino sanctuary and rare African wild dogs.
Mahale Mountains National Park is a remote park on the shores of Lake Tanganyika offering some of Africa's best wild chimpanzee trekking.
Gombe Stream National Park is Tanzania's smallest park, made famous by Jane Goodall's pioneering chimpanzee research on Lake Tanganyika.
Udzungwa Mountains National Park is a biodiversity hotspot of the Eastern Arc with pristine rainforest, endemic primates and the spectacular Sanje Waterfalls.
Saadani National Park is the only park where the beach meets the bush — Indian Ocean coastline, mangroves and big game in one place.
Lake Natron is a surreal crimson soda lake beneath the active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai, and the world's main breeding site for lesser flamingos.
Lake Eyasi is a rift-valley soda lake and home of the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers and Datoga blacksmiths — one of Tanzania's richest cultural experiences.
Olduvai Gorge is the 'Cradle of Mankind', where the Leakeys uncovered some of the oldest known human fossils and footprints.
Stone Town, Zanzibar is the UNESCO-listed historic heart of Zanzibar, a maze of Swahili, Arab, Persian and Indian heritage, spice markets and carved doors.
Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar is Zanzibar's liveliest beach at the island's northern tip, with powder-white sand, minimal tides and vibrant nightlife.
Paje Beach, Zanzibar is Zanzibar's kitesurfing capital on the south-east coast, with turquoise lagoons, white sand and a laid-back vibe.
Jozani Forest, Zanzibar is Zanzibar's only national park, the last refuge of the endemic and endangered Zanzibar red colobus monkey.
Pemba Island is Zanzibar's lush, untouched sister island, famed for world-class diving, clove plantations and an escape from the crowds.
Mafia Island is a tranquil marine-park island south of Zanzibar, renowned for snorkelling with whale sharks and unspoilt reefs.
The Usambara Mountains are cool, green Eastern Arc highlands near Lushoto, famous for hiking, viewpoints and traditional Shambaa villages.
Materuni Waterfalls is a spectacular waterfall on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro, combined with a Chagga coffee-farm experience near Moshi.
Chemka Hot Springs is a turquoise, palm-fringed natural oasis (also called Kikuletwa) near Moshi — perfect for swimming and relaxing.
Lake Tanganyika is the world's longest and second-deepest freshwater lake, gateway to the chimpanzee parks of Mahale and Gombe.
Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake and the source of the Nile, offering island escapes, fishing villages and a relaxed western gateway.