Tanzania

Tanzania brings together the largest set of protected natural areas in East Africa and some of the most recognisable settings on the continent. The Serengeti, a plain of grass almost without trees, is the stage for the greatest land migration of mammals on the planet, with more than a million wildebeest accompanied by zebras and gazelles in an annual cycle that follows the rains. The Ngorongoro crater, the largest intact caldera in the world, encloses a complete ecosystem with thousands of resident animals. Kilimanjaro rises in isolation to almost six thousand metres and strings together rainforest, heath and high-altitude desert. In the south, Nyerere and Ruaha protect immense stretches of miombo and savannah, and on the coast Zanzibar and Mafia contribute reefs, mangroves and a colobus found only on the island.