Gombe National park

Gombe National Park

“I got to Africa. I got the opportunity to go and learn, not about any animal, but chimpanzees. I was living in my dream world, the forest in Gombe National Park in Tanzania” Jane Goodall

Gombe National Park

Gombe  national park is the smallest National park  in Tanzania. Established in 1968, with only 3.5 square miles  of land along the hills of the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.

The terrain is beautified by steep valleys, and varied forest vegetation  like  grasslands, woodlands and  tropical rainforest.

Interestingly Gombe National park is reachable only by boat. The park is most famous as the location where Jane Goodall carried on her research on the behaviour of  chimpanzee populations in which she established that  chimpanzees share about 98% of their genes with humans.

Aside from the chimpanzees, other often encountered primates are  olive baboons, which are also under study since the 1960s.

A regular hunt of chimapnzees,the red colobus monkey –  hunted by chimps are often spotted here too. Another secretive inhabitant of the forest that you may spot is the bushpig.

The park is also home to  Kasekela chimpanzee community, which has been featured in several documentaries and books.

The park’s  has around 200 bird species including the iconic fish eagle and Peter’s twinspots .

All in all, Gombe National park is a beautiful nature s paradise not be missed while in Africa.

Location: The Location is 16 km (10 miles) north of Kigoma on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania.

Getting there
Kigoma is connected to Dar and Arusha by scheduled flights.

To Mwanza, Dar and Mbeya by rough dirty roads, and to Mpulungu in Zambia by a weekly ferry.

From Kigoma, local lake-taxis take up to three hours to reach Gombe, or motorboats can be chartered, taking less than one hour.

Kilimanjaro National Park

Kilimanjaro National Park- a superlative natural phenomenon!

Kilimanjaro National Park

Located 300 kilometres  south of the equator  in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania stands Kilimanjaro National Park covering an area of some 75,575. Protecting the largest free standing volcanic mass in the world and the highest mountain in Africa, The Mount Kilimanjaro. With its snow-capped peak, mount  Kilimanjaro can definitely be called a  superlative natural phenomenon. It stands in isolation,all by itself above the surrounding plains overlooking the Savannah grasslands.

The park was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1987.

Ruaha National park

Ruaha National Park

Right in the heart of Tanzania lies the Ruaha National park. With a size of 13000 square kilometers, this is the biggest national park in the country. The park takes its name from the Great Ruaha River.

Ruaha National park

The landscape with semi-arid type of vegetation, filled with Baobab  and Acacia trees along with 1650 other plant species add to the beauty of Ruaha national park.

Ruaha river flows along its South-E astern margin and is the main hangout area for most animals who come around for drinking water. This makes it one of the famous spots for viewing the big game.

Ruaha national park

Ruaha National park boasts of a high population of elephants, more than any other National park in Africa.

Ruaha national park

In Miombo woodland, magnificient mammals like KuduIt is also a place where, magnificent mammals like Sable, Kudu and Roan antelopes can easily be spotted

A birds’heaven-The park hosts  more than 571 species of birds. The endangered wild dogs are also  a major attraction to look out for.

Other commonly spotted animal are lions, leopards, jackals,cheetah, zebras, elands, giraffes, impala, bat eared foxes.

Ruaha National park

There are a lot of  lion viewing opportunities around the Mwagusi area at the park .

Ruaha national Park

Crocodiles,  snakes, monitor lizards, agama lizards and frogs are also a part of the  habitants population at Ruaha national park.

Ruaha National park

The Ruaha national park safari is a definite must do on a visit to Tanzania and we plan it for you .

Asanja Ruaha National Park Safaris

Ruaha National Park

Asanja Africa, has it’s own safari camp inside the Ruaha National Park knows as  Asanja Ruaha. Asanja Safaris are known to be an exceptional wild experience. The Asanja Ruaha camp is an exclusive luxury tented camp and the area is known for the incredible wildlife around.

Asanja Ruaha

You can plan your full board game packages for an exceptional Ruaha National Park Safari with Asanja

Asanja Ruaha Camp

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Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park

Described by  Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa. Lake Manyara is truly one  of the most scenic beauties in East Africa.

The name Manyara comes from the Maasai word emanyara, which is a euphorbia species of plant. The name “is a Masai description for a lake shore region.”

Lake Manyara National park was established in 1981 by UNESCO as part of its Man and the Biosphere programme. Lake Manyara National Park is a Tanzanian national park located both in Arusha Region and Manyara Region, Tanzania.

Covered by the Acacia woodlands, Giant Fig trees and Mahogany varieties, Lake Manyara National park definitely makes a great landscape and a soothing treat to the eyes.

Lake Manyara National park

Lake Manyara National  park boasts of a huge number of  elephants. While on a safari in the park you will easily spot them around.  Baboons are another hugely found animal. There is also a good  range of other animals  including warthog  , dik-dik wildebeest, zebra  buffalo, hippo, flamingo,  zebra, , waterbuck, and impala.

Lake Manyara National park

Lake Manyara National park is also famous for its tree-climbing lions

Flying Camp Serengeti

With around 300 varieties of birds, including grey headed kingfisher,Long Crested eagle ,raptors and Flamingo ,the park is a heaven for bird watchers

Another  eye-catching feature of Lake Manyara National Park are the towering termite mounts that are spread around  the landscape .

Asanja Lake Manyara Safari

You can start your Lake Manyara National Park Safari from Arusha or Kilimanjaro. You can also just do a day trip to Lake Manyara National Park. You will be welcomed by Asanja s specialized safari guide cum drivers with The Safari vehicles to take you straight to Lake Manyara National park . After a two and a half hour picturesque drive you will start your Tarangeri National Park Safari.

Your packed lunch boxes and mineral water will be there for you in the safari vehicles and you enjoy it while on your safari.

After a full day safari in Lake Manyara National Park , you will be taken to an Asanja hand picked lodge where you can unwind for the day.

Park fees for Lake Manyara National Park

The Government requires you to pay park entrance fees when you visit the Lake Manyara National Park. You can read about the park fees here

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Arusha National Park

Arusha National Park

Arusha National Park

Located in Northeren Tanzania this 552Km square Arusha National Park is known for the Ngurdoto Crater, which is 2.4 kms in area  and is placed  in the midst of the montane forest.

Arusha National park

The best part about Arusha National park is its proximity to Arusha town,  a 40-minute drive from Arusha town , and you will be at the park. Arusha national park is a perfect starting point for a north Tanzania safari as it lies at a distance of approximately 60km from Kilimanjaro International Airport.

arusha national park

The  rocky cliffs of the Ngurdoto Crater enclose a wide wet lands, are a regular visit for  buffalos and warthogs. With a pair of binoculars, you could  spot marsh birds and various herbivores animals grazing around  on the crater floor.

arusha National Park

if you get lucky, you  spot the blue monkeys that live in the thick montane forest. Due to its vegetation, Arusha National park is the only place in Tanzania’s northern safari circuit where the black and white colobus monkey can be seen!

Big Momela, small Momela, El Kekhotoito, Kusare, Rishateni, Lekandiro and Tulusia are the seven lakes inside Arusha National park.

All these lakes have a unique colour which is due to different kids of algae growth in each of them. These lakes attract a number of bird species and beautiful flamingos around them.

Asanja Arusha Safari

arusha national park

You can do a day trip to the Arusha National Park or include it as part if your overall Asanja Safari. You will be welcomed by our expert safari drivers who will be waiting for you with your safari vehicles.

Approximately 40-60 minutes drive and you will start your great African safari.

You will be provided with packed lunch boxes and water bottles so you can enjoy your meals along with the safari.

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Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park — Africa’s little-known wonder!

Tarangire National Park

Tarangire National Park – The raw organic safari experience!

Getting  its  name from  the Tarangire River which flows through it,Tarangire National Park is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania. It is located in Manyara Region covering an area of approximately 2,850 square kilometers (1,100 square miles.)

Tarangire national park

You will see a large network of swamps that offer a vital water body and sanctuary for the habitant animals of the park.

tarangire national park

You will see a big number of elephants, zebras and wildebeests around the river and swamps coming here for water, that is what also gets lot of predators like African Lion, cheetah, leopard, honey badger, African wild dog, caracal here for a hunt and so you can witness a lot of game  sightings in the Tarangire National Park

tarangire national park

The impalasare are in large numbers as well and are easily spotted. Others are eland, buffalo and giraffes, Bohor reedbuck, Thompson’s gazelle,  greater and lesser kudu and the Coke’s hartebeest. You  may get lucky and also spot a black rhino. On really some rare occasions, the common usual gerenuk and fringe –eared Oryx are also seen. tarangire national park

Asanja Tarangire National Park Safari

Tarangire National Park

You can start your Tarangire National Park Safari from Arusha or Kilimanjaro. You can also just do a day trip to Tarangire National Park. You will be welcomed by Asanja s specialized safari guide cum drivers with The Safari vehicles to take you straight to Tarangeri National park . After a two and a half hour picturesque drive you will start your Tarangeri National Park Safari.

Your packed lunch boxes and mineral water will be there for you in the safari vehicles and you enjoy it while on your safari.

After a full day safari in Tarangire National Park , you will be taken to an Asanja hand picked lodge where you can unwind for the day.

We also give you an option to experience one of its kind night game drive at Tarangire National Park where you can view some marvelous games.

Park fees for Tarangire National Park

The Government requires you to pay park entrance fees when you visit the Tarangire National Park. You can read about the park fees here

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Ngorongoro Crater

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Ngorongoro Crater

This glimpse of the earths’s morning [gave me] a sense of origins, of innocence and mystery, like a marvelous childhood facility restored.”.. Peter Matthiessen” The Tree Where Man Was Born” These were the writers expressions of the beauty of Ngorongoro.

Ngorongoro – One of the 7 wonders of the world

In a Ngorongoro Crater safari you would be in the  the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera formed two to three million years ago. Had it not become the world’s sixth-largest unbroken caldera, then what is now known as the Ngorongoro crater could have been a towering volcanic mountain, as high as Kilimanjaro.

Ngorongoro Crater

Where man and Wild exist in harmony….

Ngorongoro Crater

About 200 years ago the Masai arrived at Ngorongoro  and have since their traditional way of life helped them to live in harmony with the wildlife and the environment

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), measuring 8,300 square kilometers, is also the only place on earth where mankind and wild animals co-exist in harmony. The NCA became a Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1971

 World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.

Ngorongoro Crater

Today there are some 42,200 Masai pastoralists living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area with their cattle, donkeys, goats and sheep. During the rains they move out on to the open plains; in the dry season they move into the adjacent woodlands and mountain slopes. While on your safari you may meet or spot The Masai  taking their animals into the Crater for water and grazing.

This natural enclosure formed by the 300km² crater is Home to approximately 25 000 large animals, while passing through the greater conservancy surroundings you could spot the 8th Wonder of the world –great migration of wilder-beast and zebra passing through Ngorongoro conservation area especially in the rainy season.

Ngorongoro Crater

While your eyes soak in the visual treat, your ears may hear  the roar loud enough to give you shivers in the spine…Yes, the Ngorongoro crater has the densest population of lions in the area.

Ngorongoro Crater

Asanja Ngorongoro Crater Safaris

You can start your Asanja Safari from Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport and our experienced drivers along with Safari vehicles will be there to welcome you. You can drive for your Ngorongoro safari straight from here.

You will be provided packed lunch boxes which you can enjoy while being on the safari. After the three  to four hour safari  in Ngorongoro, you would head to Serengeti for  your Asanja Camp to spend the rest of your evening.

Ngorongoro Crater

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater Safari

If you are already at the Asanja Africa camps, you could do a day safari at Ngorongoro Crater. From Serengeti national park our safari vehicles will take you on a roughly three hour drive to Ngorongoro crater. You will spend your day at Ngorongoro Crater and return back to your Asanja Africa camp at Serengeti by the evening. Packed lunch boxes and water bottles will be provided on the safari.

Park fees for Ngorongoro crater

The Government requires you to pay park entrance fees when you visit the Ngorongoro crater. You can read about the park fees here

“Ngorongoro Crater is one-of-a-kind…There simply isn’t anything of its kind in the known universe..”This is what we hear from the guests who visit Ngorongoro.

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Tanzania National Park Fees

Tanzania National Park Fees:

When you plan a safari to Tanzania, it is important to know the Government Park entrance fees that you need to pay before entering each Tanzania National Parks. These costs are essential to know as the Tanzania National park fees are high in cost.

It is also important to know that if you plan to pay the Tanzania National park fees yourself, then you need to pay the Tanzania National park fees with a Visa or Master Card Only as no cash is accepted.

Also, when you stay at Serengeti National Park or the Ngorongoro Crater, you need to pay park fees + the camping fees.

Below is a table for Tanzania National park fees. Please read carefully to understand the park fee & camping fees are different.

Tanzania National Park Park Fees VAT Total
Adults (17 years and above)
Lake Manyara National Park  $              45.00  $   8.10  $    53.10
Tarangire National Park  $              45.00  $   8.10  $    53.10
Serengeti National Park  $              60.00  $ 10.80  $    70.80
Ngorongoro Crater  $              60.00  $ 10.80  $    70.80
Arusha National Park  $              45.00  $   8.10  $    53.10
Kilimanjaro National Park  $              70.00  $ 12.60  $    82.60
Tanzania National Park Camping Fees VAT Total
Adults (17 years and above)
Serengeti National Park  $              50.00  $   9.00  $    59.00
Ngorongoro Crater  $              50.00  $   9.00  $    59.00
Tanzania National Park Park Fees VAT Total
Children (Age of 5 – 16)
Lake Manyara National Park  $              15.00  $   2.70  $    17.70
Tarangire National Park  $              15.00  $   2.70  $    17.70
Serengeti National Park  $              20.00  $   3.60  $    23.60
Ngorongoro Crater  $              20.00  $   3.60  $    23.60
Arusha National Park  $              15.00  $   2.70  $    17.70
Kilimanjaro National Park  $              20.00  $   3.60  $    23.60
Tanzania National Park Camping Fees VAT Total
Children (Age of 5 – 16)
Serengeti National Park  $              10.00  $   1.80  $    11.80
Ngorongoro Crater  $              10.00  $   1.80  $    11.80

The Ngorongoro crater vehicle entry fee is USD 295 per vehicle. This USD 295 only needs to be paid if you plan to descend (drive inside) the Ngorongoro cater. And yes, this USD 295 Ngorongoro crater vehicle entry fee is per vehicle and not per person!

Please also keep in mind that the Government can increase the Tanzania National park fees at anytime! The Tanzania National park fees above are for 1 day. If you are on a safari for more than a day or so, multiply the park fees accordingly.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA Transit Fees)

When you are commuting through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you are required to pay the NCA transit fees. As an example, you want to drive from Arusha to Serengeti and while enroute, you will cross Ngorongoro Conservation Area before entering the Serengeti National Park. In this scenario, you will be required to pay the NCA Transit fees at the Ngorongoro gates which is same as the Ngorongoro park fees mentioned above in the tables. Yes, even if you do not plan to descend inside the Ngorongoro crater, you still need to pay the NCA Transit fees. You do not need to pay the Ngorongoro crater vehicle entry fee of USD 295 per vehicle in this case as you do not descend inside the crater.

The NCA Transit Fees paid are also valid for 24 hours so in case you return to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area after 24 hours, you need to pay these NCA Transit Fees again!

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National Parks in Tanzania

National Parks Tanzania

National Parks in Tanzania

There are several National Parks in Tanzania & an exceptional safari begins with the right level of research and to know which Wildlife National Parks in Tanzania you should visit when on a safari. The Asanja Africa team specializes in safari plannings in Tanzania and based on our experience, the most amazing National Parks in Tanzania that should be visited are mentioned below:

National Parks Tanzania

National Park Wildlife Information
Arusha National Park giraffe, Cape buffalo, zebra, warthog, the black-and-white colobus monkey, the blue monkey, flamingo, elephant, lion Narina trogon and bar-tailed trogon are both possible highlights for visiting birders, whilst the range of starling species provide somewhat less gaudy interest.
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Tarangire National Park oryx, gerenuk, elephant, baobab, lesser kudu, African wild dog, lion kori bustard, ground hornbill, ostrich, yellow-collared lovebird, rufous-tailed weaver, ashy starling, dwarf mongoose, red-and-yellow barbet 550 bird varieties; largest concentration of wildlife behind Serengeti
Lake Manyara Park elephant, Cape buffalo, lion, hippopotamus, impala, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, bushbuck, leopard, baboon, lesser flamingo, greater flamingo, white pelican, yellow-billed stork, white-breasted cormorant, palm-nut vulture, Ayres’s hawk-eagle, Nile monitor, cobra greatest biomass density in the world; tree-climbing lions
Ngorongoro Conservation Area

 

wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, black rhinoceros, lion, hartebeest, spotted hyena, hippopotamus, buffalo, elephant, mountain reedbuck, leopard, serval, ostrich, kori bustard, papilio sjoestedti many archeological and paleontological sites: Olduvai Gorge, Laetoli, Lake Ndutu
Ruaha National Park elephant, hornbill, kingfisher, sunbird, white stork, African wild dog, sable antelope, greater kudu, crested barbet, yellow-collared lovebird more than 400 bird species, high diversity of antelopes
Serengeti National Park wildebeest, zebra, lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, cheetah, gazelle, giraffe, spotted hyena, jackal, aardwolf, serval, agama lizard, rock hyrax, secretary bird, ostrich, black eagle most visited park in Tanzania; famous for massive migration of ungulates; more than 500 bird species

It is best to start planning a safari with an expert to ensure there are no last minute surprises!

National Parks Tanzania

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Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park:  The home you have been dreaming of…….

serengeti national park

As the famous writer Ernest Hemingway wrote about Serengeti “All I wanted to do now was to get back to Africa. We had not left it yet, but when I would wake up in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.”

“Derived from“Serengit, a word in the Maasai language ,that meant  – “the place where the land moves on forever” The Maasai, who had grazed their cattle on the vast grassy plains for millennia had always thought so.”

Ever true to its name, the Serengeti National Park boasts of seemingly endless savannah that stretches as far as the eye can see, and it is one of the major highlights not to be missed when planning your safari trip of a lifetime

Serengeti – a name for what is known to be one of the most breath taking and spectacular destination for safaris in Africa

Serengeti National Park is undoubtedly the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequaled for its natural beauty and scientific value, it has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa.

Serengeti national park

Serengeti is home to over 70 larger mammals, approximately 500 different types of birds and the largest migration of land animals on the planet: more than two million mammals roam its 30,000 square kilometers.

At your stay in Serengeti National Park, be ready to spot animals such as lions, elephants and leopards, Wildebeest, zebras, elephants, giraffes, gazelles and many other species.

Serengeti national park

Your Serengeti National Park Safari with Asanja Africa

When you wake in the morning from your luxury Bush private tent  at Asanja Moru, you would witness the breathtaking Serengeti sunrise—a mesmerizing view of a kind of orange, merging itself beautifully into a background of trees of the Serengeti National Park.

Serengeti National Park

With the sip of your morning tea you may spot Fischers love birds or a purple roller on the Aracia trees around your tent.

Serengeti National Park

Serengeti National Park Safari

Safari, in Kiswahili, simply means “journey”. But in English it has become a synonym for a wildlife viewing adventure in the African bush.

For those who are early-risers, we would arrange a packed breakfast prepared by our local African chefs Rashidi and drive out in your private 4×4 Safari Vehicles with Pop top Roofs or a fully open vehicle into the Serengeti National Park plains for a unique“bush breakfast” experience. Surrounded by the true African wilderness, with the sounds of cuckoos ,you will find yourself immersed in this dreamlike landscape while sipping on your fresh morning coffee.

Serengeti National Park

Early morning game drive proves to be one of the best times to be out in the bush, as this is when the wildlife is most active and the area less crowded with other safari vehicles. As your Safari Guide takes you out on the off-the-beaten path in the Serengeti National Park, you will be able to come across unique moments, encountering the Big Cats, as well as the smaller mammals and an impressive list of African wildlife. Game drives are flexible depending on the guests’ preferences, you can choose to wander in the Serengeti National Park plains until dusk, or return earlier to the lodge or camp of your choice.

Asanja Picnic Lunch

Half way through your  of your safari,  in the midst of a  pristine landscape and beautiful voices of  nature, you will take a break and enjoy a relaxed Asanja picnic Lunch with your favorite dishes customized by our chefs, this will sure be a memorable experience.

Serengeti national park

Winding down

A sundowner around the Lake Magadi  is a popular way to end your day, as you leisurely sip on your favorite wine or drink of your choice and watch the colors mystically changing in the sky until it is dotted with stars.

Serengeti National Park

After getting back at the Asanja camp, for dinner, a sumptuous wine pairing dinner will be served the around the wine cellar, which offers the incredible opportunity to sample wines from across the African continent.

With Asanja Africa you will also experience the famous Asanja Bush Dinners under the stars exclusively customized for you by our African Chef Rashidi and Chef Swalehe!

Serengeti National Park

As the night falls, you will find yourself comfortably settled into your new “home”—a perfect blend of luxury and comfort in the bush

Perhaps this is how a sense of nostalgia that most visitors are so prone to feeling when they find themselves falling deeper in love with the African wilderness!

As one of our guest Simone said “A part of me will always remain at Serengeti!”

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