Discover Tanzania on a Safari Tour

Tanzania is officially called the United Republic of Tanzania and is located in East Africa. In 1964 two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined and became the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanzania is the oldest known inhabited area on earth. It usually has a tropical climate. Its economy is mostly agricultural, which provides more than half of its money. Tourism is becoming a very important part of the economy as well. Tanzania is rich in natural resources and has gold mines, natural gas, diamonds and many more iron.

The money is Shilling from Tanzania. The official language is Swahili and English. Tanzania has Kenya and Uganda to the north and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west and east of Tanzania is the Indian Ocean. So if you are planning one of the Tanzania safari tours you could combine a trip to Tanzania with one of the bordering countries in Africa.

When you are thinking of Tanzania safari tours in East Africa you have to consider the time of year that your plan to travel. Like much of Africa, there are dry months, humid months, when the rain is the heaviest and the months in the middle where you can get light rain; there is no rain or very short periods of rain. You can take Tanzania safari tours in the North American summer months of June, July and August when you can see wild animals like the various females with babies and the area is greener due to rain in the spring previous.

The dry winter months are high season in Africa and this is when you have to plan your reservations well in advance and safaris cost more during those months. The high season is the end of the dry summer months as mid-August to mid-September when the land has been dry and animals usually congregate around traditional irrigation holes so the chances of seeing most of them Is greater at that time. Especially if you are planning Tanzania safari tours this is the area where wildlife is at its greatest. Tan Tanzania is where you would want to take that safari especially to see wildlife.

Within the Tanzania area are many national parks such as the Serengeti National Park which was established in 1951. It is where a large annual migration of animals passes and is considered as the best wildlife reserve in Africa due to the large amount of animals inside the park. With an area of 5700 miles it has grasslands in the south where Wildebeest is reared. This park is generally divided into three parts, the plains or meadows, the western corridor which is marsh savannahs containing the Grumeti River which is home to the Nile crocodile and the northern Serengeti with its forests and open hills Elephants and the Giraffe.

When planning your safari trip to Tanzania you will need to bring a lot of media cards for your camera so you can take a lot of photos of the wildlife.