National Reserves

Buffalo Springs National Reserve named after an oasis of clear water at its western end, is a wildlife protected area in central Kenya established in 1948 to protect the endangered Gravy’s zebra

Western Tanzania's 13-kilometer-long Gombe National Park borders Lake Tanganyika. The park covers 56 square kilometres, including a 100-meter coastline strip. It became a nature reserve in 1943 and a national park in 1968. Its altitudes are 773–1,500 metres (Mitumba).

Katavi National Park, Tanzania's third-largest national park, was established in 1974. Katavi and the nearby Rukwa Game Reserve form one eco-system. The northwest-southeast 125 km2 area is 960 metres is the altitude limit.

Kilimanjaro National Park gets its name from Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m), located barely three degrees south of the Equator, is Africa's tallest peak and the world's highest single-standing mountain. Kilimanjaro will be one of your greatest travel experiences, with its farmed lowlands of Moshi, misty rainforests, moorland dotted with huge lobelias, rocky and desolate lunar vistas of the higher slopes, and, to top it all off, the perpetual snow fields at Kibo mountain.

A first for tropical flowers in Africa, Kitulo National Park was created in 2005 due to its botanical significance.

Maasai Mara National Reserve, famous for the great Wildebeest Migration is a conservation area in Narok, Kenya, it borders the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

In 1984, Mahale Mountains National Park was created. It is 1613 square kilometres in size and spans 60 kilometres from north to south. It is between 773 and 2,462 metres above sea level (Mt Nkungwe). The mountain range splits the park in half.

The floodplain of Mikumi National Area is home to tall baobab trees and Borassus palms, which are what gave the park its native name of "Mikumi." The broad grasslands that make up Mikumi's northern half contrast with the wooded savannah that makes up its southern half.

The Ngorongoro Crater is breathtaking at first sight.

Ngorongoro is a massive crater (collapsed volcano) that spans 250 square kilometres and is 600 meters deep.

Tanzania's Rubondo Island National Park is situated in the southwest corner of Lake Victoria. The area of the main island is 237 square kilometres. The island shelters ten islets, none exceeding 2 square kilometres in size. These eleven islands comprise Rubondo Island National Park, which encompasses 456,8 square kilometres.

The Samburu National Reserve is a protected area in Kenya. It is located in the north-eastern part of the country, close to the border with Somalia. The reserve covers an area of about 1,000 square kilometers and it was established in 1960.

Selous is Africa's biggest wildlife reserve, a little out of the way from the more well-trodden safari circuits, but it is well worth the effort for the opportunity to see wildlife in a nearly untouched environment.