Must-See Animals in Wildlife Safari Packages Tanzania Offers

While you are enjoying your safari in Tanzania, don’t forget to spot the main attractions - the wildlife, birds, flora, as well as the local life and culture! After all, every "tourist destination" is popular for its unique beauty, tribal history, and diverse ecosystem. 

 

Tanzania, for instance, is home to the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, a plethora of national parks, and many more wonderful things that you are sure to experience when you come on one of the best wildlife safari packages Tanzania based agencies have to offer. 

 

With a vast variety of bird and animal species, it is impossible to witness it all in one go, but one can try spotting as much as possible, and to help you, we have mentioned some of the must-see wildlife in this article along with where you can spot these animals.  

 

Elephants and Wildebeests are the two most commonly found animals in Tanzania that many tourists visit its national parks for. The wildebeest migration, a perpetual event that takes place in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and Masai Mara in Kenya, is a spectacular sight that one can witness between May to November. 

 

Wildebeests resemble cattle in appearance but have long horns and a small hump. They can be seen in huge numbers during June and July as well but in January and February, these animals undergo calving season for which they settle down for a bit. So, even if you are currently planning for beach holidays in Zanzibar, we recommend that you try coming to Serengeti for the greatest show on earth at least once in your lifetime.

 

Predatory animals like lions and leopards can also be seen in Tanzania all through the year. They often roam about in search of shelter or food through sunny fields, and spotting the king of the jungle in their natural habitat is nothing less than exciting. 

 

The best part about joining one of the Wildebeest Migration in Tanzania based agencies provide is that you can spot lions any time of the year! Even though you can view lions throughout the year, the dry season is the best time to go on a safari because that’s when the population is denser near water bodies, and are easier to spot. 

 

This is also when you have a greater chance of catching sight of other predators like leopards and cheetahs.

 

If you are an avid safari enthusiast, you must have heard of the Big Five, and how you can view them all in Tanzania. The easiest to spot among them are elephants because they are found in all the national parks throughout the country. 

 

Often visible in groups of a few around certain regions, these majestic creatures are generally friendly and good sports, so you may even get up close with a few during your journey! The migration season is the ideal time to watch these gentle animals in action, however.

 

That is the time during which the elephants travel across Serengeti in huge herds but Tarangire National Park has the largest strength of elephants and is the best possible place in Tanzania to spot them whenever you are able to reach here. 

 

All the best wildlife safari packages Tanzania offers are incomplete without seeing some Giraffes! This is rather easy to do because this country has a big Giraffe population and Giraffes are quite friendly as well. 

 

These long-necked herbivores may not mind being fed a few leaves either, so go ahead and try your luck! The sad part is that the Giraffe population has been on the decline for a while now, so this species is endangered at the moment.

 

Since we have mentioned a few of the Big Five animals, we will also mention the Hippopotamus as one of the must-spot animal species during your trip to Tanzania before you move on to your beach holidays in Zanzibar. Another animal that this country boasts a big population of, these creatures are often spotted wandering the fields across the year. 

 

Additionally, they do not have calving or migration season specifically, but if you are excited to spot some of these gigantic animals, then the monsoons are the ideal time to pay Tanzania a visit.