East Africa’s largest country, The United Republic of Tanzania is home to varied wilderness areas, great lakes, Mount Kilimanjaro; the highest free-standing mountain in the world, and the largest unbroken and unflooded volcanic caldera in the world; The Ngorongoro Crater.
Tanzania’s twenty-one National Parks, reserves, conservation areas, and three marine parks amount to thirty- eight percent of the country’s landmass being under conservation. Home to the world-famous Serengeti National Park, Tanzania’s diverse landscape ranges from the beautiful Mahale Mountains overlooking the world’s deepest lake, Lake Tanganyika; famous for the habituated chimpanzee populations, to the ancient Baobab trees and large elephant herds of the Tarangire and the spice islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mafia; the birthplace of Swahili culture and cuisine.
