MTT's Safari Priority List

Zambia hasn't replaced East Africa in my affection as it has joined it. But you might be asking, if you are planning a safari, where exactly should you go? The following priority list of what animals you will see where, selected from the countries in which MTT works, might help:

For elephants: Kenya's Tsvao National Park; Tanzania's Tarangire National Park

For lions: Tanzania's Serengeti National Park

For cheetahs: Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area

For birding: throughout Zambia; Liuwa National Park for migrants Jan - April

Wildlife spectacles: Tanzania's wildebeest migration (especially birthing season and crossing the Mara River into Kenya); Zambia's fruit bat migration in Kasanka National Park.

For gorillas: Rwanda for mountain gorillas. Republic of Congo and Central African Republic for western lowland gorillas.

For gorillas as well as elephants and birds: Republic of Congo and Central African Republic

For chimpanzees: Tanzania's Mahale National Park

For wild dogs: Zambia's Luangwa and Lower Zambezi National Parks.

For walking with wildlife sightings (elephants especially): Kenya's Tsvao National Park

For walking with wildlife sightings (all kinds): Zambia's Luangwa National Park

For walking and fly camping: Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area

For night game drives: Zambia

For cultural destinations: Tanzania's Maasailand; Tanzania's Yaeda Valley; Kenya's Northern Frontier; Zambia's Western Province.

For landscapes: Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Lake Ndutu), Lake Natron and Ruaha National Park; Zambia's Luangwa and Lower Zambezi National Parks

For remote places: Tanzania's Katavi National Park; Zambia's Liuwa National Park; Central Africa's Nouabale-Ndoki and Dzanga-Ndoki National Parks

For a safari hub with the most to do: Nairobi, Kenya

For maximum adventure: Central Africa's Nouabale-Ndoki and Dzanga-Ndoki National Parks; Kenya's Tsvao National Parks

For the latest destination: Gabon; Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic

For the first safari: Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area; Kenya's Maasai Mara

14-10-2009