National Parks
All 16 National Parks together comprise an area of more than 42,000 km². They are administered by the Tanzania National Parks authority (TANAPA). Names like Arusha and Serengeti are well known, partly due to films about African wildlife.
| National Park | Habitat | Flora/Fauna | Comments | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arusha National Park established: 1960 renamed: 1967 enlarged: 1973 area: 137 km² |
dense forest, swamp, grassland, lakes, alpine highland, rocks 1,525 - 4,565 m |
giraffe, buffalo, elephant, zebra, dik-dik, hippopotamus, waterbuck, warthog, leopard, eland, spotted hyena, klipspringer, baboon, blue monkey, black-and-white colobus, greater flamingo, lesser flamingo, sacred ibis, Maccoa Duck, Egyptian goose, turaco, Narina Trogon, broadbill, Red-hot Poker, Spanish moss, giant lobelia | 400 bird species | |
| Gombe Stream National Park established: 1943 gazetted: 1968 area: 52 km² |
miombo woodland, gallery forest 750 - 1,500 m |
chimpanzee, olive baboon, red-tailed monkey, red colobus, diademed monkey, leopard, bushbuck, buffalo, waterbuck, barbet, Palm-nut Vulture, Forbes' Plover, fish eagle, Peters's Twinspot | Jane Goodall worked here | |
| Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park established: 1940s gazetted: 2004 area: 50 km² |
swamp forest, mangrove, sea grass bed, salt marsh | Zanzibar red colobus, Ader's Duiker | ||
| Katavi National Park established: 1951 gazetted: 1974 area: 4,471 km² |
miombo woodland, river, lakes, floodplain 900 m |
eland, sable antelope, roan antelope, hippopotamus, crocodile, lion, leopard, elephant, zebra, buffalo, topi, pelican, waterfowl | more than 400 bird species | |
| Kilimanjaro National Park established: 1910s, 1921 gazetted: 1973 world heritage: 1987 area: 753 km² |
montane forest, moorland, alpine desert 1830 – 5895 m |
Abbott's duiker, grey duiker, Red Forest Duiker, bushbuck, eland, elephant, leopard, buffalo, small antelope, blue monkey, black-and-white colobus, galago crassicaudatus, Kilimanjaro tree hyrax, Abbot's Starling, raven, papilio sjoestedti, giant lobelia, moss, lichen | Highest freestanding mountain in the world. World's tallest summit that can be climbed without technical equipment. | |
| Kitulo National Park gazetted: 2002 area: 412.9 km² |
montane grassland at 2,600 m | red-hot poker, aloe, protea, pelargonium geranium, giant lobelia, lilies, asters, Denham's bustard, Blue Swallow, mountain marsh widow, cisticola njombe, Kipengere Seedeater, Mountain Reedbuck, eland, chameleon, lizards, frogs | 350 species of vascular plants among which 45 varieties of terrestrial orchid, many bird species | |
| Lake Manyara National Park established: 1957 established: 1960 area: 325 km² enlarged: 2009 area: 644 km² |
lake (2/3), forest, grassland 960 – 1478 m |
elephant, buffalo, lion, black rhinoceros, hippopotamus, impala, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, bushbuck, leopard, baboon, lesser flamingo, greater flamingo, white pelican, yellow-billed stork, White-breasted Cormorant, Palm-nut Vulture, Ayres' Hawk-eagle, Nile monitor, cobra | greatest biomass density in the world; tree-climbing lions | |
| Mahale Mountains National Park gazetted: 14 June 1985 area: 1,613 km² |
miombo forest, Kasoge (lowland) forest, montane rainforest 773 - 2,460 m |
chimpanzee, red colobus, red-tailed monkey, blue monkey, giant squirrel, Red-legged Sun Squirrel, brush-tailed porcupine, Bushy-tailed Mongoose, Angolan black-and-white colobus, Sharpe's Grysbok, Red-collared Widowbird, speckled mousebird, crowned eagle, bee-eater, roller, crested guineafowl, Ross' Turaco, White-browed Robin-Chat, Red-winged Starling, Violet-backed Starling, parrots | savanna and forest adapted species, 90% of 193 fish species in the lake are endemic | |
| Mikumi National Park established: 1964 extended: 1975 area: 3,230 km² |
floodplain, grassland, wooded savanna, miombo covered hills 550 - 1,257 m |
eland, greater kudu, yellow baboon, vervet monkey, serval, sable antelope, hippopotamus, zebra, lion, wildebeest, impala, buffalo, giraffe, elephant, lilac-breasted roller, yellow-throated longclaw, bateleur eagle, waterbirds | more than 400 bird species | |
| Mount Meru (Tanzania) See Arusha National Park |
Part of Arusha National Park | |||
| Ruaha National Park established: 1910 gazetted: 1964 area: 10,300 km² |
miombo woodland, savanna 750-1,830 m |
elephant, hornbill, kingfisher, sunbird, white stork, African Wild Dog, sable antelope, greater kudu, Crested Barbet, Yellow-collared Lovebird | more than 400 bird species, high diversity of antelopes | |
| Rubondo Island National Park established: 1977 area: 240 km² |
humid forest, lakeside papyrus beds, open grassland 1,134 - 1,381 m |
yellow-spotted otter, Nile perch, fish eagle, hippopotamus, vervet monkey, genet, mongoose, bushbuck, sitatunga, African grey parrot, malachite kingfisher, paradise flycatcher, herons, storks, spoonbills | ||
| Saadani National Park established: 1969 gazetted: 2002 area: 1,062 km² |
coast, river, forest, savanna | giraffe, buffalo, warthog, waterbuck, reedbuck, hartebeest, wildebeest, Red Forest Duiker, greater kudu, eland, sable antelope, yellow baboon, vervet monkey, elephant, lion, leopard, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, hippopotamus, crocodile, Mangrove Kingfisher, lesser flamingo, green turtle | only sanctuary bordering the sea | |
| Serengeti National Park established: 1929 gazetted: 1951 world heritage: 1981 area: 14,763 km² |
grassland plains, savanna, riverine forest, woodland; 920 - 1,850 m |
wildebeest, zebra, lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, cheetah, gazelle, giraffe, spotted hyena, jackal, aardwolf, serval, agama lizard, rock hyrax, secretary bird, ostrich, black eagle | most visited park in Tanzania; famous for massive migration of ungulates; more than 500 bird species | |
| Tarangire National Park established: 1970 area: 2,850 km² |
grassland, savanna; 1,000 - 1,500 m |
oryx, gerenuk, elephant, baobab, Lesser Kudu, African Wild Dog, lion kori bustard, ground hornbill, ostrich, Yellow-collared Lovebird, Rufous-tailed Weaver, Ashy Starling, dwarf mongoose, Red-and-yellow Barbet | 550 bird varieties; largest concentration of wildlife behind Serengeti | |
| Udzungwa Mountains National Park established: 1994 area: 1,990 km² |
tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland, steppe 250 - 2,600 m |
Rufous-winged Sunbird, Udzungwa Partridge, sanje crested mangabey, Iringa Red Colobus, rungwecerbus kipunji, matundu dwarf galago, Mountain Dwarf Galago, reptiles and amphibians, hyrax, squirrel, also big mammals | more than 400 bird species, 2,500 plant species; many endemics (25% of plant species, 5 primates); second-largest biodiversity in Africa |
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