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, Cape 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, red-hot poker, 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, African fish eagle, Peters's twinspot | Jane Goodall worked here | |
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 1,830–5,895 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 960–1,478 m | elephant, Cape buffalo, lion, hippopotamus, impala, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, bushbuck, leopard, baboon, lesser flamingo, greater flamingo, white pelican, yellow-billed stork, white-breasted cormorant, palm-nut vulture, Ayres's 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 | |
Mkomazi National Park established: 2006 area: 3,254 km² | semi–arid savanna | oryx, kudu, African wild dog, black rhinoceros, also big mammals | famous for African wild dog and black rhinoceros | |
Nyerere National Park established: 1922 gazetted: 2019 area: 30,893 km² | miombo woodland, open wooded grassland, riverine swamps 80–1,300 m | African wild dog, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, hippopotamus, buffalo, crocodile, white rhinoceros, wildebeest, hyena | largest national park in Tanzania; formerly the northern part of Selous Game Reserve | |
Ruaha National Park established: 1910 gazetted: 1964 area: 20,226 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, African fish eagle, hippopotamus, vervet monkey, genet, mongoose, bushbuck, sitatunga, 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 | |
Saanane Island National Park established: 2013 gazetted: 2013 area: 2.18 km² | | | located within the city | |
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 | |