National Park |
Habitat |
Flora/Fauna |
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Arusha National Park
established:[1] 1960
renamed:[2] 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 |
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Gombe Stream National Park
established:[3] 1943
gazetted:[4] 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 |
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Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park
established:[5] 1940s
gazetted:[4] 2004
area: 50 km² |
swamp forest, mangrove, sea grass bed, salt marsh |
Zanzibar red colobus, Ader's duiker |
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Katavi National Park
established:[3] 1951
gazetted:[4] 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 |
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Kilimanjaro National Park
established: 1910s,[3] 1921[6]
gazetted: 1973[4]
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. |
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Kitulo National Park
gazetted:[4] 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 |
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Lake Manyara National Park
established:[3] 1957
established:[4] 1960
area: 325 km²
enlarged: 2009
area: 644 km² |
lake (2/3), forest, grassland
960–1,478 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's hawk-eagle, Nile monitor, cobra |
greatest biomass density in the world; tree-climbing lions |
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Mahale Mountains National Park
gazetted:[4] 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 |
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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 |
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Mount Meru (Tanzania)
See Arusha National Park |
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Part of Arusha National Park |
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Mkomazi National Park
established:[3] 2006
area: 3,254 km² |
Semi – Arid savannah |
Oryx, Kudu, African wild dog, Black rhinoceros, also big mammals. |
Famous for African wild dog and Black rhinoceros |
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Ruaha National Park
established:[3] 1910
gazetted:[4] 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 |
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Rubondo Island National Park
established:[4] 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, African grey parrot, malachite kingfisher, paradise flycatcher, herons, storks, spoonbills |
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Saadani National Park
established:[3] 1969
gazetted:[4] 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 |
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Saanane Island National Park
established: 2013
gazetted: 2013
area: 2.18 km² |
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located within the city |
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Serengeti National Park
established:[3] 1929
gazetted:[4] 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 |
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Tarangire National Park
established: 1970 [4]
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 |
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Udzungwa Mountains National Park
established:[4] 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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