Tanzania's attractions are world-renowned. The highlights include Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro National Park and Tarangire National Park, as well as the bird life at Lake Manyara National Park.

Take a trip back in time all the way to the origin of our species at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, where the Leakeys and their discoveries are chronicled in the museum. Who knows – you might stumble upon the missing link while you’re picnicking in the valley! Join the migration madness in Maasai Mara after the rainy season and behold a wildlife spectacle available nowhere else. Mahale and the Gombe Stream national parks, on the edge of Lake Tanganuyika,g are prime chimp viewing area. The Serengeti might well be the most iconic game viewing destination in Africa.

While our winter months would be considered peak season in Tanzania, each season offers different experiences for the traveler, depending on what part of Tanzania you visit. Our winter months, from later November through May, would be rainy season in the Serengeti area, when this part of Tanzania is at its greenest, and during which time the wildebeest migration occurs and birdwatching is at its finest. April and May are generally the wettest months in the Serengeti, with fewer tourists and still good wildlife viewing. Our summer months, from June to about October, would be the dry season and a good time to visit Zanzibar or coastal area, and humidity is low. These months are also the best time to visit southern Tanzania for game viewing, to Selous, Katavi Ruaha and Mikumi.

Green Hills of Africa (E. Hemingway), Missing Links, In Search of Human Origins (J. Reader), The Tree Where Man Was Born (P. Matthiessen), The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior (O. Saitoti), Death in Zanzibar (M. M. Kaye), Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone (M. Dugard), A New History of Tanzania (G. Maddox, I. Kimambo, and S. Nyanto).