Tanzania is rich with numerous holiday destinations. There are 12 National Parks, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, 13 Game Reserves, 38 Game Controlled Areas and about 120 National Cultural Heritage Sites; in total, almost 27% of the land was given to protected areas.

Tanzania has chattels of natural resources in the parks. You watch in admiration as more than two million herbivores traverse the Serengeti plains in their annual migration from Kenya. Marvel at the Eden-like Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s biggest unbroken caldera. Find out the mystery of our ancestors at Olduvai Gorge or endeavor to climb snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro.

In the national parks exploitation of wildlife, it is forbidden and there are no settlements except tourist lodges and tented camps. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area has a special status, as it allows Maasai pastoralists to reside in it, but exploitation of wildlife is still forbidden. Some of the safari destinations in Tanzania like game reserves and game controlled areas have been granted hunting concession to promote hunting safaris.

The most known national parks and reserves are the ones in Tanzania's Northern Circuit and these include;

* Serengeti National Park
* Ngorongoro Conservation Area
* Tarangire National Park
* Lake Manyara National Park
* Arusha National Park
* Mt. Kilimanjaro National Park

The Southern Circuit parks and reserves have been underging development in recent years.

* Selous Game Reserve
* Ruaha National Park
* Mikumi National Park
* Udzungwa Mountains National Park

There are also a few smaller but specialized parks on the western side of Tanzania. The Western national Parks include;

* Gombe Stream National Park
* Mahale Mountains National Park
* Katavi National Park
* Rubondo Island National Park

Other destinations
* Olduvai Gorge
* Ol doinyo Longai
* Lake Eyasi -Haadzabe
* Lake Natron