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Tanzania's
natural environment and geographical features have made it to be among
the best tourist destinations in the continent and the home of Safaris;
attracting more than 700,000 tourists each year. More than
a quarter of the the country is covered by 15 National parks, 32 game
reserves, 43 game controlled areas and Conservation area, full of vegetation that support
varieties of wildlife ranging from birds to big mammals such as
elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah and rhino. The mosaic habitats found
in Tanzania portrays a unique niche of species composition thus
flagging the country as one of the major mega-diversity nations of
Africa
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The greatest part of the natural reserves is very much
untouched due to the fact that for a period of time Tanzania's tourism was
shielded from commercial exploitation . In recent years however, the
government of Tanzania has increased promotion efforts to
persuade tourists to visit the country and investors to develop the
sector.
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The country has a vast stretch of plain full of
wildlife, and plateaus that offer large part of the human settlements. This
contrasts with spectacular relief features such as the highest mountain in
the Africa,
Mountain
Kilimanjaro (5,895 meters high),
and the world's second deepest lake,
Lake
Tanganyika ( 1,436 meters deep).
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Other wonders include,
Lake Victoria, which is the largest
lake in Africa, The Great Rift valley ( central west and east), with its
associated lakes,
lake Nyasa and
Rukwa
in the south,
lake Natron, Eyasi, and Manyara (where you could find lions on
the tree) in the Northern tourist circuit of Tanzania.
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A long the coastal belt and off-shore Islands
of
Zanzibar ,
Pemba and
Mafia,
Tanzania offers magnificent natural white sandy beaches, beautiful
aquarium, deep sea diving and fishing in Chumbe and
Mafia
Island .Apart from unique geological and
environmental features, the country also prides itself for its history that
began in the
Olduvai
Gorge, which is considered by many to be
the cradle land of mankind. The coming of early traders and explorers;
Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch, Germans and finally English, opened up the door
for the colonialists.
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