To the north and west are the Great Lakes of Lake Victoria (Africa's largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika (Africa's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish). Central Tanzania comprises a large plateau, with plains and arable land. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the island of Zanzibar lying just offshore.
Tanzania contains many large and ecologically significant wildlife parks, including the famous Ngoro Ngoro Crater, Serengeti National Park in the north, where wildebeest participate in an annual large-scale migration, and Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park in the south. Gombe National Park in the west is the site of Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzee behaviour.
The Kalambo Falls in southwest Tanzania's region of Rukwa are the second highest in Africa and are located near the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika.
Tanzania is also home to 130 amphibian and over 275 reptile species, many of them strictly endemic.
The great migration in the Serengeti
A walking safari in the Selous, Katavi or Ruaha National Parks
The Spice Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Chimpanzees in Mahale National Park
Safaris: July to October, December to March
Beach: December and January
Great migration: November to June
Chimpanzees: May and June
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