<P> Protected areas in Tanzania are extremely varied, ranging from sea habitats over grasslands to the top of the Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa . About a third of the country's total area is protected to a certain degree as a national park, game reserve, marine park, forest reserve or the like . </P> <P> The following list gives an overview on the various protected areas in Tanzania including their predominant habitat, wildlife and flora . Especially remarkable species (endemics or those occurring in unusually large numbers) are set in bold . </P> <P> All 16 national parks together comprise an area of more than 42,000 km . They are administered by the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA). Names like Arusha and Serengeti are well known, partly due to films about African wildlife . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> National Park </Th> <Th> Habitat </Th> <Th> Flora / Fauna </Th> <Th> Comments </Th> <Th> Picture </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Arusha National Park established: 1960 renamed: 1967 enlarged: 1973 area: 137 km2 </Th> <Td> dense forest, swamp, grassland, lakes, alpine highland, rocks 1,525--4,565 m </Td> <Td> giraffe, Cape 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 </Td> <Td> 400 bird species </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gombe Stream National Park established: 1943 gazetted: 1968 area: 52 km2 </Th> <Td> miombo woodland, gallery forest 750--1,500 m </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> Jane Goodall worked here </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park established: 1940s gazetted: 2004 area: 50 km2 </Th> <Td> swamp forest, mangrove, sea grass bed, salt marsh </Td> <Td> Zanzibar red colobus, Aders's duiker </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Katavi National Park established: 1951 gazetted: 1974 area: 4,471 km2 </Th> <Td> miombo woodland, river, lakes, floodplain 900 m </Td> <Td> eland, sable antelope, roan antelope, hippopotamus, crocodile, lion, leopard, elephant, zebra, buffalo, topi, pelican, waterfowl </Td> <Td> more than 400 bird species </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kilimanjaro National Park established: 1910s, 1921 gazetted: 1973 world heritage: 1987 area: 753 km2 </Th> <Td> montane forest, moorland, alpine desert 1,830--5,895 m </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> highest freestanding mountain in the world, world's tallest summit that can be climbed without technical equipment . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kitulo National Park gazetted: 2002 area: 412.9 km2 </Th> <Td> montane grassland at 2,600 m </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> 350 species of vascular plants among which 45 varieties of terrestrial orchid, many bird species </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lake Manyara National Park established: 1957 established: 1960 area: 325 km2 enlarged: 2009 area: 644 km2 </Th> <Td> lake (2 / 3), forest, grassland 960--1,478 m </Td> <Td> elephant, Cape buffalo, lion, 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 </Td> <Td> greatest biomass density in the world; tree - climbing lions </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mahale Mountains National Park gazetted: 14 June 1985 area: 1,613 km2 </Th> <Td> miombo forest, Kasoge (lowland) forest, montane rainforest 773--2,460 m </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> savanna and forest adapted species, 90% of 193 fish species in the lake are endemic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mikumi National Park established: 1964 extended: 1975 area: 3,230 km2 </Th> <Td> floodplain, grassland, wooded savanna, miombo covered hills 550--1,257 m </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> more than 400 bird species </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mount Meru (Tanzania) See Arusha National Park </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> part of Arusha National Park </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mkomazi National Park established: 2006 area: 3,254 km2 </Th> <Td> semi--arid savanna </Td> <Td> oryx, kudu, African wild dog, black rhinoceros, also big mammals </Td> <Td> famous for African wild dog and black rhinoceros </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ruaha National Park established: 1910 gazetted: 1964 area: 20,226 km2 </Th> <Td> miombo woodland, savanna 750--1,830 m </Td> <Td> elephant, hornbill, kingfisher, sunbird, white stork, African wild dog, sable antelope, greater kudu, crested barbet, yellow - collared lovebird </Td> <Td> more than 400 bird species, high diversity of antelopes </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Rubondo Island National Park established: 1977 area: 240 km2 </Th> <Td> humid forest, lakeside papyrus beds, open grassland 1,134 - 1,381 m </Td> <Td> yellow - spotted otter, Nile perch, African fish eagle, hippopotamus, vervet monkey, genet, mongoose, bushbuck, sitatunga, grey parrot, malachite kingfisher, paradise flycatcher, herons, storks, spoonbills </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Saadani National Park established: 1969 gazetted: 2002 area: 1,062 km2 </Th> <Td> coast, river, forest, savanna </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> only sanctuary bordering the sea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Saanane Island National Park established: 2013 gazetted: 2013 area: 2.18 km2 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> located within the city </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Serengeti National Park established: 1929 gazetted: 1951 world heritage: 1981 area: 14,763 km2 </Th> <Td> grassland plains, savanna, riverine forest, woodland; 920--1,850 m </Td> <Td> wildebeest, zebra, lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, cheetah, gazelle, giraffe, spotted hyena, jackal, aardwolf, serval, agama lizard, rock hyrax, secretary bird, ostrich, black eagle </Td> <Td> most visited park in Tanzania; famous for massive migration of ungulates; more than 500 bird species </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tarangire National Park established: 1970 area: 2,850 km2 </Th> <Td> grassland, savanna; 1,000--1,500 m </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> 550 bird varieties; largest concentration of wildlife behind Serengeti </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Udzungwa Mountains National Park established: 1994 area: 1,990 km2 </Th> <Td> tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland, steppe 250--2,600 m </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> <Td> more than 400 bird species, 2,500 plant species; many endemics (25% of plant species, 5 primates); second - largest biodiversity in Africa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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