You can easily see the **Big Five in Tanzania** (lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and black rhino) by booking a **7 to 10-day Northern Circuit safari**. Lions, elephants, and buffalos are plentiful across all northern parks, leopards are spotted regularly in Central Serengeti's riverine forests, and the rare black rhino is reliably seen on the flat caldera floor of **Ngorongoro Crater**.
Tanzania holds one-third of Africa's remaining wild lions. The Serengeti boasts massive prides lounging on rocky kopjes, while Lake Manyara is famous for tree-climbing behaviors.
Elusive and solitary. Best tracked in Central Serengeti's Seronera valley, where they rest in the branches of sausage and acacia trees during the hot afternoons.
Tarangire National Park is the premier destination, housing herds of up to 300 elephants congregating around the Tarangire River. Large populations also inhabit Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
Highly adaptative and abundant. Found in massive numbers in Serengeti and Ngorongoro. They represent a key prey species for lion prides.
The most critically endangered of the five. Ngorongoro Crater floor offers the highest sighting probability in Africa, with roughly 30 resident individuals protected by rangers.