Game Reserves & Parks
List of Parks
National Park


Arusha
Gombe Stream
Katavi
Lake Manyara
Mahale Mountain
Mikumi
Mount Kilimanjaro
Ruaha
Rubondo Island
Serengeti
Tarangire
Udzungwa Mountain

Area
Sq. Km.
137
52
2253
325
1613
3230
755
12950
457
14760
2600
1000

Height
Metres
1524 - 4565
750 - 1500
900
960 - 1478
780 - 2462
500 - 1257
1830 - 5896
750 - 1830
1130
950 - 1850
1100 - 1500
300 - 2800

Vegetation Type

Dense forest
Miombo forest; grassland
Miombo woodland
Forest; grassland
Miombo woodland
Miombo; acacia
Forest; moorland
Grassland; swamp; miombo
Evergreen forest
Grassland; acacia savannah
Mixed zones
Mixed forest

Designated
Year
1967
1968
1974
1960
1985
1964
1973
1964
1977
1951
1970
1992

Game Reserve


Biharamulo
Burigi
Ibanda
Kigosi
Kisigo
Maswa
Mkomazi
Mt. Meru
Moyowosi
Rumanyika
Uwanda
Rungwa
Saadani
Selous
Ugalla River
Umba River
Uwanda
Ngorongoro
(Conservation Area)

Area
Sq. Km.
1300
2200
200
5500
4000
2200
1000
20
6000
800
5000
9000
300
50000
5000
1500
500
8288


Height
Metres
1250 - 2000
1000 - 1500
1001 - 1500
1000
800 - 1500
950 - 1850
630 -1630
1500 - 2000
1000 - 1500
1001 - 1500
500 - 1000
1350 - 2350
0 - 50
100 - 1200
1400
630 - 1630
1200
1500 - 3600

Vegetation Type

Miombo; savannah
Swamp; forest
Forest
Wooded grassland; swamp
Bushland; thicket
Wooded savannah; plains
Open plains; thorn bush
Forest; moorland
Miombo; swamp
Forest; grassland
Grassland; swamp
Miombo; savannah
Savannah; grassland
Wooded grassland; miombo
Flood plain; woodland
Scrub; savannah
Flood plain
Forest, savannah

Designated
Year
1959
1980
1974
1983
1974
1969
1951
1974
1982
1974
1971
1951
1968
1922
1964
1974
1971
1959

Note: 2.59 sq.km = approx 1 sq.ml.
1.609 km.= approx 1mile