Tanzania is officially known as the United Republic of Tanzania and it is located in East Africa. In 1964 two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar united and turn out to be the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanzania is the oldest known inhabited region on earth. It generally has a tropical climate. Its economy is mainly agricultural which offers more than half of its monies. Tourism is becoming a very essential part of the economy also. Tanzania is rich in natural resources and has gold mines, natural gas, diamonds and iron plus many other people.The money is the Tanzania Shilling. The official language is both Swahili and English. Tanzania has Kenya and Uganda to the North and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west and on the east of Tanzania is the Indian Ocean. So if you are planning one of the Tanzania safari tours you could combine a trip to Tanzania with 1 of the bordering nations in Africa.When you are thinking about Tanzania safari tours in East Africa you have to consider the time of year that your plan to travel. Like much of Africa, there are the dry months, the wet months when rainfall is the heaviest and these months in in between where you might get light rain, no rain or extremely brief periods of rain. You can take Tanzania safari tours in the North American summer time months of June, July and August when you might see the wild animals like the numerous females with babies and the region is greener because of the rainfall in the preceding spring.The dry winter months are the high season in Africa and this is when you have to strategy your bookings additional in advance and the safaris cost much more during these months. The peak season is the end of the dry summer time months like mid August to mid September when the land has been dry and the animals usually congregate around traditional watering holes so the probabilities of seeing most of them is greater at that time. Especially if you are preparing Tanzania safari tours this is the area where wildlife is at it greatest. So Tanzania is where you would want to take that safari especially to view wildlife.Inside the region of Tanzania are many national parks such as Serengeti National Park which was established in 1951. It is where a big annual migration of animals happens and is regarded as the very best wildlife reserve in Africa because of the big amount of animals within the park. With an area of 5700 miles it has grasslands in the south where Wildebeest breed. This park is usually divided into three parts, the plains or grasslands, the Western Corridor which is swampy savannas which consists of the Grumeti River which is home to the Nile crocodile and the Northern Serengeti with its open woodlands and hills plus bushy savanna which is house to elephants and the giraffe.Discover Tanzania on a Safari Tour