Tanzania is Africa’s ultimate safari destination. With roughly a quarter of its area protected in a network of parks that includes the world-famous Serengeti, Tanzania is home to almost half the world's remaining wild lions, and around one-fifth of Africa's surviving elephants. Then there are the two million wildebeest and zebra that migrate annually through the Serengeti ecosystem, embarking on the dramatic mass calvings and chaotic river crossings that make it one of the world's greatest wildlife spectacles.

But it isn't just the Serengeti that makes Tanzania the top choice for travellers going on safari - click here for our definitive guide to the country's national parks.