Lake Manyara National Park is a Tanzanian national park located both in Arusha Region and Manyara Region, Tanzania and the majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Gregory Rift wall to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda-lake, to the east.

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is named after Ngorongoro Crater, a large volcanic caldera within the area located 180 km (110 mi) west of Arusha in the Crater Highlands area of Tanzania.

The Serengeti National Park is a Tanzanian national park in the Serengeti ecosystem in the Mara and Simiyu regions, covering 14,750 square kilometres (5,700 sq mi) of grassland plains, savanna, riverine forest, and woodlands. It is well-known for its annual migration of over 1.5 million white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 250,000 zebra and for its numerous Nile crocodile and honey badger.