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Northern Tanzania and southern Kenya, home of world famous national parks such as Amboseli, Tsavo, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Serengeti, and the Ngorongoro conservation area, offers a tightly packed hub of wildlife conservation. This extremely scenic area, which is the center of tourism in East Africa, has been the home of the Maasai people for centuries. The two regions share some bio-physical characteristics and cultural elements, but enough subtle and distinct differences in conservation and development policy, soil and vegetation composition, water resource availability, and culture provide an opportunity for comparing and contrasting wildlife management studies between these two regions.

Dar es Salaam is a bustling equatorial city on the Indian Ocean with a population of 2.5 million. It is Tanzania's center of commerce and government, despite not being the official capital. Dar es Salaam's proximity to Zanzibar and its history with the rise of the Swahili culture make it an historic and culturally significant location.

Tanzania is the home of some of the most famous natural wildlife regions in Africa, including the Serengeti, Mt. Kilimanjaro, a major coral reef, the Great Rift Valley, three of Africa's largest lakes, and the Ngorongoro crater. Often referred to as "Africa in a microcosm," Tanzania's unparalleled natural beauty and ethnic diversity make for a compelling and rich destination.

Few natural environments compare to the vast wilderness expanses of Tanzania. Serengeti National Park is the site of the largest wildlife migration on earth. Tanzania is home to tropical, temperate, and alpine forests.

The Zanzibar archipelago - composed of the major islands, Unguja and Pemba, as well as many smaller islands - is located at the juncture of a multitude fo historical, cultural, political, economic, and ecological crosscurrents. Its coral reefs, beaches, and mangrove and coastal forests are home to rar and endangered species such as red colobus monkey, the green sea turtle, and the blue duiker.