World Travel Awards: Tarangire grabs Africa’s leading elephant paradise award | Nyerere National Park is the most scenic
Nyerere, which is also the newest and largest conservancy in East Africa wins the continent’s top scenic award having scooped the same during the park’s maiden entry in 2025.
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Nyerere, which is Tanzania’s biggest National Park has managed to scoop the 2026 World Travel Awards’ Africa Leading Scenic National Park.
On the other hand, Tarangire has grabbed Africa’s Leading Elephant Paradise National Park 2026, during the continent’s WTA grand tour.
The Nyerere National Park commanding officer, Ephraim Mwangomo received the award on behalf of the Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) Commissioner of Conservation.
Abdallah Kiwango the TANAPA Deputy Conservation Commissioner received the Tarangire award during the Gala Ceremony held at Diamond Bijoux Resort in Zanzibar.
This is the second time that both Nyerere and Tarangire won those two awards.
Nyerere, which is also the newest and largest conservancy in East Africa wins the continent’s top scenic award having scooped the same during the park’s maiden entry in 2025.
Tarangire, regarded as the home to the biggest elephants in the region, is also the precinct where the Jumbos have been bearing twins, a remarkable biological feat.
In 2025, Tanzania’s biggest National Park, Nyerere, the country’s second biggest National Park, Ruaha both made the first ever appearance at the World Travel Awards.
Ruaha made its global presence felt in winning the trophy for Africa’s leading cultural National Park.
Nyerere, on the other hand, bagged the trophy for Africa’s most scenic National Park.
On the other hand, Kitulo National Park, renowned for its mosaic landscape of flowery plants made its presence felt across the globe by winning Africa’s leading honeymoon destination accolade at both the 2026 and 2025 the World Travel Awards.
The victories attained by Kitulo, Nyerere and Ruaha, indicate that the southern tourism circuit of Tanzania is opening up, because the three National Parks are located in the Southern Highlands regions of Morogoro, Iringa, Mbeya and Songwe.
For many years, the Tanzania Tourism industry was concentrated in the Northern Circuit where most tourists and awards would find their way to Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro and the Serengeti, but this time around, the World Travel Awards seem to have flown south.
There are 21 National Parks in Tanzania and so far, those that have been winning the WTA awards are the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tarangire, Kitulo, Ruaha and Nyerere.
