SETTING a natural home to migrating animals from Serengeti National Park, IKONA WMA is a community based wildlife conservation area where photographic safaris had paid a rewarding prize to local communities neighbouring Serengeti National Park. IKONA:  Assembling point for The Great Wildebeest Migration SETTING a natural home to migrating animals from Serengeti National Park, IKONA WMA is a community based wildlife conservation area where photographic safaris had paid a rewarding prize to local communities neighbouring   Serengeti National Park. IKONA share its borders with the Serengeti National Park, Ikorongo and Grumeti Game Reserves and Sasakwa Concession Area. The WMA is made up of five villages located in western side of the Serengeti National Park, in Serengeti District, Mara region. Established in 2007, IKONA covers an area of 242.3 kilometres of wildlife conservation area which is home to migrating animals from Serengeti National Park and the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. Tourist activities are mostly photographic safaris, similar to Serengeti National Park. IKONA is a tourist attraction product and where the local communities had succeeded to participate in wildlife conservation through benefit sharing with positive results. The five villages bordering the Western Serengeti – Western corner of the Serengeti and which make up Ikona WMA are Park Nyigoti, Robanda, Nyichoka, Natta-Umbiso and Makundusi. The Great Wildebeest migration concentrate at IKONA between May and June, the time which tens of thousands of wildebeest cross the Ikona WMA on their way to Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. Wildlife attractions in this WMA are similar to those in living in Serengeti National Park. Big African Mammals found in IKONA are large wildlife species, including Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Hartebeests, Waterbucks, Wildebeests, Warthogs, Leopards, Topis, Roan Antelopes, Lesser and Greater Kudu, Klipspringer, Zebras, Hippopotami, Black and White Colobus Monkeys and Crocodiles. IKONA Visitors

RANDILEN WMA is located in Monduli District, Arusha Region, occupying an area of 31,200.68 hectares of forest land, carved from Mswakini, Mswakini Juu and Naitolia villages. Best site for sundown and plain wildlife. RANDILEN WMA is located in Monduli District, Arusha Region, occupying an area of 31,200.68 hectares of forest land, carved from Mswakini, Mswakini Juu and Naitolia villages. This WMA is accessible by road transport, about 85 kilometres from Arusha City, near Makuyuni junction. Visitors can travel by cars plying between key wildlife parks in Northern Tanzania; notably Tarangire, Lake Manyara and Serengeti National Parks; also Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It takes roughly one hour to drive from Arusha to Randilen in a normal speed. Randilen WMA shares its borders and wildlife resources with Tarangire and Lake Manyara ecosystem.  Animals from Tarangire and Lake Manyara National Parks, including Zebras, Birds, Elephant, Ostriches, Buffalos, Lions, Leopards, Dik Diks, Tortoises, Guinea fowls, Wildebeests and other big mammals migrate to Randilen. The WMA which is set for photographic safaris as major tourist activity, is also frequented by big herds of Elephants, African Hunting Dogs, Buffaloes, Gerenuks, Giraffes, Eland, Lions, Leopards, Impalas, Warthogs, Waterbucks, Hartebeests, Jackals, Lesser Kudu, Greater Kudus, Pangolins, Thomson Gazelles and Pythons that are commonly seen.  The Pancake Tortoises are abundantly seen at the Boundary Hills. Other than wild animals, Randilen WMA is home to various bird species attracted by vegetation and water sources which contribute to an abundance and variety of bird life like Ostriches, Ground Hornbills, Love Birds, Parrots, Francolins, Guinea Fowls and Egyptian Goose. The areas have significant elephant and buffalo populations which use this area as a migration area from Tarangire National Park. There is a breeding site for elephants where they give birth to their offspring. Tree Climbing Lions can be seen in various places within the