Longido District is a game controlled area (about 95% of the district is a game controlled area) with a coverage area of 7000 sq. kilometres. The district has five hunting blocks of which tourism comes for sport and trophy hunting. There are about 40 species of wildlife and high variety of bird life including the migratory flamingos of which Lake Natron is their only breeding zone in the world. Wildlife animals are estimated at 100,000 (ecosystem survey 1980) in the district with the population density of 6.7 per sq. kilometres (1984).
