Country Info
- Dar es Salaam
- Capital
- Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
- Currency
- 36,232,074
- Population
- TZ
- Country Code
Tanzania Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Tanzania
Usambara - Day 1 - The drunken guide
This is a top pick! ... . The locals must have been happy that the rains seemed to be finally returning. The short rains last year had not arrived in Tanzania and I think these were the first real rains for 9 months or so. Coming into town all the locals kids were chanting ...
Day 3 - Snow - Alpine Zone - Moonscape
This is a top pick! Plenty of snow coming down the mountain side from the summit of Kili to just above our campsite this morning. The mist soon came down as we started to ascent into the alpine zone making for a moonscape like morning. We had some drizzle before lunch ...
Holding it as if my life depended on it
This is a top pick! ... a wreck and thought, "Jan was right, I'm surfacing". Back on the truck again, we left Malawi and headed across the border into Tanzania. The roads were a bit better and I was no longer being jounced around and was starting to enjoy the view, we were ...
The plains of Serengeti
This is a top pick! Off to the Serengeti this morning, very excited as it's a place I've always wanted to go. We passed through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area on the way where we got fantastic views over into the crater. It is 200sq miles all together and when we looked ...
Wake up under a mosquito net
This is a top pick! ... is deep in to Messai territory, so the chances of cats visiting are slim. Maybe a good thing as I don't want a hungry cheetah nibbling on my big toe in the middle of the night. More ...
Back to Dar
This is a top pick! Up way too early nursing a bit of a headache and back in the minibus down to Stonetown. The driver was using 2 exposed wired that he would pinch together and sound his car alarm as a horn! I presumed the normal horn was broken, but half way into the ...
Dar to Mtwara - Meeting the Boss
This is a top pick! ... they would see them all the time. I guess the local enthusiasm is a positive sign for the future preservation of wildlife in Tanzania. Managed to pick up a corn on the cob some time before lunch and then for lunch I had some fish that looked well ...
Zanzibar days.....Ticket madness
This is a top pick! ... two tone strawberry Alpenleibe for the next few days.... We wandered around (and got lost) trying to find the Dalla-Dalla (Tanzania's Matatus) stand at the market, fortunately we kept asking for 'market' and eventually found it. The dalla-dalla on the ...
further down into the wilderness
This is a top pick! ... half an hour to get to the next landing strip, from where we will continue in another safari vehicle. So we had to say goodbye to our guide here at the Ngorogoro. More on http://www.travelbysuitcases.com/journey/amazing-safari-tanzania ...
Sunset rock
This is a top pick! ... hunting for a morning snack. Her small head just sticking out above the ridge in which she is hiding. But our presence distracts her and she shies away into the woods. More ...
Arusha to Lushoto - The dreaded bus station
This is a top pick! ... road out of Arusha and green as we traveled back passed the coffee plantations and fields of plantains. I was surprised how green Tanzania was, although not like Uganda, I had expected most areas just to look like the pictures I'd seen beforehand of the ...
An exciting game drive and the last of the Big 5
This is a top pick! It was incredibly cold last night. I was told it could get as low as 10C here on the crater rim, but I think it was lower. My equatorial backpack with extra liner along with the pants and hoodie I was wearing were not enough combined to keep me ...
Safari in Lake Manyara
This is a top pick! Our first safari of the trip began this afternoon. We were picked up after lunch and drove directly to Lake Manyara National Park in the Great Rift Valley. Just outside of the park we saw several baboons in and around the street. We watched them for a ...
Nungwi and the full moon party
This is a top pick! Took the 8am bus to Nungwi, a beach resort right on the northern tip of Zanzibar and booked into the Jambo Bothers Resort. Man this place is gorgeous. White sand, turquoise sea and small dhows both in and out of the water. Nungwi is known for is boat ...
Under African skies
This is a top pick! ... a National Geographic documentary and we are so excited to be here. Arusha is a largish town in northern Tanzania where many tourists kick off their safaris or Kilimanjaro hikes. It is also the Tanzanian headquarters of MondoChallenge, ...
Those who confine their farts
This is a top pick! ... a dark concrete building. It contains two PCs, a desk and a couple of chairs, and is decorated with maps of Tanzania and fading photos of previous volunteers. Today is a public holiday celebrating Worker's Day. A cynic may suggest that ...
A lucky escape (CONTAINS VIDEO)
This is a top pick! ... ; I am waiting for you in the immigration office," he says, pointing to a nearby building. Although Zanzibar is part of Tanzania it still retains its own immigration section, mainly for ego reasons. We had heard that it is not compulsory to ...
Kilimanjaro (CONTAINS VIDEO)
This is a top pick! Here is the video from our Kilimanjaro adventure: One of the anticipated highlights of our journey was always our attempt at climbing Mt Kilimanjaro. Even just the name is so exotic and other-worldly. Africa's largest ...
Ngorongoro Crater
This is a top pick! Day the Fortieth - in which we have a Big Cat Diary moment. Ben got us up early, not that it was necessary; the cold seeped in so we were pretty much awake already. Packed and on the road in the dawn light. Before too long we were stopped with another ...
Dilly-Dally No 3 to Mwanza
This is a top pick! This entry includes the whole trip from Ngara to Mwanza [via Kahama and Shinyanga]. As evidenced here, it can be done in a day, a long day yes, but a day nonetheless. Therefore Kigali to Mwanza [and vice versa I assume] can be done in 2 days. No ...
Day 5 - Altitude, cold and tales of sickness
This is a top pick! Woken by the porters at 11pm, still officially yesterday, this is going to be a long day! Tea and peanuts to get us on our way and on the road by midnight, as we start getting higher I am able to look down at a trail of flashlight coming up behind. ...
The exotic land of Zanzibar
This is a top pick! Sarah and i have just spent a week enjoying the finest Zanzibar has to offer. After spending 2 nights in Dar Es Salam (known simply as Dar to the locals) we caught a ferry over the waves to arrive in Zanzibar by evening. The sky was cloudless and ...
Two to Tanga
This is a top pick! Today I am making a 'business trip' to the title town of the Tanga region. I've never had a job that involves much travel, so it is a tiny bit exciting, even though Tanga is only a two-hour bus ride from Pangani. The purpose of the trip is to deliver ...
The Case of the Missing Computer
This is a top pick! One of my tasks as a benevolent and selfless volunteer in Pangani is teaching computer skills to local people. Some of my students have never used a computer before so the lessons have to begin with basics such as "this is the mon-i-tor. This ...
Ferry to Pemba
This is a top pick! ngalawa outrigger Raf, Cisca, Helena, Eric, Annie, Neil, Mia, Nancy, Ali, Alex, Dar - Pemba, Chake ...
Camp visitors
This is a top pick! After lunch, our pop-up roof was closed and we drove for two hours through the plains and then winding up to the rim of the crater. The air is much cooler and windier up here, about 2,500m above sea level. We were warned to leave all our food and smelly ...