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- Dar es Salaam
- Capital
- Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
- Currency
- 36,232,074
- Population
- TZ
- Country Code
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Tanzania
Travel Blogs from Tanzania
Africa Wilderness - Ngorongoro Crater
This is a top pick! The first thing we noticed about the Ngorongoro Crater is the cold. The Crater Lodge is perched on the top of the rim at a height of 2,200 metres (7,200 feet) and several layers of clothing are required at night. We have log fire blazing away in our ...
The magical streets of Stone Town
This is a top pick! ... you. Zanzibar is a center of Swahili culture, a mix of African, Arab, and Indian influences. The island, although part of Tanzania, is proud of its autonomy and puts a stamp in your passport. The sultan of Oman, who ruled most of the east ...
The journey south
This is a top pick! Tomorrow we head south to Malawi, but I just wanted to leave a short message about Internet. The Internet in Malawi seems to be either non-existent or very expensive (up to $10 an hour). So we probably won't be using it, and we most likely ...
Stuck in a place I can't get out of....
This is a top pick! Yes. I got stuck in a lift in the Aursha International Convention Centre by the UN buildings. There were three of us, and luckily we got stuck at the floor of the conference 6 stories up. We rang the alarm and then the alarm stopped working. People ...
Fear and Loathing on the Mountain of God
This is a top pick! On the third day of the safari, we arrived at our campsite near Ol Doinyo Lengai, which means "mountain of God" in the Maasai language. Looking at it for the first time, one can understand why they choose this name. It is an active volcano ...
A Man, his Money, and a Master
This is a top pick! ... beat, at least get beat by professionals. That was about the only consolation I could give myself as I walked into Malawi from Tanzania a poorer man. Math annoys me. This is mostly due to sheer incompetence on my part when it comes to any number ...
Ngoronrogo crator
This is a top pick! Ngorongoro Conservation Area 28th May 2008 We awake in the morning to no view of the crater below but instead we saw thick white cloud. It was still very cold and very wet. We had breakfast and then loaded ourselves into the Landcruiser for our ...
Safari!!
This is a top pick! Michelle finished her work last week, and on Thursday we left on safari with George and Sil. There were some cock-ups (our "fixer" Bruno's fault) and we didn't see everything in quite the numbers we had hoped (except thousands and thousands of ...
It's Cleear! Pleased to meet you!
This is a top pick! Weaving through the people I spotted the sign. 'Cleear' That had to be me. Claire in East African. We got into the back of the sideways-seated bus. The driver weaving along the dirt tracks, slowing for the bumps, expertly navigating around the ...
Porn ride taxi
This is a top pick! Getting in to a taxi is often a great way to hear new and local music, or to see what international music is permeating the culture. I often end up chatting to the drivers about their favourite music, but today I was amazed. Housed in a see-through ...
Zanzibar
This is a top pick! Hi Guys, You can read our update from Zanzibar in our entry from Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania entitled 'Tanzania is Stripey!'. Cheers, K & ...
On top of Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro
This is a top pick! I'm not sure what possessed me to book a climb up to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 metres/ 19,200 feet) but I suppose I thought it was a good idea at the time and something Debbie would enjoy. As we trudged our way to the summit, in the dark early ...
Safari in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
This is a top pick! ... there is absolutly no way to describe how simply amazing our 3 days on safari was. Going back, when we arrived into Tanzania we stayed the night just outside of a small town called Arusha, this town has lots of traditional Masaai villages surrounding ...
Lake Manyara
This is a top pick! Lake Manyara 25th May 2008 At 8.30am as arranged, Salhim was outside Arusha Backpackers with the Landcruiser engine ticking. We stopped for a few essential things that we needed to buy such as water, there was no way we were going to pay $5 US for a ...
Zanzibar
This is a top pick! A quick touch down at Zanibar INTERNATIONAL (!) airport to let some folks off, and some tanned tourists on and we were off again to Dar. So late, so late. I hope I make my flight home, although the island looks like a paradise to explore one ...
Sun, sea and scuba
This is a top pick! ... sun, sea sand, sunbathing, swimming, sailing, snorkeling and scuba diving. We are on Zanzibar, off the east coast of Tanzania for a few days of rest, relaxation and recuperation after our Kilimanjaro exertions. And, of course to do a bit of ...
Back to Tanzania/Mbeya
This is a top pick! ... border make such a difference to the attitudes of the people you encounter. It was just so oblivious we were back in Tanzania. Anyone who has crossed this border will know exactly what we are talking about. Not wanting a repeat performance of the ...
Zanzibar Island....Paradise??!
This is a top pick! ... to leave on Monday back to the mainland, where we shall stay another couple of nights in Tanzania before entering Malawi. Love hugs kisses Ali and Matt xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ...
Kendwa, Zanzibar
This is a top pick! Version traduite plus bas... Sept 18, Kendwa, Zanzibar All the Muslim girls turned to Lance and shouted at once:"No!” in an angry voice... About 20 of them had just ran to the beach, each with some bag and started collecting sand... a sight that ...
Arusha
This is a top pick! ... we ventured out into the busy 'vulture' town of Arusha. As the Lonely Planet advised....'Arusha is the worst place in Tanzania for street touts and slick tour operators who prey on the gullibility of the newly arrived travellers .......' Hence our nick ...
Not so funny for Peggy
This is a top pick! Version traduite plus bas… Sep 11, Ushongo, Not so funny for Peggy ! "What is the best protection against mosquitoes? -Peggy! Shouts Tristan without hesitation. Seeing our look, he adds: “It is true! The first night here, there were 25 ...
Back in Arusha
Yesterday we drove directly from the Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha, stopping only to eat our mediocre lunchbox lunch at some picnic tables near the side of the road somewhere between here and there. All of our cooked meals with GAP Adventures ...
Kilimanjaro 3, by Roman
This is a top pick! Kilimanjaro 3 Day 4: The Longest Day Future celebrity, this signature will be worth millions… I glance one last time at the triangle formed by our scribbles on the ceiling of our room, ...
Ushongo, near Pangani
This is a top pick! Version française plus bas…. September 7th, Ushongo, near Pangani With the sounds of the waves crashing nearby or the songs of hundreds of small birds hidden in the coconut trees, it is hard to imagine the rat race or the work place in other parts ...
Back in Moshi. The journey home begins
This is a top pick! ... his friend, Richard, a porter for Kilimanjaro earning peanuts climbing the hill for everyone else. And so to bed, and bathroom, and bed, and bathroom. The beer turned out to not be such a good idea. And then it was morning. My final day in ...
where the wild things are - Africa Safari (part I)
This is a top pick! ... get some of the stuff but don't have anywhere to pack it and am too cheap to ship it home. The border crossing into Tanzania wasn't too much of a hassle. We stopped at a campsite next to Lake Victoria for the evening. There was another Acacia tour group ...
Serengeti
This is a top pick! Serengeti National Park 26th May 2008 So after a wild animal packed day yesterday how could we top that we ask ourselves. Our driver was quietly confident we would. After all he had done this many times before. We left Lake Manyara and set off towards ...
Arusha, Tanzania
This is a top pick! Version française plus bas... Aug 24, Arusha Rotating her corn cobs on a make shift fire, this Tanzanian woman seems to have all the time in the world... she bites slowly into one of the roasted piece and peace seems to inhabit her mind... how much ...
Morning drive in the Serengeti
There is only one ladies toilet and one sink to go with it at this wonderful new campsite we're staying at in the Serengeti, so the lineup at 5:45am this morning was frightening. I used the men's toilet and shared the women's sink with three other gals ...