Walks and treks
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Moshi, Kilimanjaro
At 5,895 m, Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world, and you can walk to the summit without…
Travel tips in Tanzania
Natural features
Ngorongoro Crater
Ngorongoro, Arusha
The world's largest intact volcanic caldera, 600 m deep and 20 km wide, a UNESCO site, home to about 25,000 animals including black rhinos, lions and…
Natural features
Serengeti National Park
Mara
Endless plains with more than a million wildebeest and zebras on the Great Migration, and one of the highest densities of lions in Africa, a UNESCO s…
Historic sites
Stone Town, Zanzibar
Zanzibar, Zanzibar West
The old Swahili trading town of Zanzibar, a UNESCO site, with carved doors, the House of Wonders, the Old Fort, the former slave market and the Forod…
Natural features
Gombe Stream chimpanzees
Kigoma
A small forest park on Lake Tanganyika where Jane Goodall began her chimpanzee research in 1960.
Natural features
Jambiani Beach, Zanzibar
Nganane, Zanzibar South
A long stretch of white sand and turquoise water on the south-east coast of Zanzibar, beside a relaxed fishing village.
Natural features
Nungwi and Kendwa, Zanzibar
Nungwi, Zanzibar North
Zanzibar's northern beaches, where the tides change little, with white sand and turquoise water good for swimming all day.
Natural features
Ruaha and Nyerere (Selous)
Iringa
Southern Tanzania's wild parks: Ruaha has huge elephant herds, lions and baobabs, and Nyerere National Park (formerly Selous) offers boat safaris on …
Natural features
Tarangire National Park
Manyara
A park of giant baobab trees and huge herds of elephants, especially in the dry season (June to October), when animals gather along the Tarangire Riv…
Attractions
Meserani Snake Park, near Arusha
Monduli, Arusha
A snake park and reptile centre on the road west of Arusha, with mambas, cobras, pythons and puff adders, plus crocodiles and tortoises.