Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s major city and its capital in everything but name.
Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s major city and its capital in everything but name.
With snow-capped Mt Kilimanjaro, the wildlife-packed Ngorongoro Crater and the vast plains of the Serengeti, northern Tanzania embodies what is for many quintessential Africa.
Zanzibar’s allure is legendary.
The fast-growing town of Arusha is the gateway to Tanzania’s northern safari circuit.
Whether you’re arriving for the first time or the fiftieth, Zanzibar never seems to lose its touch of the exotic.
Moshi, a bustling town at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro, is home of the Chagga people and the centre of one of Tanzania’s major coffee-growing regions.
Mwanza is the economic centre of the Lake Victoria region and the surrounding area is home to the Sukuma, Tanzania’s largest tribe.
For at least 2000 years, northeastern Tanzania has been attracting visitors.
From 1887 Bagamoyo was the capital of German East Africa, but when the capital was transferred to Dar es Salaam in 1891, Bagamoyo went into a slow decline.
With their wide vistas, cool climate, winding paths and picturesque villages, the Usambaras are one of northeastern Tanzania’s highlights.
The scrappy but agreeable town of Kigoma is the major Tanzanian port on Lake Tanganyika, the end of the line for the Central Line train, and the best starting point for visits to Gombe Stream and Mahale Mountains National Parks.
The bustling regional capital of Mbeya is the major town in southwestern Tanzania and an important transit point en route to/from Zambia and Malawi.
Although it’s one of Tanzania’s smallest national parks, Arusha is one of its most beautiful and topographically varied.
Tanzania’s largest and most famous national park, the Serengeti is a 14, 763-sq-km wilderness that offers unparalleled safari opportunities.
For much of its history, Pemba has been overshadowed by Zanzibar, its larger, more visible and more politically powerful neighbour to the south.
Between August and October, the baobab-studded Tarangire National Park has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife of any Tanzanian park.
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