Must-see attractions in Tanzania

  • Katavi National Park, Tanzania
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    Katavi National Park

    Western Tanzania

    Katavi National Park, 35km southwest of Mpanda, is Tanzania’s third-largest national park (together with two contiguous game reserves the conservation…

  • Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus in Serengeti.

    Serengeti National Park

    Northern Tanzania

    Few people forget their first encounter with the Serengeti. Perhaps it's the view from the summit of Naabi Hill at the park's entrance, from where the…

  • Mt. Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park.

    Mt Kilimanjaro National Park

    Northern Tanzania

    Since its official opening in 1977, Mt Kilimanjaro National Park has become one of Tanzania’s most visited parks. Unlike the other northern parks, this…

  • Chimpanzee, Mahale Mountains, Tanzania.
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    Mahale Mountains National Park

    Western Tanzania

    It’s difficult to imagine a more idyllic combination: clear, blue waters and white-sand beaches backed by lushly forested mountains soaring straight out…

  • Tarangire National Park

    Northern Tanzania

    Welcome to one of Africa's most underrated parks. Thanks to its proximity to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, Tarangire is usually assigned only a day visit…

  • Two young elephants from the herd play to test their strength, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
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    Ruaha National Park

    Southern Highlands

    At approximately 22,000 sq km, Ruaha National Park is Tanzania’s largest. It forms the core of a wild and extended ecosystem covering about 40,000 sq km…

  • Common Chimpanzee - Scientific name - Pan troglodytes schweinfurtii portrait at Kibale Forest National Park, Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda, Africa
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    Gombe National Park

    Western Tanzania

    With an area of only 56 sq km, this is Tanzania’s smallest national park, but its famous primate inhabitants and its connection to Jane Goodall have given…

  • Young elephant bulls in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.

    Selous Game Reserve

    Southeastern Tanzania

    The Selous is Africa's largest wildlife reserve, and Tanzania’s most extensive protected area. It’s home to large herds of elephants, plus buffaloes,…

  • The Ngorongoro Conservation area in Tanzania.
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    Ngorongoro Conservation Area

    Northern Tanzania

    This astounding conservation area and Unesco World Heritage Site encompasses the Ngorongoro Crater, Oldupai Gorge and much of the Crater Highlands. It can…

  • Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania - January 1, 2007: A group of tourists is hiking down from the  top of Ol Doinyo Lengai into the green Rift Valley, in the background the Escarpment of the Rift Valley is visible. In the foreground there is some volcanic smoke coming out of a crack.

    Ol Doinyo Lengai

    Northern Tanzania

    The northernmost (and youngest) volcano in the Crater Highlands, Ol Doinyo Lengai (2878m), ‘Mountain of God’ in the Maasai language, is an almost perfect…

  • Empakaai Crater in Tanzania, Africa.

    Empakaai Crater

    Northern Tanzania

    Lake-filled Empakaai Crater, 23km northeast of Olmoti Crater, may not be as famous as Ngorongoro, but many travellers consider it to be its match in…

  • Silhouetted Little Egrets, Egretta garzetta, in Lake Victoria, Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania.

    Rubondo Island National Park

    Lake Victoria

    Rubondo Island National Park, alluring for its tranquillity and sublime lakeshore scenery, is one of Tanzania’s best-kept secrets and there may be days…

  • Misali Island, Tanzania.

    Misali Island

    Pemba

    Surrounded by crystal waters and stunning coral reefs, Misali offers some of the best diving in East Africa, while snorkelling is spectacular and easily…

  • Famous rock paintings in Iringa from the native people.

    Igeleke Rock Art

    Southern Highlands

    A large prehistoric frieze, similar in style to the Kondoa rock paintings, located at a spectacular site on the edge of town just west of the Dodoma road…

  • Treetop walkway in Lake Manyara National Park.

    Lake Manyara Treetop Walkway

    Lake Manyara National Park

    Enjoy a guided bird's-eye view of Manyara on Tanzania's first treetop walkway (370m). It begins at ground level and climbs gently into the canopy,…

  • Iringa Boma

    Southern Highlands

    This excellent EU-funded museum is a great new development, as is its small cafe and quality gift shop. Located between Uhuru Park and Neema, Boma is…

  • Neema Crafts

    Southern Highlands

    This acclaimed vocational training centre for young deaf and disabled people sits just southeast of the Clock Tower roundabout. Operated by the Anglican…

  • Matvilla Beach

    Lake Victoria

    The best thing to do in Musoma is visit Matvilla Beach at the tip of the peninsula, with its pinky-grey granite boulders. It’s prime sunset-watching-with…

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    Ngorongoro Crater

    Northern Tanzania

    At 19km wide and with a surface of 264 sq km, Ngorongoro is one of the largest unbroken calderas in the world that isn’t a lake. Its steep walls soar 400m…

  • Natural cliff erosion at Isimila Stone Age site in Iringa, Tanzania.

    Isimila Stone Age Site

    Southern Highlands

    Here, in the late 1950s, amid a dramatic landscape of eroded sandstone pillars, archaeologists unearthed one of the most significant Stone Age finds ever…

  • Young elephant bulls in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.

    Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor

    Southern Highlands

    The Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor ('Ushoroba' in Swahili) joins the Selous Game Reserve with Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve, forming a vast conservation…

  • Impalas, zebras and a marabou in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania.

    Mikumi National Park

    Southern Highlands

    Mikumi is Tanzania’s fourth-largest national park, and the most accessible from Dar es Salaam. With almost guaranteed year-round wildlife sightings, it…

  • A group of flamingos wading in Lake Manyara in Tanzania.

    Lake Manyara National Park

    Northern Tanzania

    Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania’s smaller and most underrated parks. While it may lack the size and variety of other northern-circuit…

  • House of Wonders, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

    House of Wonders

    Zanzibar Town

    An icon of Stone Town, the House of Wonders rises in impressive tiers of slender steel pillars and balconies overlooking the waterfront. Its enormous…

  • Kitulo National Park in Tanzania.

    Kitulo National Park

    Southern Highlands

    This national park protects the flower-clad Kitulo Plateau, together with sections of the former Livingstone Forest Reserve, which runs south from the…

  • Gerezani Fort, Kilwa Kisiwani.

    Kilwa Kisiwani

    Southeastern Tanzania

    Today, 'Kilwa on the Island' is a quiet fishing village, but in its heyday it was the centre of a vast trading network linking the old Shona kingdoms and…

  • ZALA Park

    Zanzibar Island

    ZALA (Zanzibar Land Animals) Park was founded as a project to help local people appreciate the value of wildlife, with funds raised by tourist visits. The…

  • Forodhani Gardens in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

    Forodhani Gardens

    Zanzibar Town

    One of the best ways to ease into Zanzibar life is to stop by this waterfront public space. It's a social hub for tourists and locals alike; there's a…

  • The Old Dispensary in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

    Old Dispensary

    Zanzibar Town

    With its peppermint-green latticework balconies and sculpted clock tower, this 19th-century charitable dispensary is one of the most attractive landmarks…

  • Songo Mnara

    Southeastern Tanzania

    The tiny island of Songo Mnara, about 8km south of Kilwa Kisiwani, contains ruins at its northern end – including of a palace, several mosques and…

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    Princess Salme Museum

    Zanzibar Town

    Carefully curated by the renowned historian Said al Gheithy, this delightful little museum tells the story of Princess Salme, a sultan's daughter who…

  • Mafia Island Marine Park

    Southeastern Tanzania

    At around 822 sq km, Mafia Island Marine Park is the largest marine protected area in the Indian Ocean, sheltering a unique complex of estuarine, mangrove…

  • Livingstone’s Tembe

    Western Tanzania

    This deep-maroon-coloured, flat-roofed Arabic-style home, built in 1857, is the main attraction in these parts. It was Livingstone’s residence for part of…

  • Katuruka Heritage Site

    Lake Victoria

    A stop on the Bukoba Tours circuit, this site preserves the oldest-known iron-smelting furnace in east, central and southern Africa (from 500 BC; long…

  • Arusha National Park

    Northern Tanzania

    The transition between unappealing urban chaos and pristine mountain hiking trails is rarely so abrupt as it is in Arusha National Park. One of Tanzania’s…

  • Gol Mountains

    Northern Tanzania

    Some places are so far off well-travelled routes that there are no tracks other than those left by wildlife and traditional herders. The remote and rarely…

  • Amani Nature Reserve

    Northeastern Tanzania

    This reserve is located west of Tanga in the heart of the eastern Usambaras. Often overlooked, it’s a peaceful, lushly vegetated patch of montane forest…

  • Nafasi Art Space

    Dar es Salaam

    Aiming to be the leading contemporary art centre in Tanzania, Nafasi is a complex of studios housed in an old industrial warehouse in Mikocheni. Many…

  • Fenga Rock-Art Complex

    Central Tanzania

    One of the most impressive of the Kondoa Rock-Art Sites is the excellent Fenga complex, with its dense and lively images. The dominant feature is a…

  • Boma

    Southeastern Tanzania

    The imposing German boma, built in 1895 as a fort and administrative centre, has been beautifully renovated as a hotel. Even if you’re not staying here,…

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