OVERVIEW

Just like its direct neighbour Kenya, Tanzania is multifaceted, being located in East Africa with a long coastline along the Indian Ocean. Before we get into why Tanzania basically stands for safari, we also want to highlight bustling urban centres like Dar es Salaam with diverse or island beauty of Zanzibar off the coast. Especially Zanzibar with its white sandy beaches, turquoise waters and spice markets in Stone Town call for a journey to the senses.

Back inland, the most famous of them all, the Serengeti, awaits with those famous vast golden plains and the occasional – almost artistic –acacia tree. This is also the happening place of the Great Migration (seasonal) and the birth of thousands of wildebeest babies at the same time. Also part of the so-called East Africa Circuit is the nearby Ngorongoro Crater. The world’s largest inactive volcano caldera seems like a different planet on earth with its very own enclosed ecosystem.

Just south of Ngorongoro you will find the two national parks Lake Manyara and Tarangire. You will probably have spotted it in the background by now, Africa’s highest mountain Kilimanjaro, which is also found in the northeast of Tanzania. Visit the nearby coffee plantations in and around Arusha or get up close  to the roof of Africa in Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. This is a must on your ultimate African safari!