Tanzania | Getaway Destinations

Arusha National Park

Arusha National Park is one of the smallest in Tanzania and without some of the big game on offer in the larger, more well known parks, it is often overlooked by safari-goers.

Vendors display their wares in whatever open space they can find around this chaotic, crowded city.

Arusha, Tanzania

Arusha is a crowded, vibrant market town, and a convenient hub for the many tourists who use it as a launching pad for safari's to the nearby wildlife reserves.

Bagamoyo

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A sleepy town of around 30,000 Bagamoyo is the centre of the local Tanzanian dhow building industry.

The Dar es Salaam yacht club in Msasani Bay is one of the few places in the city where you can look west over the sea and follow the setting sun.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's largest and most prosperous city with 2.5 million inhabitants according to the last official census in 2002.

Klipspringer are usually seen in pairs, keeping lookout from their boulder-top perches.

Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania

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Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania boasts an impressive variety of wildlife including approximately 400 species of birds.

Uninterrupted views over the Wissmann Bay on the north shores of Lake Nyasa.

Matema, Lake Nyasa, Tanzania

Matema is a small, friendly and wonderfully relaxed fishing village on the north east corner of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi).

The small stream responsible for the gorge's creation has cut deep into the local sediment, exposing 7 distinct layers, each containing stone tools and other artifacts which (in the lowest, oldest layers) date back approximately 2 million years.

Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

The Olduvai Gorge lies within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, about 200km west of Arusha, and has often been called the 'cradle of mankind'.

Elephants are common sightings and have been known to use the wide beach as a more convenient route up and down the park.

Saadani National Park

The Saadani National Park covers approximately 1,100sq kilometres, and is situated along a wide sweep of unspoilt Tanzanian coastline north of Dar es Salaam.

Serengeti

A vast sea of grass swarming with wildlife, the Serengeti is the classic Africa of our imagination. It is a true wildlife eden, supporting the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa.

Brightly coloured bags and prints fill a crumbling doorway along one of Stone Town?s maze-like network of alleys.

Stone Town, Zanzibar

Stone Town is the name given to the western most peninsular of Zanzibar Town, the capital and largest urban centre on the island of Zanzibar.