We consider Tanzania to be one of the most exciting destinations in the world. In addition to jaw-dropping landscapes, breathtaking wildlife encounters, pristine white sand beaches and a wide variety of adventurous activities, it has a fabulous choice of accommodation across the style and price spectrum to suit every type of traveller. Furthermore, the Tanzanian people are warm and friendly and will welcome you to their beautiful country with open arms.
Tanzania holidays and Zanzibar holidays
This one, relatively small, African country has some of the largest herds of wild animals on the planet, and, in places, some of the highest concentrations of predators. Wildlife spectacles are guaranteed in such areas as the volcanic caldera at Ngorongoro, where animals inhabit the bowl-like lush environment in exceptional numbers, and across the apparently endless plains of the great Serengeti. The great thing about Tanzania is how easy it is to combine its many spectacular aspects, from inland safari to blissful beach hideaway.
Tanzania is a country that earns many superlatives, and the while the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and Mount Kilimanjaro – three of Africa’s top five destinations – tend to steal the limelight, the lesser visited parks in the south and west of Tanzania are seriously worth visiting, and safaris in the wildly different parks of Selous, Ruaha, Mahale or Katavi can be equally as memorable and exciting, and more private.
The same can be said of its beaches. This is a country also characterised by its vibrant Swahili coastline, from the more famously renowned islands of Zanzibar to lesser known reaches of its mainland coast. Dotted with islands large and small, inhabited and deserted, the Indian Ocean beaches here are fabulous, punctuated with coconut trees originating from the days of the Sultans, and swathed in white coral sands.
Tanzania Vacations: On safari
Tanzania is primarily famous for its awe-inspiring wildlife and phenomenal concentrations of predators. In particular, the remarkable annual Great Migrationof two million wildebeest and zebra in search of verdant pastures over the vast Serengeti Plains is one of the great natural wonders of the world. However, in addition to the famous Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania has numerous other reserves and parks offering a variety of fantastic safari experiences, including chimpanzee trekking at Mahale in the remote far west of the country. All of these are easily linked in any itinerary to a beautiful beach location in the same country.
Tanzanian Holidays: The scenery
No less spectacular than its wildlife is Tanzania’s astonishing range of landscape and scenery: majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, the beautiful lush green Ngorongoro Highlands, the Serengeti’s iconic vast grassy plains studded with the occasional Acacia tree, the stark and dramatic scorched red earth of Ruaha, and not least its stunning Indian Ocean and Zanzibar coastline, with sparkling blue waters lapping at the white sand shore under swaying palms. The range of beaches here provides something for everyone, from the ultimate island hideaway to a full range of watersports options on Zanzibar island.