About Tanzania
Tanzania is the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Dodoma, its political capital is in the centre of the country and Dar Es Salaam, the economic capital, is on the coast. It occupies an area of 945,087 km² out of which over 100,000 km² are devoted to reserves and National Parks.
The country has a vast central plateau sloping down towards the Indian Ocean, three Great Lakes (Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa) and the Great Rift Valley with its twenty large volcanoes and hundreds of small cones. The coast is lined with a series of coral islands such as Zanzibar, Mafia and Pemba.
A wild, romantic undiscovered country, a land with wide open spaces and magnificent wildlife, warm hospitable people, explorers’ tales and sultans' palaces, slave trade and spice islands.
A country where you can relive all the enchantment of an ageless continent while still enjoying all the comforts and luxuries of modern life.
Tanzania has one of the world's finest wildlife sanctuaries and the most common ones are Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Lake Manyara, Mount Kilimanjaro, Selous, Mikumi, and Ruaha. Other areas pristine areas include Gombe Stream, Mahale Mountains, Katavi and Rubondo.
The vast array of wildlife will simply astound you. Every East African animal you ever dreamed of is here. The astounding Wildebeest Migration with all their pursuing predators, the great herds of Elephant, the wide variety of spectacular Birds. Antelopes, Monkeys & Chimpanzees, some of the worlds biggest Crocodiles and you can see them all in their natural environment. Naturally, the Masai tribes, who have lived here for thousands of years, virtually unchanged.
A Tanzanian safari can be as luxurious or as adventurous as you like, with a choice of accommodation from luxurious lodges to simple campsites, from safari in search of the wild to climbing Mt Kilimanjaro – the highest in Africa. Beaches to dream of on the Magical Islands of Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia.
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