The Dar-es-salaam Marine Reserves

Dar es Salaam Marine Reserves comprises of Bongoyo Island, Mbudya Island, Pangavini and Fungu Yasini Marine Reserves. The reserves system has a total area of 15sqkm, with Mbudya Island Marine Reserve being the largest and Funguyasini Island, the smallest. Clean beacheas at Mbudya Island Reserve Mbudya Island Reserve The Dar es Salaam Marine Reserves system are unique due to their proximity to Dar es Salaam city, potential biodiversity...

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Lake Natron

A soda lake, locate 200 km north-west of Arusha, Lake Natron is breeding ground and home to thousands of Lasser flamingos. Lake Natron is the World's most important breeding site for the Lesser Flamingo Watching them take flight in the dawn light is a magical sight that should not be missed...

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Zanzibar Historical Sites

Slave Chambers Ngome Kongwe, The Old Fort Mtoni Palace Ruins and the Old Fort Forts and RuinsA trip to the many ruins and old buildings of Zanzibar is a voyage of discovery through time. The journey can take one from Stone Town’s narrow streets and coral-rag walls - clad with rank lichens and sun-faded plaster, to tended gardens and lily-ponds overlooked by towering pillars guarding hidden tombs. Sites worth visiting include the following:- Maruhubi...

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Usambara Mountains

This little known mountain range is one of the gems of Tanzania. Located to the west of the coastal town of Tanga, the Usambaras offer incredible natural biodiversity, great hiking opportunities and a bird-watching paradise. Usambara Mountains, with Irente viewpoint on top Waterfalls in Usambara Mountains Usambara Forest Irente Viewpoint: From this famous viewpoint you can see the village of Mazinde almost 1000 meters below the vast...

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Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings

The paintings depicting the animals, customs and people of the time Half way between Dodoma and Arusha in the village of Kolo, are some of the finest examples of rock paintings in the world. These extraordinary paintings that depict animals, customs and people of the time, are now Tanzania’s 7th World Heritage site...

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Serengeti National Park

Arguably the best known wildlife sanctuary in the world “Serengeti” which means “endless plains” in the Maasai language, is home to an unparalleled smorgasbord of wildlife, flora and fauna, more than three million mammals can be found at one time in the Serengeti. Wilderbeasts in the Serengeti national park The most spectacular sight in the Serengeti is the Wildebeest migration. Imagine a 1,000 km (600 mile) frenzied migration of millions...

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Mahale Mountains National Park

Set deep in the heart of the African interior, only 100 km south of where Stanley uttered the immortal greeting ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume, Mahale is reminiscent of an Indian Ocean idyll. Chimpanzees in Mahale National Park Silky white coves hem in the azure waters of Lake Tanganyika, overshadowed by the remote and mysterious Mahale Mountain Peaks...

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