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| Tanzania Travel Guide for backpackers |
| Home of the famous Serengeti plains, and the vast herds of wildebeest and zebra, and all those marvelous animals you have only seen in zoos or films before, Tanzania is a poor country that is doing its best to encourage tourism and trade, and is well worth checking out, not only for its game but also its great scenic beauty. |
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Dar es Salaam – A fishing village in the middle of the 19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown enormously in the hundred and fifty years or so intervening, and is a crowded metropolis swarming with 1.5 million inhabitants today.
Mt Kilimanjaro National Park – Paintings of Mt Kilimanjaro seem unreal somehow, with the hot dry Serengeti plains in the foreground and a snow-capped mountain peak rising out of them, and yet the scene is real. The volcano, that is Kilimanjaro, rises 5895m (19,335ft) and the landscape changes from savannah grasslands to rainforest to alpine meadow the higher you climb.
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – The Nogorongoro Crater is home to a spectacular number of wild animals and bird life, and is the scene of thousands of pink flamingos wading in the soda lake on the floor of the crater.
Serengeti National Park – This famous game park covers 14,763 sq km of vast open grasslands punctuated by the occasionally acacia thorn tree. Lions hunt freely among the wildebeest, zebra and other animals in nature’s paradise.
Zanzibar – Just off the Tanzanian mainland, the Zanzibar Archipelago has been luring travellers with its charms for centuries, and people still search the beaches and islets for that perfect kick-back spot where they can get down to catching some serious rays and give in to the pleasures of doing nothing. |
 DAILY BUDGET in TANZANIA - With careful planning and keeping a close watch on all unnecessary expenditure it is possible to come out on a daily budget of about US$35 a day, but be prepared to pay about US$100 a day for a safari. |
| If you come to Tanzania to catch the annual migration of the wildebeest and zebra, then better plan to be in the country over April when they start the long trek to greener pastures. In June/July, the Festival of the Dhow Countries is held in Zanzibar and communities from along coast join in a two-week feast of film, theatre and music. |
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