Connect with the past in Stone Town

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania This UNESCO World Heritage Site exudes an eclectic atmosphere that floats through its narrow, winding streets and age-old buildings. Here, history mingles with modern-day life, with remnants of the past telling age-old stories of good and bad fortune. The city is a place to connect with history and […]

Swim with dolphins at Kizimkazi

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania Dolphins are highly intelligent, sociable creatures and an opportunity to interact with them simply has to rate as a life-altering experience. The still, clear water that surrounds the island of Kizimkazi offers the perfect conditions to meet these fabulous mammals as you don a snorkeling kit and explore. […]

Game viewing in a hot-air balloon

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania Magic and exhilaration combine when you take to the sky to float over the plains of one of the most famous wildlife-viewing destinations in the world. Moments such as these only come along once or twice in a lifetime, if you’re lucky, and a surreal hot-air balloon trip […]

Forodhani Gardens

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania For a feast of flavor, head to Forodhani Gardens, where the evening food markets offer all the tastes of Zanzibar. This small, historic park is located in the heart of Stone Town and is the perfect spot to go if you’d like to get to know the locals […]

Oldupai Gorge Museum

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania This area houses the most famous archeological location in East Africa, where hominid footprints preserved in volcanic rock represent some of the earliest signs of humankind in the world. The prehistoric footprint’s shape, length, and toes show that these hominids were bipedal and walked upright on two legs […]

Mingle with chimps at the Gombe National Park

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania This Tanzanian volcano is the only active volcano in the world that spews out carbonatite lave instead of silica, which results in some rather bizarre and unusual sights. Its cool temperature, compared to other volcanic Magna, means that the lava can harden in seconds and sometimes shatters mid-air […]

Ol Doinyo Lengai

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania This Tanzanian volcano is the only active volcano in the world that spews out carbonatite lave instead of silica, which results in some rather bizarre and unusual sights. Its cool temperature, compared to other volcanic Magna, means that the lava can harden in seconds and sometimes shatters mid-air […]

Lake Natron

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania Sitting at the lowest point of the Great Rift Valley and believed to be the world’s most caustic body of water, Lake Natron presents some of the most unusual and dramatic scenery in Tanzania. The remote and scorching region at the foothills of Oldoinyo Lengai, a smouldering and […]

Climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest in Africa and whether you reach the peak or not, climbing its slopes is bound to be a life-changing exercise. Many have wept with pain or cried with joy on reaching its snowcapped peaks, as the feeling of standing on top of the […]

The Underwater Room at The Manta Resort

Experiences You Can Have Only in Tanzania The Underwater Room at The Manta Resort offers a submarine-like room with a bed that gives you underwater ocean views all around. Your only visitors as you drift off at night will be schools of tropical fish passing by, while those that prefer sky views can chill out […]