Tanzania as one of the most popular Africa safari destinations has a lot of experiences to offer. Thousands of wildebeest migrate in mindless unison on the annual migration through the Serengeti is just one of the natural wonders yet to be understood. Big family of mighty elephants graze across the wide, muddy Rufiji and Tarangire rivers as a pride of well-fed lions sunbathe on the grassy floor of the majestic Ngorongoro Crater, among many more attractions, make up the unmistakable Tanzania adventure holidays that tourists dream of.
Tours to Tanzania, truly, is an expedition without a match due to the dedication that speaks for itself : an unparalleled one-quarter of its surface area has been set aside for nature conservation purposes, with the world-renowned Serengeti National Park and incomprehensibly vast Selous game reserve heading a rich mosaic of protected areas that collectively harbour an estimated 20 percent of Africa’s large mammal population.
Tourists don’t just like Tanzania because of the regular safaris but also to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, being the highest and fifth-highest peaks of Africa respectively. Tanzania also boast the biggest fresh water lakes in Africa being Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa. Then, of course, the magical ‘spice island’ of Zanzibar, the highlight of a vast Indian Ocean coastline studded with postcard-perfect beaches, stunning offshore diving sites, and mysterious mediaeval ruins waits to comfort and pamper you after roughing it out during your demanding Tanzania budget holidays .
Tanzania also has a daunting natural variety embracing 120 distinct tribes: from the iconic Maasai pastoralists of the Rift valley, the Arab-influenced Swahili of the coast, to the Hadzabe hunters and gatherers of Eyasi region. So, Tanzania holidays means an experience offered by a country with highlights as unique and diverse as Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Lake Tanganyika, Serengeti and Selous. An experience that entails long days mountain hiking in sub-zero conditions on the upper slopes of Africa’s most alluring peaks; for others, Tanzania tours means a once-in-a-lifetime adventure safari followed by a sojourn on an idyllic Indian Ocean beach; for others still, it presents the thrill of eyeballing habituated chimpanzees, or diving in the spectacular offshore reefs around Mafia island, or backpacker tours through the time-warped ports and crumbling ruins of the half-forgotten south coast?
One thing that completes Tanzania safari trips is, of course, its people, who take justifiable pride in their deeply ingrained national mood of tolerance and peacefulness. Indeed, Tanzania, for all its ethnic diversity, is practically unique in Africa in having navigated a succession of modern political hurdles – the transformation from colonial dependency to independent nation, from socialist state to free-market economy, from mono-partism to fully-fledged democracy - without ever experiencing sustained civil or ethnic unrest.
Tanzania has also, over the past 20 years, emerged from comparative obscurity to stand as one of Africa’s most dynamic and popular travel destinations: a land whose staggering natural variety is complemented by the innate hospitality of the people who live there.
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