Mikumi National Park

Mikumi National Park 3,230 sq km (1,250 sq miles) is Tanzania’s fourth-largest national park. It’s also the most accessible from Dar es Salaam 283 km (175 miles). With almost guaranteed wildlife sightings, it makes an ideal safari destination for those without much time. The Park is about three to f... Read more

Gombe National Park

Gombe Stream National Park, located on the western border of Tanzania and the Congo, is most famous for Jane Goodall, the resident primatologist who spent many years in its forests studying the behaviour of the endangered chimpanzees. Size: 52 sq km (20 sq miles), Tanzania’s smallest national park..... Read more

Dar Es Salaam City

Dar es Salaam, meaning The Haven of Peace in Arabic, has one of the best deep natural harbours in the world. From a small Swahili town in the middle of the 19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown into a large metropolitan centre with a population of over 3,500,000 dwellers. The city population represe... Read more

Bagamoyo

Some 75 kilometres to the north of Dar es Salaam lies Bagamoyo, once the embarkation port for slaves from the hinterland, and later the first German colonial capital. It is a place of considerable significance to world history, both as an entry point for Arab and European missionaries, explorers, an... Read more

Zanzibar Islands

Set like a jewel in tranquil coral waters, only 20 minutes flight from Dar es  Salaam, is one of the world‘s most beautiful islands – Zanzibar. Its name evokes  a romantic past. To the shores of these islands came Summerians, Assyrians,  Hindus, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Arabians, Chinese, Malaysians,... Read more

Mount Kilimanjaro National Park

At 5896m Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain and one of the continent's magnificent sights, It has three main volcanic peaks, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. The name itself "Kilimanjaro" is a mystery wreathed in clouds. It might mean Mountain of Light, Mountain of Greatness or Mountain of Caravans. Read more