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Dar es Salaam, Mikumi, Rungwe, Lake Nyasa, Iringa, Ruaha - 15 day
Visit the Bibi Jann Day Care Centre in Dar es Salaam, community and environment projects in Ruaha,...
Selous and Ruaha Private Camping Safari - 9 day
This is a professionally guided photographic safari to the two most prolific wilderness areas of...
Mikumi, Usambara Mountains and Pangani - 10 day
And now for something completely different... game viewing in Mikumi National Park, hiking and...
Specialised Diving - Zanzibar Pemba - 11 day
Day 1: Arrive Zanzibar, transfer to Matemwe Beach VillageDay 2: Diving East Coast sites, o/n...
TANZANIA
In Tanzania the sweeping plains of east Africa, with their fertile soils and flat-topped acacias, meet the nutrient-leached miombo woodlands more typical of south-central africa. This vast country is home to diverse wildlife, including some 430 species and subspecies of mammal, 1066 of bird and 1380 of butterfly.
Most of tanzania is high plateau (900-1800m) fringed by the two bowed arms of the great Rift Fault. The course of the Western Arc is marked by the deep, isolated freshwater Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi, where hundreds of species of unique cichlid fish have evolved.
Tanzania has two rainy seasons: the short monsoon from October to December, and the long rains from March and May. Between June and October is the cool and dry season.
Tanzania's Northern Circuit is comparatively crowded, but the wildlife and the mountains are unrivalled.
Tanzania's Southern Circuit, however, is ideal for more wilderness-orientated travellers.
Tanzania's coastal islands of Pemba, Zanzibar and Mafia- have both history and indiginous wildlife, and are also revered by scubadivers and snorkellers.
Rainer and Petra Nitschke, Germany. Ruaha Private Camp June 2009
Excellent. That was our fourth safari in Tanzania, and the Authentic Tanzania Camp in Ruaha was...