Travel to Tanzania


Learning some Swahili

 

Tanzania is Africa to the power of ten. Within its borders are Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro; Africa's biggest lake, Lake Victoria; Africa's longest and the world's second deepest lake, Lake Tanganyika; and the world's biggest concentration of wild animals and most spectacular mammal migration in the Serengeti.
Tanzania's highlights include the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater...

Tanzania lies on the Indian Ocean and incorporates the Zanzibar archipelago (the fertile, coral islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). The mainland consists of several clearly defined regions. The plains along the coast have lush, tropical vegetation; half the country is savannah and bush and other regions are semi-desert.
About 6% of mainland Tanzania is lakes, including Africa’s largest lake, Lake Victoria, in the north-west; Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest lake, in the east and Lake Malawi in the south.

The main mountain ranges are found in the north-eastern, central and southern sections, with a volcanic belt in the centre of the country near the Ngorongoro Crater. Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, is found in the Eastern Arc range, in the north-east.