The closest national park to Arusha town – the northern Tanzania safari capital – Arusha National Park is a multi-faceted jewel, often overlooked by safari-goers...more
East Africa's diversity is sensational. The range of terrains, climates, ecosystems, cultures and wildlife on offer almost defies belief. Good news for travellers: surely there's a park or reserve...more
Gemma Pitcher, author of the new book Safari Living, a celebration of the style of Tanzania's safari camps, shares a few sartorial tips on how to look cool in the bush while on that Tanzania safari holiday...more
Kilwa Kisiwane was the principal settlement on the East African coast, settled as far back as the ninth century it first came to power in the 11th century...more
Mahale Mountains National Park is tucked onto the shores of Lake Tanganyika, the world's longest, second-deepest natural lake, a perfectly clear, dazzlingly blue stretch of water...more
In East Africa, the concept of safari existed long before the coming of the white man. From the earliest times, caravans of porters carried oil, skins and rhinoceros horn out of the African...more
Tanzania has always relied on its iconic northern circuit to carry its tourism, but with its present economic growth comes a growth in tourism and the...more
Bull fighting takes place in a number of small villages such as Chuale and Kangagani or on Kojani Island. The event draws a big crowd which gathers around the pitch. The bulls are paraded around...more
Mary Leakey has been credited with a range of discoveries that have changed the course of scientific thinking in the field of archaeology and anthropology....more
For the average tourist, a visit to Tanzania usually involves jetting in for a whistle-stop safari then zipping off to Zanzibar for a few days. But there's more to Tanzania than that. With a culur...more