Tanzania with Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia

Tanzania at a Glance

Tanzania is home to some of Africa's most famous landmarks, from Mount Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. A haven for wildlife, including big cats and numerous species of antelope, the country also boasts a long coastline bordering the Indian Ocean and three unique islands.

Capital City:
Dodoma

Currency:
Tanzanian Shilling (Tsh)

Language:
KiSwahili & English (official) & 120 other local languages

International Telephone Code:
+255

ISBN-13: 9781841622880

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION

Chapter 1 Background Information

Chapter 2 Natural History

Chapter 3 Practical Information

Chapter 4 Health

PART TWO THE GUIDE

Chapter 5 Arusha

Chapter 6 The Northern Safari Circuit

Chapter 7 Moshi and Kilimanjaro

Chapter 8 The Usambara Mountains

Chapter 9 The North Coast

Chapter 10 Dar es Salaam

Chapter 11 Zanzibar

Chapter 12 Mafia Archipelago

Chapter 13 Dodoma and the Central Rift Valley

Chapter 14 Lake Victoria

Chapter 15 Lake Tamganyika and the Western Safari Circuit

Chapter 16 The Tanzam Highway and Southern Safari Circuit

Chapter 17 The Southern Highlands and Lake Nyasa

Chapter 18 The South Coast

Appendix 1 Language

Appendix 2 Glossary

Appendix 2 Further Information

Index

About the Author

Johannesburg resident Philip Briggs is a travel writer and tour leader specialising in East and southern Africa. Born in Britain and raised in South Africa, he started travelling in East Africa in 1986, and his first book, Guide to South Africa, was published by Bradt in 1991.
 
Since then Philip has written or co-written numerous books on the African continent including Bradt travel guides to Northern Tanzania, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, and East & Southern Africa, as well as Bradt's East African Wildlife guide. He also writes regularly for magazines including Africa Geographic, Travel Africa and Africa Birds & Birding.

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Notes from the Author

"It would be easy to reduce an introduction to Tanzania to a list of facts and figures. This vast East African country really is a statistician's dream: within its borders lie Africa's highest and fifth-highest mountains, the world's largest intact volcanic caldera, Africa's most famous national park and the world's largest game reserve, as well as portions of the three most expensive lakes on the continent, one of which is the second-largest freshwater body in the world, another the second-deepest. When it comes to wildlife, Tanzania is practically without peer. An unprecedented 25% of the country is protected in national parks and other conservation areas. Together, these conservation areas support an estimated 20% of Africa's large mammal population, and one of them plays host to the singular spectacle of some two million wildebeest, zebra and gazelle. Furthermore, Tanzania is poised to overtake Kenya as boasting Africa's second-longest bird checklist (after the Democratic Republic of Congo), with significantly more than 1,000 bird species recorded, and new endemics being discovered all the time. And as if that were not enough, the three great lakes that lie along Tanzania's borders vie with each other for the honour of harbouring the world's greatest diversity of fish species...

Travel isn't simply about ticking off the sights. When you spend a long time in a country, your feelings towards it are determined as much as anything by the people who live there. I have no hesitation in saying that, on this level, my affection for Tanzania is greater that for any other African country I have visited. It is an oasis of peace and egalitarian values in a continent stoked up with political and tribal tensions, and its social mood embodies all that I respect in African culture. As a generalisation, I've always found Tanzanians to be polite and courteous, yet also warm and sincere, both amongst themselves and in their dealings with foreigners. The one thing I can say with near certainty is that you will enjoy Tanzania. Whether you decide to stick to the conventional tourist circuit, opt to carry a dusty backpack around the southern highlands, or charter a plane to go chimp-tracking in the rainforests of Mahale, Tanzania is a wonderful country."

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