TanzaniaTanzania offers the traveller a varied geography that ranges from Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti and Lake Tanganyika to the shores of the Indian Ocean. This guide includes practical information on getting about from buses to bicycle and boat rental, while listings sections provide reviews of the accommodation, eating and drinking for all budgets. Also covered in the book is hiking and outdoor information including trekking Kilimanjaro to snorkelling off Pemba's coral reefs. |
Contents
Getting there | 9 |
Red tape and visas | 16 |
Health | 22 |
Costs money and banks | 27 |
Getting around | 30 |
Accommodation | 39 |
Post phones and email | 47 |
71 | 48 |
The south coast 179238 | 179 |
x | 207 |
Railway | 218 |
Domestic airport | 235 |
Central Tanzania 239306 | 306 |
The northern highlands 307366 | 307 |
Telephone office | 356 |
Arusha and around 367412 | 367 |
Safaris | 55 |
Photography | 61 |
Customs and beliefs | 67 |
Guide | 81 |
152 | 83 |
Eating | 97 |
Live music and entertainment | 107 |
Regional Maps | 116 |
Jangwani Beach | 126 |
Mikadi and Mjimwema beaches | 132 |
Dar es Salaam and around 75136 | 136 |
The north coast 137178 | 137 |
Point of interest | 369 |
Crater | 381 |
The Northern Safari Circuit 413470 | 413 |
33 | 437 |
Lake Victoria and northwestern Tanzania 471514 | 471 |
Lake Tanganyika and western Tanzania 515560 | 515 |
Southern Tanzania 561610 | 561 |
འད | 579 |
Campsite | 663 |
Zanzibar 611706 | 706 |
Common terms and phrases
accommodation Africa Arusha Babati Bagamoyo basic bathrooms beach Boma Breakfast included bus stand buses Café campsite centre cheap Club coast companies cost Crater cultural tourism programme daily daladala Dar es Salaam dhow dive Dodoma drinking driving east especially ferry fish flights forest Game Reserve garden gate German Guest House hiking Hotel Iringa Island Kariakoo Kenya Kigoma Kilimanjaro Kilwa Lake Natron Lake Tanganyika Lake Victoria Lindi Lodge Lushoto Maasai Mbeya Mikumi Mon-Fri Morogoro Moshi Mountains Mpanda Msasani Msasani Peninsula Mtwara Mwanza National Park Ngorongoro night NORTHERN offer Pangani pool rains restaurant River road rooms route Ruaha safari Salaam Selous Serengeti snorkelling Sokoine station Stone Town STREET swimming Tabora Tanga Tanzam Highway Tarangire taxi There's ticket tour tourist town's Travel trees trips Uhuru upmarket Usambara usually vehicle village walk weekly wildlife Zanzibar