Holidays to East Africa

 

Tanzanian Tourist regions

Tanzania with its perfect location on the edge of the African continent and facing the Indian Ocean offering a temperate climate of warm and sunny days followed by cool and balmy evenings. With an area about four times the size of the United Kingdom, Tanzania's tourism industry has immense potential with natural attractions including spectacular scenery, historical and archaeological sites such as Olduvai Gorge, parks teeming with wildlife, and unpolluted beaches. Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru in the northeast are ancient volcanoes rising to 5,895m and 4,500m respectively. The wildlife resources are among the finest in the world, which includes, in the north the Serengeti plains, the Ngorongoro Crater, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Lake Manyara and in the south, the Selous Game Reserve and Ruaha National parks. Other tourist attractions include the white sandy beaches north of Dar es Salaam and around Lindi in the south, and the exotic "Spice Islands" of Zanzibar Pemba.

Kenyan tourist regions

Today, Kenya, regarded by many as the ‘jewel of East Africa’, has some of the continent’s finest beaches, most magnificent wildlife and scenery and an incredibly sophisticated tourism infrastructure. It is a startlingly beautiful land, from the coral reefs and white sand beaches of the coast to the summit of Mount Kenya and above all, Kenya is a place for great safaris. Between these two extremes is the rolling savannah that is home to game parks such as Amboseli, the Masai Mara, Samburu and Tsavo; the lush, agricultural highlands with their sleek green coat of coffee and tea plantations; and the most spectacular stretch of the Great Rift Valley, the giant scar across the face of Africa. One-tenth of all land in Kenya is designated as national parks and reserves. Over 50 parks and reserves cover all habitats from desert to mountain forest, and there are even six marine parks in the Indian Ocean.

Zanzibar Island

Zanzibar’s coastline offers some of the best beaches in the world, but sand and surf vary depending on what side of the island you’re on. On the east coast, waves break over coral reefs and sand bars offshore, and low tide reveals small pools of starfish, small minnows, and anemones. Up north, ocean swimming is much less susceptible to the tides, and smooth beaches and white sand make for dazzling days in the sun. The port city of Stone Town dominates the west coast, and although the beaches of Mangapwani, where slave caves are visible at low tide and nearby Bububu are less than half an hour’s drive away, a night or two spent on the east or north cost is well worth the extra hour it takes to drive there. On the south coast of Zanzibar lies the Menai Bay Conservation Area, a sea turtle protection area for the endangered species that come to breed on the island.

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