When it comes to experiences, Tanzania just has so much to offer. Our Tanzania safari activities highlight top notch safari activities like the wildebeest migration and a visit to the magnificent Ngorongoro Crater. More holiday types include Mount Kilimanjaro climbing tours and Zanzibar beach holidays, giving you a sense of a physical challenge and relaxation experience.
With more things to do in Tanzania, you can explore the Masai Culture, savor Swahili cuisine or fly on a hit air balloon. Tanzania is so diverse that you’ll have a lot of interesting safari activities in each destination that you visit. Below are some of our best things to do in Tanzania.
Top 10 Things to Do in Tanzania
Tanzania as a country is a world-famous wildlife safari destination with amazing national parks, conservation areas, nature wonders and pristine white sand beaches.
The presence of all these different attractions provides ground to exciting, thrilling and adventure activities that visitors to the country can take part in.
1. Wildlife viewing safaris
Tanzania is blessed with a good number of national parks and game reserves each with something unique to offer.
Safari game drives in Tanzania’s national parks is the most popular tourist activity in the country where visitors get to explore the wilderness in their tour cars or vans.
2. Climbing Kilimanjaro Mountain
If you are an avid mountain climber, hiker or first timer, climbing Mountain Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa is an experience you wouldn’t wish to miss out.
The mountain has several routes that you can choose from to climb to its highest peak, Uhuru peak.
Give yourself more time on the mountain to increase your chances of making it to the summit.
3. Scuba diving and Snorkeling
Take time while in Tanzania to visit the tropical Zanzibar Island for scuba diving and snorkeling.
While on the island, you could also swim with sea turtles and also visit the famous Old Stone town.
4. Hot air balloon safaris
Imagine gliding above the Serengeti plains witnessing the great wildebeest migration from above in a hot air balloon?
This amazing hot air balloon trips in Tanzania are carried out in the early mornings before sunrise.
You can take on this activity in any of the famous national parks for an unforgettable wildlife viewing experience.
5. A game drive on the floor of Ngorongoro Crater
Get the chance to explore on a game drive the floor of the world’s largest unbroken caldera, Ngorongoro crater in Ngorongoro conservation area where you could encounter the iconic Big 5 African animals.
6. Cultural tours
Tanzania is a culturally rich country and a guided cultural tour would give you the chance to interact with the locals, get to know about their ways of living, cultures and traditions.
Visit a Maasai village to get to know about the most popular tribe located mostly close to the national parks, visit the Datoga people, an agro-pastoral nomadic tribe and visit the Hadzabe (Hadza) people, one of the true remaining hunter-gatherers in Africa that have stayed true to their indigenous practices even in this fast-growing world.
7. Witness the great wildebeest migration
Plan your trip to Serengeti national park during the months of June, July and August when the migration is at its peak with millions of wildebeests and thousands of other antelopes crossing the famous Mara River in Northern Serengeti.
8. Explore Stone Town
A culturally and historically rich town on the island of Zanzibar.
The old town is dotted will all kinds of foreign influence (Persian, Indian, Arab, European) with each corner you take.
9. Chimpanzee trekking
Seeing chimpanzees in their natural environment is an exciting and interesting experience.
While in Tanzania, visit Gombe Stream National Park or Mahale Mountains National Park to track down the endangered primates.
10. Night game drives
A whole different wildlife experience under the starry skies of Tanzania’s wilderness.
Night game drives are in a selected few national parks in Tanzania and would make a great twist to your safari experience in Tanzania.
