Tanzania Travel Guide
Practical answers for planning a trip to Tanzania: what it costs, when to go, which parks to combine and what to sort out before you fly.
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Planning a Tanzania trip
How to put a Tanzania trip together: how long to go for, which parks to combine, what to book first and in what order.
Start with the northern parks
Safari costs
What a Tanzania safari costs and what drives the price: park fees, vehicle, season, group size and accommodation level.
See prices on every trip
When to go
Month by month across the Tanzanian parks and the coast: rainfall, wildlife movement, crowds and price.
When to go in the north
Wildlife
What lives where in Tanzania, when to see it, and what a realistic day of game viewing actually looks like.
Read the park guides
Zanzibar and the coast
Stone Town, the reef, the beaches and the tides, and how a few days on the coast fits after a safari.
See the Zanzibar excursions
Before you travel
Visas, vaccinations, insurance, money, connectivity, packing and what to expect on arrival in Tanzania.
Read the questions we get
Culture and people
Tanzania beyond the parks: languages, communities, etiquette and the cultural experiences worth the time.
Trips with time in communities
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