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We at naomba.com want to provide
you with a unique chance to see Tanzania as a tourist and visitor.
Unique because in our site you will find information on every
aspect of Tanzania. |
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We give you events in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and
Zanzibar, Restaurants, places to shop, etc. (Browse through the
rest of naomba.com to see..)
But we also provide you with links to various tour operators
in Tanzania.
Please. Don't rush into a trip anywhere. Take the time to learn
about Tanzania, and please feel free to email us if you have questions |
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The following basic guide (written by our friend
Mike who has an awful lot of experience (and free time!)) should
get you started. PS... Check out Mike and Helen's great bar, The
Greek Club, when you're next in Arusha:
Tanzania, By Mike
Of the three countries which make up East Africa,
Tanzania is the largest. It lies slightly south of the equator
(1 to 11 degrees) and is 365,000 sq. miles in size (almost 1 million
sq. km). Tanzania is so friendly because it has lots of neighbors...seven
(or eight? count them...): Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda,
Burundi, DRC (Congo which was Zaire), Zambia to the west. Malawi,
Mozambique to the south and of course the Indian Ocean to the
east. Tanzania was once Tanganyika (the mainland) and the Zanzibar
Isles (Pemba and Mafia) but since 1964 the two interests now make
a fairly harmonious, though occasionally argumentative, sort of
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| Within Tanzania’s borders lie Mt. Kilimanjaro
(Africa’s highest mountain) reaching an elevation of 19,335.6
ft. (5,895 m), The famous Serengeti plains, Selous Game reserve
and the birthplace of man, the Olduvai Gorge.
Tanzania has about 126 major different ethnic communities and
tribes. Tanzania is also the only country in the world which has
allocated at least 25 % of its total area to wildlife national
parks and protected areas. The climate is mainly divided between
the 'Long Rains' from April to May and the 'Short Rains' during
November and December into January. Temperatures range from as
low as 8ºC to mid/high 30's. The national language is Kiswahili.
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Three Parks You Should Visit:
Arusha National Park
The park is 21 km from Arusha on the main Arusha - Moshi road
and covers an area of 137 sq km 85.6 sq miles. The best time to
climb Mt Meru is June-February although it may rain in November
Serengeti National park
The Serengeti covers an area of 14,763 sq Km, 9,226 sq miles;
the world famous Serengeti National Park is Tanzania's oldest
park, and one of the world's last great wildlife refuges. It is
contiguous with Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve and stretches
as far as Lake Victoria to the West. Its name comes from the Masai
word Siringet, meaning 'endless plains'.
The Selous Game Reserve
Selous is World Heritage Site since 1982, and covers an area of
55,000 sq. km, 34,375 sq miles which is about six per cent of
Tanzania's land surface. Larger than Switzerland, it is the world's
largest game reserve and second only to the Serengeti in its concentration
of wildlife. About 32,000 elephants live in the reserve (70 %
of those in Tanzania). The reserve is named after British hunter
and writer Frederick Courteney Selous who was killed during the
First World War in the Beho Beho region.
Arusha Town (where everyone eventually stops for a day
or two)
Arusha is 300 mi/485 km northwest of Dar es Salaam and is northern
Tanzania's center of commerce and trade, and may well be one of
East Africa's fastest growing cities. Arusha is also regarded
as one of Tanzania's most attractive towns and sits at the foot
of Mt Meru (15,000-ft, 4,575-m) and also in sight of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Arusha was first established in 1900 by the German colonialists
as a garrison and has been revived as the headquarters of the
East African Community, it is also the host of the International
Tribunal , dealing with the Rwandan genocide. Arusha is the gateway
to the "northern circuit" (Serengeti, Lake Manyara ,Tarangire,
as well as the Ngorongoro Crater).
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