Tanzania Blog: Safari Tips and Trivia about Tanzania

Tanzania’s capital city: geography, population, and other useful information

The capital of Tanzania is Dodoma. It has been the capital by government decree since 1973; Parliament has met there since 1996, and since 2019 it has also been home

4 January 2024

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Gianluca Donati

Swahili alphabet

Swahili ( Kiswahili in Swahili) is written using the Latin alphabet. There are 24 letters if you count the “ch” group as a single letter. The letters Q and X

2 January 2024

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Gianluca Donati

Mto wa Mbu: The Maasai Village

Anyone going on a safari in northern Tanzania almost always passes through here: Mto wa Mbu is located on the road between Arusha and the Ngorongoro Crater, at the foot

25 December 2023

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Gianluca Donati
Mto wa Mbu

The Big Five: Tanzania’s Largest Animals

The Big Five are five African animals: the lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhinoceros. They are not the five largest animals on the continent: the hippopotamus and the giraffe are

20 December 2023

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Gianluca Donati

The Great Migration in the Serengeti: what it is and when to see it

If you’re planning a safari in Tanzania or wondering when the best time is to visit this beautiful African country, there’s one phenomenon you should learn about in detail first

13 April 2020

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Gianluca Donati
The Great Migration

Where to go to the beach in Tanzania: all the most beautiful beaches

When you think of the sea in Tanzania, you think of Zanzibar, and rightly so: its beaches are among the most beautiful in the Indian Ocean. But the country has

6 April 2020

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Gianluca Donati
Tanzania sea and beaches

Airports in Tanzania: major airports

Tanzania has three major international airports, and choosing the right one can save you a day of travel: Kilimanjaro (JRO), for safaris in the north and trekking on Kilimanjaro; Dar

24 March 2020

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Gianluca Donati
Tanzania Airports

Safari Clothing: What to Wear and What to Pack for Tanzania

For a safari in Tanzania, you only need a few well-chosen items of clothing. Three things matter: neutral colors, such as khaki, sand, olive green, and gray; layers you can

24 October 2019

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Gianluca Donati
Safari clothing

Safari in Africa: Prices, Travel and Info for the best safaris

You can go on a safari in about ten countries in Africa, but there are only a few top destinations: Tanzania and Kenya for the Great Migration and the vast

19 June 2018

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Gianluca Donati
Safari in Africa: Prices, Travels and Information on the best safaris