A classic safari locale, the enormous volcanic caldera not only has the densest lion population on the continent but also is home to just about ...

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Arusha, the safari hub of Tanzania, is a very international city with a variety of restaurants that would make anyone feel at home. The best ...

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Banana beer, anyone? It's made in the northeast—the Kilimanjaro region—and fermented from millet as well as the yellow-skinned fruit. Steer clear of ...

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Part of the Zanzibar archipelago, north of the main island, Pemba is more fertile than its big sister. It’s planted with rice, beans, bananas ...

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Tanzanian cuisine is typical of that found throughout East Africa. Topping the food pyramid is starch, mostly in the form of millet, sorghum, cornmeal, and ...

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An ancient part of the Great Rift Valley, Ruaha has loads of animals and very few people. The perfect safari equation. Among the highlights: elephants ...

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The southeastern corner of Tanzania offers some hardly touristed locales. In this fishing town, where the British colonial influence is immediately evident in the broad ...

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Drumroll, please, for the African violet in its natural habitat. At the nature reserve—one of Africa's largest such gardens—20 African violet species ...

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Witness the world's greatest wildlife migration—the 1,800-mile clockwise journey of about 1.5 million wildebeest. The primary front-row seats are first in ...

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The country's most petite national park has a large rep for its chimpanzees—this is where primatologist Jane Goodall did her pioneering work. Bordering ...

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