We spent a few days in Arusha, a bustling city known as the “safari capital” of the country and the gateway to the Northern Safari Circuit. It’s a multicultural hub, situated at the foot of Mount Meru. It has a rich history intertwined with trade, colonial influence, and...
Karatu is a vibrant town in Tanzania, acting as a gateway to the Ngorongoro Highlands and a popular base for exploring the nearby national parks. Situated between Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater, it is the last town to change money and stock your fridge. But we found...
Lake Eyasi is located near Karatu in northern Tanzania. It is a seasonal shallow endorheic salt lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater...
The Datoga, also known as Mang’ati in Swahili, are an agro-pastoral Nilotic-speaking tribe in Tanzania, primarily residing in the northern regions around Lake Eyasi and near Mount Hanang. They are known for their unique traditions, including blacksmithing, distinctive attire, and a...
The Hadza, or Hadzabe, are a protected hunter-gatherer Tanzanian indigenous ethnic group, primarily residing in northern Tanzania, near Lake Eyasi in the central Rift Valley and in the neighbouring Serengeti Plateau. They are one of the last remaining indigenous groups in Africa to...
We did not have much time, so we planned just a one-day visit to the most famous Tanzanian National park. But we will never forget our first encounter with the Serengeti; it was the absurd payment for the horrible, dusty road from Ngorongoro Gate to Naabi Hill Gate, the only route to...
At 19km wide and with a surface of 264 sq km, Ngorongoro (🎟️1,139,113 TZS for two + 🚙220 USD) is one of the largest unbroken calderas in the world that isn’t a lake. Its steep walls soar 400m to 610m and provide the setting for an incredible natural drama, as prey and predators...
Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania’s smaller and most underrated parks (🎟️342,790 TZS for two + 🚙220 USD). While it may lack the size and variety of other northern-circuit destinations (there’s pretty much one central north–south route through the park), its...
Learning how it works in Tanzania was not easy; we had hoped it would be easier than in Kenya, but it was just the opposite. We arrived at the national park’s gate in the afternoon, but we couldn’t buy a ticket there since a permit must be arranged in advance at the office in...
After breakfast at the Regency Hotel, we took road B143 to Singida. The road is entirely paved with huge holes, making driving highly risky and complicated. We nearly overheated our brakes, and it took us the whole day to get to Babati. We found parking at the gasoline station (5,000 TZS)...