Tanzania in Brief

Tanzania is the largest of the East African countries (945,203 km 2). The country has more than 125 ethnic groups with Swahili being the main unifying language. English is also an official language.

The country values nature and heritage to the extent that it has set aside about 40.5% of its total land for conservation.

The country is well known for Kilimanjaro – the highest mountain in Africa (the roof top of African, One of the Africa’s 7 natural wonders, highest free standing mountain in the world and one of the world heritage; Serengeti – endless plains and the home of world’s longest wildebeest migration, Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, which are also known as Spice Islands or melting pot of cultures. Tanzania is also a home to Ngorongoro Crater one of the natural wonders of world, Selous Game Reserve – the largest in the world, and great lakes namely the deepest Lake Tanganyika and the second largest in the world – Lake Victoria and Lake Nyasa.

Tanzania owns 7 World Heritage Sites both natural and cultural, namely the Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Selous Game Reserve, Stone town of Zanzibar, Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara, and Kondoa Rock Art Paintings. There are equally many more unique attractions located all over the country including unexplored beaches along more than 800km stretch of the Indian coastline.