India Travel Insurance for Tanzania

Location / Language of Tanzania

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Top 10 tourist attractions in Tanzania

1. Mount Kilimanjaro National Park – It is home to Africa's highest mountain peak and this one is not visited for the wildlife but for the chance to stand in awe of this majestic snow-capped mountain and, for many, to climb to the summit.
2. Serengeti National Park – The largest park in Tanzania has the migration of zebra and wildebeest which is an attraction. Large herds of antelope as well as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, bat eared fox, hunting dog, jackal and 500 species of bird are also found in Serengeti National Park.
3. Stone Town - As the world's oldest functioning Swahili city, many of the landmarks in Stone Town have been restored to their original glory with some of the historic buildings are now museums which can be visited. The town also has a couple of interesting old churches of historical significance.
4. Tarangire National Park – The Park has one of the highest concentrations of migratory wildlife including wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, impala, gazelle, hartebeest and eland crowd the lagoons as well as the easily spottable baobab trees.
5. Pemba Island - Known as the Green Island in Arabic, Pemba Island lies in the Indian Ocean and is part of the “Spice Islands”. The island is especially popular with divers who come here for the untouched coral and very abundant marine life
6. Mafia Island – The island draws divers and snorkelers from around the world to the undersea world protected by the Mafia Island Marine Park.
7. Selous Game Reserve – A broad range of game can be found including elephants, hippos and rhinos as well as buffalo, antelope, giraffe, warthog, wildebeest, lion, leopard and cheetah. Apart from bird life which includes over 350 recorded species.
8. Zanzibar Islands – This island has some of the best beaches in the world with varying surf and visitors will find soft white sand and clear shallow water, along with traditional boats.
9. Ngorongoro Conservation Area – It is home to the famous volcanic Ngorongoro Crater and one of Tanzania's most popular wildlife viewing areas.
10. Lake Manyara National Park – The park comprises forest, woodland, grasslands, and swamps. Two-thirds of the park is covered by water and is host to thousands of flamingos.

Things you must do in Tanzania

1. Watch the Great Migration – This is one of the most moving natural spectacles one can experience when more than one million wildebeests, hundreds of thousands of zebras, and other animals travel through the endless savanna landscape.
2. Go Chimpanzee Trekking in the Gombe Stream National Park - Behind the glittering Lake Taganyika rises the mighty mountain range of Gombe. Here, in the dense mountain forests you can observe chimpanzees in their natural habitat.
3. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro – From an inactive volcano to a snow capped mountain which rises to almost 6,000 metres, this mountain provides an avid climber a steep (pun intended) challenge.
4. A Cultural Tour Of Kilwa Kisiwana - Some of the top things to do here include exploring the Omani fortress, checking out ruins of old mosques and visiting at the Great Palace, once known to be the largest building in sub-Saharan Africa.
5. Shopping at Zanzibar – Take home authentic artefacts from Zanzibar: rugs, baskets, local jewellery and colourful crafts made by the locals.

Food on the Plate

• Ugali - Maize flour and water is cooked slowly until it reaches a dough-like consistency, after which it’s left for a moment to set before being eaten
• Chipsi Mayai - is Swahili for “chips and eggs” and is a favourite comfort food in Tanzania. In its purest form it is nothing more than a French Fries omelette,
• Mshikaki - Skewered pieces of marinated meat cooked slowly over open coals,
• Pilau - It is a rice dish flavoured with spices and prepared in stock whereby poultry, meat, fish or hard-boiled eggs may be added.
• Coconut bean soup – It is prepared with onions, green peppers, curry powder, pepper, butter, kidney beans and coconut.