About Tanzania
Reliable information about Tanzania tours, attractions, and culture from the Altezza expert team. We have lived here for more than a decade and, drawing on our experience, strive to provide accurate, up-to-date, and helpful information.
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Learn the essentials before your Tanzania adventure. Here, you'll find relevant travel advice, along with visa and vaccine information.
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A complete collection of our articles about interesting locations in Tanzania, local tribes, history, and other things that make this beautiful country a perfect vacation destination.
Travel information
- Getting a tourist visa for Tanzania
- Tips and recommendations for travelers
- Plastic ban in Tanzania
- Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)
- Filming in Tanzania
- Currency in Tanzania
- Visa to Tanzania for the citizens from Kazakhstan
- Drone filming in Tanzania. Tanzania drone laws.
- Electrical outlets and plugs in Tanzania
- Monkeypox: Current Situation in Tanzania and Other African Countries
- Responsible travel: What not to do on your Tanzania adventure
- Tanzania honeymoon: your guide to a romantic adventure
- 110 Popular Words and Phrases in Swahili
- Getting from Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha
- Tanzania airports: from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar
Health and safety
- Is Tanzania a safe country to visit?
- Immunizations before your trip to Tanzania
- Top 10 yellow fever facts for travelers
- Malaria prevention
- Fraud in Tanzania
- Is Tanzania Safe for Solo Female Travelers?
- The safest countries in Africa
- How to prepare for a flight and avoid jet lag: 6 science-backed tips
- Outbreak of Marburg Virus in Tanzania: Recommendations for Travelers
Culture & history
- Tanzania Food
- Tanzania tribes
- What is Kopi Luwak and why you shouldn't drink it?
- Tanzanite - a unique African gemstone
- The Maasai Tribe. Discover the most well-known African tribe
- Tanzanian coffee. Local varieties and Tanzania peaberry coffee
- The best coffee in the world. Searching for the most delicious Arabica.
- The shortest war in history - The Anglo-Zanzibar war
- Freddie Mercury museum in Zanzibar
- Kondoa rock art sites (Irangi rock paintings)
- Isimila Stone Pillars
- Religion in Tanzania
- The History of Coffee: Origins and Worldwide Triumph
- The Tallest African Tree
- Tanzania: "The Cradle of Humankind" and a Stronghold of Wildlife
- 15 interesting facts about Tanzania
- Where in Africa can you find snow?
- "Jambo" and other ways to say hello
- hakuna matata — what it means
- Ancient city of Bagamoyo: a gateway to the past on East Africa's coast
- Giraffatitan and other dinosaurs from Tanzania
- Top 5 ideas for celebrating Christmas in Tanzania
- Top 7 facts about Africa you might not know
- 10 waterfalls of Tanzania you must see with your own eyes
- Under the sounds of African drums: main Tanzania holidays and festivals
- Real Tanzania in the movie Mufasa: The Lion King
- Famous people from Tanzania known worldwide