Country guide
Tanzania
The Serengeti migration, Ngorongoro Crater, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar's spice-island beaches; June to October is the classic window.
Currency
TZS
Language
Swahili
+ English
English
Widely spoken
Payment
Cash preferred
Power
Type G
230 V, 50 Hz
Dialing
+255
Destinations
Kilimanjaro (Moshi)
The roof of Africa, and the only 5,000-metre summit most people can simply walk up, given enough days to let the altitude catch up.
✓ best May-MarSerengeti (Seronera)
The largest surviving concentration of big mammals on earth, moving across an ocean of grass that runs flat to the horizon in every direction.
✓ best May-OctZanzibar
The Swahili coast at its richest: a thousand-year trading town of carved doors and clove money, with white-sand beaches an hour up the road.
✓ best Jun-Sep, Jan-FebClimate zones, month by month
Tanzania has 3 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.
Kilimanjaro (Moshi) →
✓ Best May-Mar
Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions
Serengeti (Seronera) →
✓ Best May-Oct
Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions
Zanzibar →
✓ Best Jun-Sep, Jan-Feb · ✗ Avoid Apr-May
Watch for Nov-Apr cyclones & hurricanes risk · Apr-May monsoon flooding risk
Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions