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Everything there is to do in Tanzania, set out by the experience rather than by the place. The headline ones are here — the migration, a Kilimanjaro route, a walking safari, a crater, a reef — and so are the ones travellers tend to hear about only once they have arrived: a night drive, a Hadzabe morning, a tea estate above Tukuyu, a dhow at the turn of the tide.

Every entry opens a guide to the activity itself: where in the country it is done and why there rather than somewhere else, what a day of it actually involves, the season that governs it, and what to ask an operator before you commit to it. Some of these are a whole trip and some are an afternoon, and the guide says which.

Where you can go, rather than what you can do there, is on the destinations index. Every safari on this site is sold and run by an independent tour company.

Every Activity, by Theme 77

Each one has a guide covering where it is done, what it involves and how to choose an operator. Activities with no trip listed against them yet still have the guide, because the listings grow and the country does not change to suit them.

The Coast and the Water 15

Scuba Diving Scuba Diving in Tanzania Photograph by E.3, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Snorkelling Snorkelling in Zanzibar and the Tanzanian Coast Photograph by E.3, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Swimming with Whale Sharks Swimming with Whale Sharks at Mafia Island Photograph by Barlky, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Whale Watching Whale Watching on the Tanzanian Coast Dolphin Watching Dolphin Watching at Kizimkazi and Menai Bay Photograph by Sbork, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Sea Turtle Watching Sea Turtle Watching and Turtle Conservation in Tanzania Beach Holidays Beach Holidays on the Tanzanian Coast and Islands Photograph by Mangapwani, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Dhow Sailing Dhow Sailing and Sunset Cruises in Zanzibar Photograph by gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, licensed under CC BY 2.0 Kitesurfing Kitesurfing and Windsurfing on Zanzibar's East Coast Photograph by Gianfranco Gori, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Sea Kayaking Sea Kayaking and Paddleboarding in Tanzania Deep Sea Fishing Deep Sea and Sport Fishing on the Tanzanian Coast Freshwater Fishing Freshwater Fishing on Tanzania's Great Lakes Photograph by Npsiegel, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Mangrove Tours Mangrove Tours in Zanzibar and the Rufiji Delta Photograph by Fanny Schertzer, licensed under CC BY 2.5 Sandbank Trips and Island Hopping Sandbank Trips and Island Hopping in Tanzania Hot Spring Swimming Hot Spring Swimming at Chemka and Beyond Photograph by Daniel Msirikale, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Culture, Heritage and Food 20

Maasai Cultural Visits Maasai Cultural Visits in Tanzania Photograph by Zenith4237, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Hadzabe Cultural Visits Hadzabe Cultural Visits at Lake Eyasi Photograph by Arnold Tibaijuka, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Datoga Cultural Visits Datoga Cultural Visits near Lake Eyasi Photograph by Erasmus Kamugisha, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Swahili Cultural Tours Swahili Culture and Stone Town Tours Village Tours Village Tours and Community Tourism in Tanzania Traditional Music and Dance Traditional Music and Dance in Tanzania Photograph by Gustavo yeremiah, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Craft Workshops Craft Workshops and Buying Craft in Tanzania Photograph by Dominik, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Coffee Tours Coffee Tours in Tanzania Photograph by Nina R from Africa, licensed under CC BY 2.0 Tea Plantation Tours Tea Plantation Tours in Tanzania Photograph by Martin Benjamin, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Spice Tours Zanzibar Spice Tours Photograph by Bärbel Miemietz, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Farm Tours Farm Tours in Tanzania Photograph by Leloojr, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Seaweed Farm Tours Seaweed Farm Tours in Zanzibar Cooking Classes Cooking Classes in Tanzania and Zanzibar Food and Market Tours Food and Market Tours in Tanzania Photograph by Ilona Spänig, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Tanzanite Buying Tanzanite in Tanzania Museum Tours Museums and Galleries in Tanzania Photograph by Kufundisha, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Archaeological Tours Archaeological Sites and Tours in Tanzania Photograph by D. Gordon E. Robertson, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Historical Walking Tours Historical and Architectural Walking Tours in Tanzania Photograph by Thobani Gumede, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 Slave Trade History Tours Slave Trade History Sites in Tanzania Photograph by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Conservation Tours Conservation Tours in Tanzania Photograph by A_Peach from Berlin, Germany, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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