Backpacking Tanzania: 9 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Tanzania, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Serengeti National Park
Mara
Endless plains of the migration.
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro
Africa's highest summit.
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Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Stone Town and spice beaches.
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Ngorongoro Crater
Arusha
Wildlife in a giant caldera.
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Tarangire National Park
Manyara
Baobabs and big elephant herds.
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Arusha
Arusha
Northern safari gateway.
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Lake Manyara
Manyara
Tree-climbing lions.
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Pemba Island
Zanzibar
Untouched diving island.
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Mafia Island
Pwani
Whale sharks and reefs.
Backpacking routes through Tanzania
Real trips through Tanzania, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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