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The Ngorongoro crater: animal paradise

Located 180 km west of Arusha in Tanzania, the Ngorongoro crater is a large circular caldera. Located in the heart of the Ngorongoro massif in northern Tanzania, in the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley. This now extinct crater was formed after the collapse of a huge volcanic building that originally reached 5,000 meters […]

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Mafia Island: an authentic place with little tourism

The island of Mafia is part of the Zanzibar archipelago, an archipelago located along the coast of Tanzania made up of a multitude of small islands and three main islands: Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia. The island of Mafia, which is the smallest of the three (it measures 435 sq km), is also the southernmost of […]

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The climate of Tanzania: when to go to Tanzania

Tanzania is located just south of the equator, but the equatorial climate affects only small areas at the northern end of the country. Most of Tanzania is mainly affected by a tropical climate with two seasons clearly differentiated according to the monsoon rains. Tanzania’s climate is mainly influenced by two factors: the presence of the […]

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Tanzania: imposing volcanoes and vast savannas

Tanzania is an independent state of East Africa, located along the shores of the Indian ocean. This African state was formed in 1964 by the union of the old British colonies of Zanzibar and Tanganyika. The country is historically oriented towards the coast of the Indian ocean, it is here that the majority of the […]

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The climate of Zanzibar: when to go to Zanzibar

The island of Zanzibar is located about 60 km off the coast of Tanzania, geographically the island is located in the equatorial area, just over 6 ° latitude south of the Equator. The location of the island close to the Equator affects the climate of Zanzibar which is hot throughout the year due to this. […]

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Zanzibar: the island of spices and beaches

The island of Zanzibar, also known by the name of Unguja, is the largest island of the archipelago of the same name which is also made up of the other two large islands of Pemba and Mafia and dozens of smaller islands. Zanzibar is located in the waters of the Indian ocean at a distance […]