Tanzania Events
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-6.162222 39.192073 | 1 Sauti za Busara (Sounds of Wisdom) music festival is an international celebration of East African music at Zanzibar's Old Fort in Stone Town. Around 40 acts perform traditional and modern… |  |
-6.1666 39.1833 | 2 Zanzibar International Film Festival The Zanzibar International Film Festival - East Africa's largest event - draws together countries of the dhow for a celebration of film and music set in the magnificent waterfront of Stone… |  |
-6.1666 39.1833 | 3 The Zanzibar Cultural Festival is a highlight of the island's calendar. Strongly local in its flavour, it offers a chance to experience Tanzania's rich cultural diversity, while also featuring… | |
4 The Mwaka Kogwa Festival in the town of Makunduchi in south Zanzibar is the local "New Year" - celebrating the end of the old growing season and the beginning of a new one. |  | |
5 Meet our ancestors, or at least see where they lived, in Oldupai Gorge. Here, in what is known as "the cradle of mankind", Louis and Mary Leakey oversaw the finding of some 60 hominid remains… |  | |
-5.6088 34.5294 | 6 The Ngorongoro Conservation Area, dubbed the eighth wonder of the world, was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979. The area encompasses the world's largest unbroken caldera (volcanic… |  |
-5.6088 34.5294 | 7 Tanzania's best-known national park, the Serengeti is an amazing expanse of African savannah. A multitude of savannah wildlife can be seen on these seemingly never-ending plains, hence the… |  |
-3.04384 37.382354 | 8 Mount Kilimanjaro National Park Stand on top of Africa by walking up one of the world's most accessible high peaks, Kilimanjaro. Nestling by the Kenyan border, this Tanzanian mountain rises 5892 metres (19,300 feet) above… |  |
-6.162222 39.192073 | 9 Stone Town is a labyrinth of winding streets that's remained almost unchanged for more than 200 years. The ever-more ornately doored houses are the result of a typical trading post's… | |
-5.533333 37.516667 | 10 One of the most important sea-faring trading posts on Africa's east coast, Kilwa Kisiwani (in Portuguese Quiloa) operated from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Now its ruins make for a… |  |
-5.6088 34.5294 | 11 Can you imagine anything more incredible than the silent experience of floating in a balloon at dawn over the panoramic expanse of the Serengeti? |  |
12 Eat excellent Indian food and dance to a mixture of Western, African and Indian music with the locals at the fun, spacious outdoor Garden Bistro. | ||
-6.806396 39.293004 | 13 Kivukoni Fish Market is housed in a new structure on Dar es Salaam's seafront. Boats deliver their catch at dawn directly to the market and a frantic fish fracas ensues. |  |
14 South Beach, on the Kigamboni peninsula, is one of the prettiest you'll find outside Zanzibar. If you tire of lazing around in the sun you can even hire camels to ride along the water's edge. |  | |
15 The Tanzania National Museum houses archaeological finds including the cast of a 3.6 million year-old hominid footprint. The History Gallery looks back to the 9th century, and the Ethnography… |  | |
-6.818266 39.287545 | 16 Located next to the fascinating Tanzania National Museum, Dar es Salaam's Botanical Gardens offer the perfect place to enjoy some peace and quiet and to examine the country's colourful native… |  |
17 The dance floor, bar and seating at Trinity are outdoors under the stars, the crowd is a relaxed mix of locals and tourists and the music is eclectic. | ||
-6.802351 39.285336 | 18 Affiliated to Tanzania National Museum, the Village Museum is a fascinating place to spend a couple of hours in Dar es Salaam. People from across the country have each built typical examples… |  |
19 Wonder Welders trains polio victims and long-term unemployed Tanzanians to create quirky metal sculptures of animals - great for gifts or souvenirs. For a reasonable price, you can also design… | ||
20 According to some sources, Kariakoo Market is the largest of its kind in East Africa, and indeed it stretches for many blocks in the Kariakoo area. It seems, indeed, that it sells pretty much… |  | |
21 Over by the attractive university campus, the Mwenge Crafts Market is a great place to get hold of traditional carvings by the Makonde tribe, who are justly famous for their representations of… | ||
22 The Slipway outdoor shopping and leisure centre has a range of boutiques selling traditional fabrics, sculptures and clothes. There's an internet cafe and you can enjoy a cold, fresh juice or… | ||
23 Level 8 is a classy bar in luxury urban resort-style Kilimanjaro Hotel. Order from the list of good (if expensive) cocktails, enjoy the live music and take in the great view over Dar's waterfront. |
