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Real Time Travel Experience In Tanzania

Anthony Abraham

Tour Guide, Arusha, Tanzania

| 6 mins read

I would like to focus on travel in three main categories. The first category will be inland travel, wildlife safaris, mountain climbing, hiking and beach holidays. Many have mixed thoughts about travel, especially in most parts of Africa. Usually, here there are facilities to cater for all needs of travel. Be it high-end luxury traveller, budget traveller, local, backpacker or any other traveller. There are hotels with good services in most parts ranging from 10 dollars to 350 dollars or more in the townships and hotels ranging from 25 dollars to 1000 dollars. The parks. It all matters with the customer's choice. But all low price facilities and high-priced facilities deliver good services.

I would like to share my personal experience in travelling in all three categories mentioned above—the first being inland travel across Tanzania. Travelling inland needs a lot of patience. There are good-priced hotels in most parts and regions of Tanzania. The prime factor will be good food, clean rooms, hot water, and security of the location. I visited Lushoto and managed to get a decent good hotel for only the equivalent of twenty dollars with bed and breakfast, thereby being properties that charge more than three hundred fifty for the same. I made the right choice on my side. As the primary goal, there was hiking and sightseeing. The fantastic area has fascinating viewpoints, a good climate, and waterfalls.

Another good example of this is the city of Dar es Salaam; here, there are numerous good options depending on the location. There are good beach hotels in different ranges. AtJangwani SeaBreeze, one can stay for as low as 59 dollars for bed and breakfast; also, there are many good-priced hotels that deliver. In the city centre, one can get good bargains. There are hotels ranging as low as 30 dollars with good service in any major town, and there are hotels to fit all choices and needs, from high cost to moderate cost.

normally in most cities and towns, there are many good-priced options in very safe and secure locations. In all major towns in Tanzania, one can get a decent and budget good hotel and food; and on the side of transport, there are many good options that one can take. Using luxury buses from one town to another will cost less and give you a real-life time experience. Travelling in a luxury bus costs between the equivalent of 20 dollars to 30 dollars for a travel distance of 600 to 700 kilometres. Even town buses in most towns charge the equivalent of 25cent to 50 cents of a dollar for a town ride. There is also budget ride offers for taxis and car hire with uber and bolt in most big towns; their fare is reasonable. In areas between dar es salaam and Zanzibar, there are speed boats and typical cruises whose charges are very fair. Travelling by air is good, especially trying to connect to the coast. There are regular chartered flights operating daily from Zanzibar to Serengeti, Arusha, Kilimanjaro and other places. It will be recommended to save time by flying straight into the Serengeti. There are airstrips in all major parks with a chartered daily flight. It saves overland travel and long overland tiring trips as well as time for the traveller.

The second category of travel is wildlife safaris. It is recommended to use authorised and licensed tour and travel operators as they give a boost to the economy of the state. There are many briefcase operators who can take your money and not deliver service. It is recommended that all plans should be done in an office with receipts and documents issued. Where a booking is made online, please confirm with the tourist board or tourHQ platform, as it is secure for the clients. Wildlife travel can be planned for different budgets, luxury packages, camping safaris, lodge safaris, hostel facilities and many more. One can travel on a budget of choice. Park fees in most parks are fixed, and concession fees are also fixed. To be on the safe side, I would recommend clients to use the service of secure and protected links like the tourHQ. tourHQ will connect travellers around the globe to the right guides and tour operators around the globe. It is so far the safest and most secure platform for travellers, giving the right service and real value for money. tourHQ is a fair trade partner that joins and connects travellers to guides and operators around the globe. Keep it up, tourHQ; you are doing great work helping travellers, guides and tour operators around the globe. One gets fair packages and experiences the true value being a fair trade partner.

The third category of travel is hiking, mountain climbing and beach holidays. One can search for options from different operators. If one prefers a day tour in most mountain base camps, it is possible. There are numerous activities done in most base camps, including coffee tours, cave tours, waterfall tours and cultural tours. Mt Kilimanjaro has six climbing routes with lots of waterfalls, especially on the eastern side of the mountain. Marangu route base camp area has more than three big waterfall areas: Ndoro Waterfall, Kinukamori waterfall and Kilasia waterfall. And in the Rau area, we have Materuni Waterfall, one of the biggest falls on Mount Kilimanjaro.

The eastern arc ranges of the Usambara range have a lot of inspiring and fascinating attractions, covering the east Usambara and west Usambara arcs. The climate is good and cool, andthe ecology and biosphere are fantastic. One can reach Lushoto by bus from most major towns in Tanzania. Lushoto to Arusha by bus will cost less than 20 dollars, and Lushoto to Dar es Salaam or Tanga will cost less than 35 dollars by public luxury coach. It is one of the never miss sites for any traveller with time. Travellers from Zanzibar can take a bus from Dar es Salaam or Tanga. Another good area to visit with time in place is Pangani. Pangani is an old town on the coast of the Indian Ocean, a common breeding site for turtles. It is a town neighbouring Saadani National Park, where tropical savannah meets the beachfront of the Indian Ocean, home to elephants and many more animals.

We welcome you to Tanzania, the land of Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar. It is one of Africa'sbest wildlife and beach holiday destinations. There are 22 national parks, marine parks, historical sites and pristine beaches that will leave you with an unforgetable experience.

Visit Tanzania, visit East Africa.