LINKS TO TANZANIA AND AFRICA
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Page last modified May 28, 2006
Travel Guides
Budget camping safaris
- Budget camping safaris at small private camps and superior standard of budget camping.
Kilimanjaro Climbs - concessionaire for
all Kilimanjaro climbs arranged by Swala Safaris. Kinyonga have excellent guides
and porters. They come highly recommended. If you are combining a safari
with a Kilimanjaro climb, it is better to book direct with Swala who will handle
the whole package for you.
www.africaguide.com A
comprehensive guide to Africa and African safaris, with detailed travel information,
accommodation, hundreds of relevant links, forums, a photo library and a monthly
newsletter.
www.bradt-travelguides.com An
excellent guide book well worth buying. Lots of information on Tanzania mainland as well as Zanzibar,
Pemba and Mafia. Provides useful data on middle and upper levels of tourism.
Footprint Guides
- an Online travel guide for worldwide destinations. Gives information on
companies in Tanzania. Footprints are intending to publish a guide book on
Tanzania shortly.
www.roughguides.com . Another very
popular guide book.
www.lonelyplanet.com A popular guide
book, especially amongst backpackers.
For further information on Tanzania see Travel Directory for the World - The Big Travel Guide of the World.
Swala Safaris offers a 10% discount to members of Star Alliance.
USA: www.flightcentre.com
www.oracle.com
Canada: www.flightentre.ca
www.travelcuts.com
U.K.:
www.bridgetheworld.com www.flightcentre.co.uk www.travelbag.co.uk
www.trailfinders.com www.travelmood.com
Australia:
www.austravel.com www.flightcentre.com
www.statravel.com www.trailfinders.com
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South Africa: www.flightcentre.co.za
www.clubtravel.co.za www.penntravel.co.za
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Tanzania
National Parks - official
site of the Tanzania National Parks. Lacking in detail.
Ngorongoro
Crater an informative eductional site on Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Serengeti National Park - the
official site for Serengeti National Park. A good inter-active site.
Tourism in Tanzania -
official site for the Tanzania Tourist Board.
Accommodation in USA:
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www.airkenya.com National carrier of Kenya.
Daily flight from Europe/USA to Nairobi. Also flies daily to Dar es Salaam.
www.britishairways.com Daily flights
London-Nairobi and London-Dar es Salaam.
www.ethiopianairlines.com Thrice weekly
flights from USA and Europe to Arusha and Dar es Salaam.
www.klm.com Daily 1030 Amsterdam. Arrives Arusha
2015. Departs Arusha 2115 to Amsterdan via Dar es Salaam.
www.emirates.com Regular flights Dubai to
Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
www.gulfair.com Regular flights Abu Dhabi to
Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
www.precisionair.com An Arusha based
charter company offering regular daily flights to the Serengeti, Dar es Salaam and
Zanzibar. Also has regualr flights to other towns.
www.regionalair.com An off-shoot of
Kenya Airways. Has regular daily flights to the Serengeti, Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar as
well as various other locations.
Unusual Safaris:
Chimpanzees - fly-in safaris to Mahale staying in luxury tents on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Mahale difficult to get to, except by flying. Best place to see chimpanzees. Most air charter companies have flights from Arusha/Serengeti/Mwanza to Kigoma. Also arranges safaris to the more remote Katavi National Park.
OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS, EMBASSIES AND GOVERNMENT BODIES:
www.tanzania.go.tz The official web site
of Government of Tanzania. Has details on visas.
www.kenyagov.com The official web site of
Kenya Government. Information on visas.
Tanzania News: There are some very good web sites with excellent articles on Africa and on African affairs in general. Puts many of the British and American newspapers to shame.
www.arushatimes.com
The local newspaper of Arusha. Probably not of interest to those who do not know the
place, but it gives some
idea of what goes on in a small town (pop.250,000) in the middle of Africa.
www.ipp.co.tz Predominantly news
of Tanzania and items of interest. Interesting email chat talks on contentious issues.
www.goafrica A web site established by a group
of journalists. Focuses mainly on East Africa but with articles on other African
countries.
www.allafrica.com An excellent web site dealing with news throughout Africa.
www.outafrica.com Also an excellent web site with plenty of information on East Africa. Run by journalists (PACT).