Tanzania is renowned for with white-sand beaches of Zanzibar and traditional safari adventure, but beyond this, lies an entire new world that awaits discovery, made up of rich, varied local culture. This type of travel allows you to become more intimately connected with the country, its people, and its culture, as Tanzania presents unimaginable opportunities for real, true, and no-one else to be seen experiences.

Discover Tanzania’s secret gems

We are likely to associate Tanzania with Serengeti and Mount Kilimanjaro, but this country has some of its secrets that you can enjoy in its tropical paradise.

Explore Udzungwa Mountains National Park, a trekker’s and nature lover’s paradise, the park is replete with dense rainforests, cascading waterfalls, and unusual primates that are nowhere else to be found on earth.

Visit Pangani, and his serene sea town is where you glimpse the Swahili past of Tanzania, complete with untouched beaches, ancient settlements, and easygoing local ambience.

Get acquainted with Lake Victoria, the biggest lake in Africa is fringed with fishing villages where you get to observe life as usual, go on a fishing expedition, or set off by boat for unspoiled Rubondo Island National Park.

There is so much more to the island than its vivid Zanzibar beach life. Find the less popular beaches like Michamvi and Makunduchi give an authentic unspoiled feel.

You won’t have to miss out on the experience of the flavor of local luxury, if you choose to stay at Kiwengwa Beach Resort, which offers stunning sea views but is close to villages where you can truly live island life.

Support local communities

Tanzania boasts more than 120 ethnic groups, each with their own tradition and way of life. Traveling among local communities with an open mind and curiosity provides a rare chance to observe cultures that have been preserved for centuries.

Responsible tourism support of Tanzanian local communities guarantees that not only is your vacation a good deed, but it will also provide you with a special understanding of the peculiarity of the local way of life.

Participate in coffee tours within the Usambara Mountains, sample small-scale agriculture with locals to learn how coffee is planted, harvested, and roasted and then sample it fresh directly from the source.

Walk through Mto wa Mbu Village because this multiracial village close to Lake Manyara offers guided walking tours where you have the opportunity to interact with different ethnic groups and see banana plantations.

Ride a traditional Dhow, go fishing with village fishermen on a hand-hewn wooden dhow or take a sunset cruise.

Explore the Jozani Forest and trek in the only national park on the island where the red colobus monkeys found only in Zanzibar can be seen.

Travel in Tanzania local style is about traveling below the surface and learning about the nation at a deeper, emotional level. By supporting community-led tourism, you’ll not only contribute to a more responsible and enriching way of traveling, but will also create memories that will last a lifetime.