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• Walk to the very top of Africa and watch the sun rise over Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895m/19,341ft). Five- or six-day organised climbs with food, guides and porters can be arranged (website: www.tanzaniaparks.com/kili).
• Kick back on the many beaches along Tanzania's 804km (503 miles) of coastline. Some are within easy reach of Dar es Salaam, like Kunduchi, Mbwa Maji and Mjimwena.
• Go scuba-diving and snorkelling around the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, which are ringed by coral reefs. Further south, Mafia's Chloe Bay is part of a protected marine park, with an unbroken reef running the length of the island.
• Discover Zanzibar's spice and fruit plantations. Organised tours are available all over the 'Spice Island' (as Zanzibar is also known). Along the way, visitors are invited to taste and buy spices, herbs and fruit (website: http://zanzibar.net).
• Visit the Sukuma Museum, 15km (9 miles) east of Mwanza. It stages weekly performances of the traditional dances of the Wasukuma tribe, including the Bugobobobo (Sukuma Snake Dance) (website: www.mwanza-guide.com/Bujora/museum.htm).
• Watch traditional bull-fighting on the island of Pemba. The sport, which does not involve killing the bulls, is a hangover from the days of Portuguese rule in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• Go on safari in the unique Ngorongoro Crater, which is 610m (2,000 ft) deep, 20km (12.5 miles) in diameter, and covers 311 sq km (122 sq miles). It is home to almost every species of African plains mammal and has the densest population of lion in Africa (website: www.ngorongoro-crater-africa.org).
• Try big-game fishing from the island of Mafia, which is renowned for the big catches made in its waters. Power boats and tackle are available for hire from the lodges and big-game fish include shark, barracuda, marlin and snapper.
• Take a hot air balloon ride over the endless plains of the Serengeti National Park where one of the world's great natural spectacles, the annual migration of some two million wildebeest followed by their predators, can be observed. The best time to see the herds is from November to May (website: www.serengeti.org).
• Get completely off the beaten track at an isolated lodge in the Selous Game Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers an area larger than Switzerland (about one-sixth of Tanzania's land surface), making it one of the biggest reserves in the world.
• Track chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream or Mahale national parks on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe is home to about 200 chimpanzees, while Mahale is home to 700, and sightings are almost guaranteed (website: www.tanzaniaparks.com).
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Kick back on the many beaches along Tanzania's 804km (503 miles) of coastline. Some are within easy reach of Dar es Salaam, like Kunduchi, Mbwa Maji and Mjimwena.
• Go scuba-diving and snorkelling around the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, which are ringed by coral reefs. Further south, Mafia's Chloe Bay is part of a protected marine park, with an unbroken reef running the length of the island.
• Discover Zanzibar's spice and fruit plantations. Organised tours are available all over the 'Spice Island' (as Zanzibar is also known). Along the way, visitors are invited to taste and buy spices, herbs and fruit (website: http://zanzibar.net).
• Visit the Sukuma Museum, 15km (9 miles) east of Mwanza. It stages weekly performances of the traditional dances of the Wasukuma tribe, including the Bugobobobo (Sukuma Snake Dance) (website: www.mwanza-guide.com/Bujora/museum.htm).
• Watch traditional bull-fighting on the island of Pemba. The sport, which does not involve killing the bulls, is a hangover from the days of Portuguese rule in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• Go on safari in the unique Ngorongoro Crater, which is 610m (2,000 ft) deep, 20km (12.5 miles) in diameter, and covers 311 sq km (122 sq miles). It is home to almost every species of African plains mammal and has the densest population of lion in Africa (website: www.ngorongoro-crater-africa.org).
• Try big-game fishing from the island of Mafia, which is renowned for the big catches made in its waters. Power boats and tackle are available for hire from the lodges and big-game fish include shark, barracuda, marlin and snapper.
• Take a hot air balloon ride over the endless plains of the Serengeti National Park where one of the world's great natural spectacles, the annual migration of some two million wildebeest followed by their predators, can be observed. The best time to see the herds is from November to May (website: www.serengeti.org).
• Get completely off the beaten track at an isolated lodge in the Selous Game Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that covers an area larger than Switzerland (about one-sixth of Tanzania's land surface), making it one of the biggest reserves in the world.
• Track chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream or Mahale national parks on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe is home to about 200 chimpanzees, while Mahale is home to 700, and sightings are almost guaranteed (website: www.tanzaniaparks.com).
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
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