Travel circuit · 5 regions

Zanzibar Archipelago

Spice islands, coral reefs and a UNESCO old town in the Indian Ocean.

Tanzania's islands: Stone Town's alleyways, the beaches of the north and east coasts, and the quieter dive worlds of Pemba and Mafia.

Best time to visit

June–October and December–February are driest; whale sharks visit Mafia from October to March.

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A UNESCO maze of coral-stone alleys where Africa, Arabia and India collide

Powder-white sand, swimmable tides and the last of the dhow-builders

Kitesurfing lagoons, seaweed farms and Zanzibar's last red colobus forest

The green clove island, hills of forest and walls of untouched coral

Whale sharks, Tanzania's first marine park and a diver's slow paradise