On Africa’s east coast, the United Republic of Tanzania is a country of immeasurable beauty and cultural diversity, and it’s also the setting for some of Africa’s most spectacular hikes. People are drawn from across the globe to the majesty of the expansive Serengeti plains, where romping springbok, zebras and wildebeest keep a keen watch for prides of lions, whose sudden strikes assure a meal for growing cubs. But this is just the start of the Tanzania experience.
Tanzania is home to dense, tall forests that hide the sun and tracts of tea plantations where tea workers deftly pluck the green leaves off tea bushes. Mountain ranges dot the countryside, rising in places to snowy summits that melt into the clouds. This is a magical landscape that’s best explored on foot.
Hiking trails meander through several national parks, past lively villages and once-powerful kingdoms to the slopes of Tanzania’s highest mountains, offering paradisiacal views over verdant valleys sloping down to the plains. If you have walking shoes, we’ll show you how to step to Africa’s rhythms and discover Tanzania’s best hikes.