Travel advisory: Travellers should know that the US currently advises reconsidering travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Cabo Delgado (Mozambique) border. The walking routes below are in Arusha, Moshi, Dar es Salaam and Stone Town, none of them in that zone. Check the US State Department and UK FCDO first. Tanzania’s wildlife reputation hides a good walking country. Streets, ridges and rainforest paths offer a slower view than a vehicle, and several are cheap.

Travel advisory: The US government currently advises reconsidering travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Mozambique border (Cabo Delgado). The views described here are in the north and on Zanzibar, away from that area. Read the latest on travel.state.gov and gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tanzania before you book. Tanzania’s best views come from the edge of something: a caldera rim, an escarpment road, a waterfront promenade.

Travel advisory: The US currently advises travellers to reconsider travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Mozambique (Cabo Delgado) border. The lodges and beaches covered below are far from that area. Check the US State Department and UK FCDO before booking. Two days of Tanzania romance sum up the country: a dawn balloon over the Serengeti plains, then a sandbank walk at low tide on Zanzibar.

Travel advisory: At the time you plan, the US advises reconsidering travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Cabo Delgado border with Mozambique. When routing a long trip, keep clear of the southern border belt around Mtwara and Ruvuma. Look up the current US State Department and UK FCDO pages before paying deposits. The best multi-day trips in Tanzania are built from four blocks: the northern safari circuit, a mountain, the southern reserve at Nyerere, and a stretch of beach.

Travel advisory: Families should know that the US advises travellers to reconsider travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Mozambique (Cabo Delgado) border. The family destinations below are in the north and on Zanzibar. Check travel.state.gov and the UK FCDO guidance before booking. Age limits decide a family trip to Tanzania more than distance does. The parks set few of them, the lodges set many, and the mountain sets a hard one.

Travel advisory: The US currently advises reconsidering travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the border with Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. Arusha, Moshi and Zanzibar are not in that border zone. Read the US State Department and UK FCDO advice again just before you pay for anything. Plenty of people ask whether the Serengeti works as a day trip. It does not, and the arithmetic explains why: about 8 to 9 hours by road from Arusha to Seronera, much of it gravel after the Ngorongoro gate.

Travel advisory: Washington currently asks travellers to reconsider travel to Tanzania, while London advises against all but essential travel in the 20 km strip along the Cabo Delgado border with Mozambique. The attractions below are in the north and on Zanzibar, outside that strip. Confirm the latest wording on travel.state.gov and the UK FCDO Tanzania page before booking. A crater, a gorge, a gemstone museum and a spice farm: Tanzania’s best-known attractions are spread across two regions and several price tiers.

Travel advisory: The US State Department currently advises travellers to reconsider travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Mozambique (Cabo Delgado) border. The safari parks, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar sit far from that strip. Check the US State Department and UK FCDO pages before you book. Every Tanzania itinerary starts with the same question: which entry fee do you pay first?