Primary Journey · Begin here
Mombasa to Dar es Salaam along the coast 1 video available.
Likoni, the Kenya–Tanzania border, and Tanga lead south to Dar es Salaam.
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Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania
Tanzania's Indian Ocean metropolis: a mainland arrival point, passenger-ferry gateway, and city worth exploring in its own right.
Firsthand material by Liv Kenya
Journeys connected to Dar es Salaam
See the published routes that arrive at this Home Base and radiate outward toward nearby Places.
Dar es Salaam city discovery
Dar es Salaam to Stone Town
Mombasa to Dar es Salaam along the coast
Mombasa to Zanzibar — Along the Swahili Coast
Southern Tanzania Safari Circuit
Stone Town back to Dar es Salaam
Western Tanzania Safari Circuit
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Journeys
Browse all 7 →Begin with the primary Journey into Dar es Salaam, then continue toward the Places connected to this Home Base.
Primary Journey · Begin here
Stone Town back to Dar es Salaam 1 video available.
The passenger ferry reconnects the island loop with the mainland.
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Dar es Salaam city discovery 1 video available.
Downtown streets, the Askari Monument, and Coco Beach make Dar a destination rather than only a transfer.
Follow Journey →Dar es Salaam to Stone Town 1 video available.
A passenger-ferry crossing opens Zanzibar through Stone Town and Forodhani.
Follow Journey →Mombasa to Zanzibar — Along the Swahili Coast 1 video available.
Liv Kenya's coast-and-islands Journey from Mombasa by Likoni, the Lunga Lunga–Horohoro border, Tanga, and Dar es Salaam to Stone Town, Changuu, Zanzibar's north and east coasts, Jozani, Paje, …
Follow Journey →Southern Tanzania Safari Circuit
Travel overland from Dar es Salaam through Nyerere, Udzungwa, and Mikumi, then continue through Iringa to finish in Ruaha's Great Ruaha River country.
Follow Journey →Western Tanzania Safari Circuit
Combine Katavi's floodplain game country with Mahale and Gombe's chimpanzee forests through a realistic sequence of domestic flight, remote road, light aircraft, and Lake Tanganyika boat transfers.
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Browse all 6 →The destinations and discoveries connected to Journeys from this Home Base.
Askari Monument and city centre 1 video available.
A central landmark for reading Dar es Salaam's streets, civic history, and movement between the waterfront and downtown.
Explore Place →Coco Beach street food 1 video available.
An Indian Ocean beachfront where informal food stalls and evening social life meet the city.
Explore Place →Dar es Salaam passenger ferry terminal 2 videos available.
The city-centre passenger terminal linking Dar es Salaam with Zanzibar.
Explore Place →Mikumi National Park
A readily reached southern Tanzania park centered on the Mkata floodplain, with open grassland, woodland, riverine forest, and hills.
Explore Place →Nyerere National Park
A vast southern Tanzania park where the Rufiji River, oxbow lakes, floodplains, savanna, and woodland shape wildlife movement.
Explore Place →Udzungwa Mountains National Park
An Eastern Arc forest park of steep altitude change, endemic primates, streams, waterfalls, and trails rather than game-drive plains.
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