Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Gateway city & coast
About Dar es Salaam
Gateway to the coast
Tanzania's largest city, on the Indian Ocean coast
Dar es Salaam is Tanzania’s largest city and main gateway — a bustling, prospering Indian Ocean port of markets, seafood, museums and ferries to Zanzibar.
Most trips pass through; a day here takes in the fish market, the National Museum and the beaches to the north and south.
Safaris that visit Dar es Salaam
Journeys through Dar es Salaam
Cards marked “Nearby” pass close by and can be tailored to include Dar es Salaam.
Southern Wilderness
Vast, wild and wonderfully quiet.
Boat safaris on the Rufiji River in Nyerere, Ruaha’s lion prides, then whale sharks and reefs off Mafia Island.
NearbyClassic Tanzania Safari
Big cats at dawn, white sand by the end of the week.
Four nights among the big cats of the central Serengeti, then four on the white sand of Nungwi, at Zanzibar’s northern tip.
NearbyLove Under African Skies
Fall asleep under the stars. Wake to the sound of the sea.
Champagne on the crater rim, a balloon at dawn and a night on an open-air star bed in the Serengeti, then a private villa on Zanzibar.
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