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Holidays Greetings

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You are the reason of our success, we are thankful for a great year 2014, and we wish you a very good and Happy holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Tanzania promoting Tourism

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The Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board, Dr. Aloyce K. Nzuki (Second Left) talks to the member of the press at the event of English Premier League Sunderland Football Club’s jersey presentation held at New Africa Hotel. Dar es Salaam. The Commercial Director of Sunderland Association Football Club of England, Mr. Gary Hutchinson (second right) talks with during press conference at New Africa Hotel Shortly before presenting Sunderland AFC’s jersey to Dr. Aloyce K. Nzuki, The Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board (Second left), who received it on behalf of the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, and to Mr. Leonard Thadeo , the Director of Sports (first left) on  behalf of the Minister for Information, Youth, Culture and Sports. The Sunderland Association Football Club’s Commercial Director, Mr Gray Hutchinson (second right) presenting a jersey to the Tanzania Tourist  Board’s Managing Director, Dr. Aloyce K. Nzuki on behalf of The...

Lion trying to hunt wilderbeest ended up with a calf

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Sometimes it feels sad when a predator try to hunt a wildebeest or a Buffalo, but it's even worse when the game ended up in a calf and then you realize its more about nature -Video from Ndutu Serengeti

Photos of Lady Jaydee -Tanzania's top celebrity at Uhuru Peak 5895m

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In January Tanzania's top celebrity Lady Jaydee conquered Africa's highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro standing at 5895metres, she was accommpanied by our experienced and professional guides(Deo and Gasto) together with her husband Gadner G Habash(a radio presenter) and a cameraman (Justin Bayo)

Rare shots

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One of the very rare caption of lioness feeding her cubs, taken recently in Serengeti National Park  Leopard seen with her baby couple of weeks old  Cheetahs trying to hunt

Photos of the day

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 Baboon pounding a day away in Lake Manyara national Park  Elephant taking a bath in mud in Tarangire national park, elephants use mud as sun screen - photo by Alan Weiss  Lion getting rid of flies in Tarangire National Park - Photo by Alan Weiss  Lions trying to hunt while Zebras watching in a close range  Kalambo waterfalls in Rukwa region south-western Tanzania  Sometimes it takes own efforts to be a grown up, be able to stand at all situations, A great shot of Warthog in Ngorongoro crater early in the morning

FastJet Tanzania's cheapest domestic flight Inaugurated

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 Sales team of fastjet  The First Fastjet flight touches down in Dar es Salaam international airport   fastjet's inaugural non-commercial flight welcomes celebrities, press and members from the Ministry of Transport on board, including fastjet CEO Ed Winter and Deputy Minister of Transport for Tanzania Hon. Dr. Charles Tizeba.

Minister for Tourism Hon. Amb. H S Kagasheki unveils a new Strategy to increase Tanzania International Tourism Market Share

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TANZANIA (eTN) - In a milestone history of tourism promotion partnerships, the Tanzania Tourist Board has launched an international tourism marketing strategy that will place this African nation on top among the worldleading tourist destinations. The Tanzanian Minister for Tourism, Mr. Khamis Kagasheki, unveiled the International Marketing Strategy for Tanzania compiled in a 28-page, full-color document and said joint efforts are needed from public and private stakeholders to implement such a strategy that will see this country attracting two million tourists in the forthcoming five years. The milestone strategy took 18 months of public and private partnership to compile, involving joint discussions and consultations between both sectors (public and private) in which key stakeholders were involved, the Tanzania Tourist Board Managing Director, Dr. Aloyce Nzuki, said. It is indeed a milestone in the history of the tourism promotion partnership in Tanzania, since th...

Amani Nature Reserves, Birding Paradise

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The Amani Nature Reserve was created to protect the unique, biologically important submontane forest ecosystem of the East Usambara Mountains in Amani, Tanzania. The East Usambara Mountains form part of a chain of isolated mountains stretched in an arc around north-eastern Tanzania. The East Usambara covers an area of about 1300 km², (130,000 ha). East Usambara Mountains is located between Longitude 38.5-39.50 E and Latitude 4.5-5.00S, lies at an altitude of Approximately 190-1130 m above sea level and receives over 2000 mm of rainfall per year. During the hot season (Dec - March) the average daytime temperature is 25-29 0c and 22 -26 0c at night and during the cool season (May-Sept) 18-220c in daytime and 16 -200c at night. Amani is located about 75 kilometres from Tanga municipality and 32 kilometers from Muheza town. The area is covered with tropical evergreen rain forest. The soils at Amani are of the type generally found under the rain-forests in Usamb...

Precision Air Tanzania becomes the first airline to operate ATR42-600 Globally

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Tanzanian carrier Precision Air Services has today taken delivery of the first ATR 42-600 to go into scheduled commercial service. It is also airline’s first brand new -600 series aircraft out of 5 (4 ATR 42-600s and 1 ATR 72-600) ordered in December 2011. The official ceremony which took place earlier today at the ATR Delivery Center in Toulouse, France, was attended by Alfonse Kioko, CEO of Precision Air Services and Filippo Bagnato, ATR CEO. The introduction of these new series airplanes will increase its ATR fleet to 14 aircraft thus making Precision Air Services the largest ATR operator in Africa. The carrier is keen to further develop its regional network, adding new routes and frequencies to its domestic and regional markets. This fleet expansion will allow the airline to offer its passengers the advantages and comfort of the new ATR -600 series ‘Armonia’ cabin. The aircraft's first commercial flight should take place upon its arrival in Dar...

Cairo to Cape Expedition coming to Tanzania

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By Geofrey Tengeneza. Siag Travel Agent of Egypt is in the process of organizing an annual Cairo-to-Dar expedition with effect from January next year. This was disclosed by its Chairman and founder, Mr. Rami Siag, after getting the treat of Ngorongro Crater and the Serengeti. Mr. Siag was leading a Cairo-to-Cape Adventure Convoy consisting of 48 British, French and Egyptian tourists who arrived in Tanzania recently through Sirari boarder on an eight-day expedition that enabled them to visit the country’s unique attractions. The expedition tagged “Egypt Gateway to Africa” began its adventure trip in the City of Beartiz in Southern France on October 4, 2012, and was scheduled to cut across 12 African countries to its final destination in Cape Town, South Africa. While talking to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) and Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) officials and the media, Mr. Siag said that most of the people in the group were very excited at seei...

Tanzanian tourist Board (TTB) officials visited Sunderland football club

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TTB Marketing Director Devotha Mdachi with former players of Sunderland FC,   from right is Sunderland ambassador and former goalkeeper Jimmy Montgomery, Gary Mutchinson business director and Kevin Ball former Sunderland captain  Tanzanian Tourist board delegates watching one of Sunderland's football game TTB Marketing director Devotha Mdachi with former   English foreign minister and South Shields MP David Milband when TTB officials visited Sunderland Fc One of the posters advertising Tanzania

The honeymooners: Newlyweds Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel land in Tanzania for luxurious safari getaway

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They tied the knot in a romantic week-long extravaganza at the Borgo Egnaza resort in Southern Italy two weeks ago. And newlyweds Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel opted to honeymoon among African wildlife as the loved-up pair were seen arriving at the Kilimanjaro International airport in Tanzania two days after their nuptials. Newly-released shots show the blissed-out couple exiting their private plane and boarding a helicopter to the reserve of Singita Grumeti in the world-famous Serengeti Park. Touchdown! Newlyweds Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel were seen landing at the Kilimanjaro International airport in Tanzania for their safari honeymoon two days after their Italian nuptials Landing in the Sasakwa landing strip on October 21, Jessica covered her famous face with a white cloche hat. The 30-year-old bride also wore a white tank top under a grey cardigan, white trousers, and sensible flats. Honeymoon fashion: Jessica wore a white cloche hat, tank top, gr...

Protecting Tanzania's wildlife is our common responsibly - US Ambassador

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At Selous game reserves headquarters in Matambwe, Mr. Benson Kibonde, Selous Game reserves manager(left) shows US ambassador Mr.   Alfonso E. Lenhardt (right) a collection of bones and skulls from various types of wildlife that are found In the reserve. Also pictured are Mzamilu Kaita, principal game officer, wildlife division and Mr. Mashiku, a sector warden in the Selous. Ambassador Lenhardt visited Selous game reserve October 24-26 to hear from officials in the wildlife division of the ministry of natural resource and tourism and researchers from Frankfurt Zoological society about various challenges to the rich wildlife and biodiversity in the Selous game reserve.