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TANZANIA Sporting Holidays of a Lifetime
As you can imagine, being on the tropical Indian ocean, and having Africa’s largest lakes, Tanzania has also a plenty of water sports, ranging from some of the world’s best diving (both in the ocean and ĨƌĞƐŚǁĂƚĞƌ ůĂŬĞƐͿ͕ LJĂĐŚƚ͕ ĚŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ďŽĂƚ ƚƌŝƉƐ͕ ĮƐŚŝŶŐ͕ and adrenaline sports. Tanzania has some incredible ƐƉŽƌƟŶŐ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJƐ ƚŽ ŽīĞƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽ ƐĞĞŬ ƚŚĞŵ ŽƵƚ͘
Tanzania is a beautiful country. Its landscape and people make it a unique location to undertake any sport. Whether it is early morning training runs past giraffes and zebra to the shores of Lake Manyara or on the slopes on Mount Kilimanjaro, a football match against a local village team, horse riding expeditions in West Kilimanjaro or treks in the Ngorongoro Highlands or from the sun-kissed islands of the Zanzibar Archipelago to the gentle shores of Lake Victoria, the country contains immense cultural and natural wealth. 22
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BALLOON FLIGHTS Flights by balloon take off as dawn breaks over the Serengeti, the perfect silence of the early morning plains broken only by the soft roar of the balloon. Far below, wildebeest scatter, looking everywhere but up at the silent visitor that floats over their world. Giraffe stand next to acacia trees, untroubled by the airborne visitors. After the thrill of landing, a champagne breakfast awaits, the air becoming warmer as the sun climbs in the sky and curious zebra look up from their grazing at the chink of cutlery in the still, warm bush.
DIVING Scuba diving the coral reefs off Tanzania’s coast at Zanzibar and Mafia Island offer some of the world’s finest scuba diving. Diving is possible all year round, although the Kusi Monsoon (strongest June-Sept) is accompanied by choppy seas and strong currents that make the more exposed reefs inaccessible. There can also be strong winds in December and January. Visibility is best from
