Only a 20 minute flight or 2 hour boat trip from Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar is typical of the spice-filled islands found in the Indian Ocean.  

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Tanzania! Words just cannot express the beauty of the nature… any attempts to describe seem empty and pale in the face of the splendor and variety of this wilderness. Try to picture peaceful herds of elephants along a riverbank. You are not dreaming, you are in the Tarangire national park! Raise your head and open your eyes and ears: in the Ngorongoro preservation area you can observe 400 species of birds. Lift the head again and Mount Kilimanjaro will catch your eye. Once a myth it is now accessible in six days by the Machame route! Return to the ground in the Serengeti plains. The oldest and without a doubt the most popular of the Tanzanian parks: You will find hundreds of thousands of zebras, gazelles and gnus which migrate annually in search of greener pastures. Elephants, giraffes and elk are in constant movement...
Your tailor made holiday to Tanzania doesn’t only cover natural wildlife. It also includes meeting with unique ethnic groups, like the Maasai, the proud semi-nomadic people. Tanzania is also a place to kick back and relax along the superb beaches of Zanzibar.
Luxury travel or beneath a tent, for a safari between friends or a honeymoon, a trip to Tanzania is a dream come true!

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Pemba is an island that is part of the Zanzibar archipelago, but is not very touristic. It is not overrun with hotels like its neighbour and has remained very authentic.

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Personally, I really liked Pemba, as it is more African than Zanzibar, more wild and more authentic. Over here you really have to cover yourself up (no bare legs or shoulders), for, unlike its neighbour, this island does not see tourists often, as everything is expensive here and those who seek to laze on the beach will be disappointed.
There is a lot of mangrove, one must take a boat or improbable dirt tracks to get to beaches (Missali Island is exceptional for snorkeling)... That is exactly what I liked! When you arrive at the northern tip of the island you feel as if you are at the end of the world, on an empty, windswept beach. Lots of divers come to explore the sea bed here.
The highlight was Ngezi forest, where I went on a lovely daytime walk with a park guide. Here I saw amazing flying-fox, the biggest bats in the world! They hang from the trees by the dozen, which is very impressive (however, they are totally harmless). I would have loved to have seen them active at nightfall (they sleep in the daytime).
Pemba's capital, Chake Chake is also a highlight of the visit, for the market and the small museum, definitely interesting even if it isn't much to look at on the outside.

Pemba is an island that is part of the <a href="/tanzania/">Zanzibar</a> archipelago, but is not very touristic. It is not overrun with hotels like its neighbour and has remained very authentic.

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