Tanzania

Africa's highest peak, a river crossing where wildebeest gamble against waiting crocodiles by the thousand, and a volcano that erupts liquid carbonate lava cool and black enough to touch a day after it flows.

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Diving · Mafia Island, Zanzibar Archipelago

Diving with whale sharks, Mafia Island

ADVANCEDRisk: MODERATEUSD Full-day tour US$120–180

One of the most reliable places on Earth to snorkel or dive alongside whale sharks, which gather here to feed on seasonal plankton blooms close to shore — encounters with animals up to 12m long, in warm, clear Indian Ocean water with minimal crowding compared to better-known whale shark sites.

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Diving · Pemba Channel, Zanzibar Archipelago

Wall diving, Pemba Island

EXPERTRisk: HIGHUSD 2-tank dive US$120–170

Some of the steepest, most dramatic coral wall diving in East Africa, dropping from a few metres to well over 100m into a deep channel — the channel's currents bring in pelagic species rarely seen closer to shore, in far quieter water than neighbouring Zanzibar.

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