ALLIANCE FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE (AFI) 1ST – 2ND MARCH, 2012IN ZANZIBAR

About the Conference

  1. Registration

Delegates of this conference are required to register by downloading the Conference Registration Form, fill it online and email it to the Conference Secretary (), copy to and . Alternatively, the filled form may be faxed to +255 22 2234075, attention: Zalia Mbeo or Malkias M. Mombo.

For future reference, you may wish to save the filled form before sending it. Nevertheless, feel free to contact the following individualsfor enquiries:

  1. Mrs. Zalia MbeoTel.+255 22 223 3167

e-mail:

  1. Ms Kariba BusigaraTel.+255 22 223 5445

e-mail:

  1. Mr. Malkias M. Mombo Tel +255 22 223 3176

(e-mail:

Registration deadline is ……15th February, 2012……………………………..

  1. Conference Venue

The conference will be held at the Dream of Zanzibar Hotel in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

The Hotel is located on the north eastern coast of Zanzibar and is set directly on the beach of Kiwengwa about 45 km from Zanzibar International Airport.

3.Travel Information

Visa for Tanzania

Where possible, Delegates are strongly advised to obtain visa from their resident countries to facilitate their travel arrangements.

Nationals of the following countries do not need entry visa to Tanzania:

Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Ashmore & Cartier Island, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Channel Island, Christmas Island, Cocos Island, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Island, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Guyana, Heard Island, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Macao, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mc Donald Island, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Naue Islands, Nauru, Norfolk Island, North Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Island Group, Rwanda, Romania, Ross Dependency, Saint Lucia, Scotland, Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Island, St. Helena, St. Kitts & Navis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Wales, Western Samoa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Countries NOT listed above require entry visa to Tanzania.
Most nationalities can get a visa valid for 3 months on arrival at the border for a fee of USD50 to USD100 or Euro 50 to Euro 100. Multiple entry visas may be as high as USD 200 or Euro 200 depending on the type of visa. It is possible to obtain a visa on arrival at one of the following two points of entries in Tanzania, namely:

  1. JuliusNyerereInternationalAirport (JNIA)
  2. ZanzibarInternationalAirport (ZIA)
  3. Kilimanjaro International Airport

Nationals of the following countries must obtain Referred Visa.
Afghanistan, Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen.

A Referred Visa is one that the applicant requires special clearance or permission from the Headquarters of Immigration in Tanzaniain order to get the visa.

Applicants from this group are advised to send copies of relevant pages of their passports and travel itineraries to our Visa Coordinators (Ms. Zalia Mbeo – and Mr. Malkias Mombo – ) to assistthem obtain the required clearance and visa upon arrival from the Immigration Office.

Tanzania Embassies

Diplomatic Missions - Tanzania Embassies Abroad

For more information please visit Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanzania -
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN BELGIUM / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN BURUNDI
72 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt,
11050 Brussels,
BELGIUM
Tel.: +32 2 640 6500/640 6527
Fax: +32 2 646 8026
Telex: (046) 63616
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Accreditation: Belgium, Luxembourg,Netherlands, European Union and ACP/EU / United Nations Road
Plot No. 382
855 Bujumbura
Burundi
Tel:257-22248632/6 and 257-22248633 HOC
Fax: 257-22248637
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Accreditation: Burundi
TANZANIA HIGH COMMISION IN CANADA / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN CHINA
50 Range Rd.Ottawa,
Ontario Kin 8J4,
CANADA
Tel.: +1 613 232 1500 / 1509
Fax: +1 613 232 5184
Telex: (021) 533569
E-Mail: his e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Accreditation: Canada and Cuba / 8 Liang Ma He Nan Lu,
Sanlitun, Beijing
100600 P.R. CHINA.
Tel:(+86) 010 65321719
Fax:(+86) 010 65324351
E-mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: China, Vietnam,Laos, Kampuchea (Cambodia),Mongolia, Thailand andThe Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN EGYPT
142 Boulevard 30 Jin B.
P. 1612, Kinshasa
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Tel.: +242 34364
Telex: (0982) 21400
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Gabon, Central African Republic, Cameroon and Congo Brazavile / 11 Abou Karama,
Cairo, A.R.E
EGYPT
Tel.: +20 2 3374155, 3374286, 704446, 346017
Fax: (20-2) 3457559
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine,
Libya, Iraq and Syria
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN ETHIOPIA / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN FRANCE
P.O.Box 1077,
Addis Ababa,
ETHIOPIA
Tel.: +251 1 634353
Fax: +251 1 517358
Telex: (0980) 21268
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Djibout, Yemen, AU and ECA / 13 avenue Raymond Poincaré
75116 Paris,
FRANCE
Phone +33 1 53 70 63 66
Fax +33 1 47 55 05 46
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Web:
Accreditation: France, Spain, Portugal,
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia,UNESCO
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN GERMANY / TANZANIA HIGH COMMISION IN INDIA
Eschenallee 11
14050 Berlin (Charlottenburg, Westend),
GERMANY
or
The Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania
Postfach 191226, 14002
Berlin, GERMAN
Tel. +49 (0)30-3030800
Fax: +49 (0)30-30308020
Telex: (041) 885569
E-mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Web:
Accreditation: Federal Republic of Germany,Switzerland, Poland, Czech, Slovakia,Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania,
Austria and Holy See. / 10/1 Sarv Priya Vihar,
New Delhi, 110016
INDIA
Tel.: +91 11 6853046/7
Fax: +91 11 696408
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal,
Bangladesh, Singapore,
Burma / Myanmar,
Malaysia, Indonesia and
Brunei Darusalaam
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN ITALY / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN JAPAN
Villa Tanzania, Viale Cortina D'ampezzo 185
00135 Rome,
ITALY
Phone : +39 - 06 334 85801, 02, 04
Fax : +39 - 06 334 85828
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Website:
Accreditation: Italy, Greece, Albania,
Serbia and Montenegro,
Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovena,Serbia, Turkey, IFAD, FAO and WFP. / 21-9, Kamiyoga 4, Chome Setagaya -Ku
Tokyo 158, Tokyo,
JAPAN
Tel.: +81 3 425 4531/3
Fax: +81 3 425 7844
Telex: (072) 122121
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Website:
Accreditation: Japan, Phillipines, South Korea,
Australia, New Zealand and
Papua New Guinea
TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN KENYA / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN MALAWI
Continental Hse, 4th Floor
P.O.Box 47790,
Nairobi, KENYA
Tel.: +254 2 331056/7, 331104
Fax: +254 2 721874
Telex: 25351
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Kenya, Sudan, Seychelles,Somalia, UNEP and HABITAT / P.O Box 922,
CapitalCity,
Lilongwe 3,
MALAWI
Tel: +265-(0)-1-775-038/035
Fax: +265-(0)-1-770-148
E Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Malawi
TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN MOZAMBIQUE / TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN NIGERIA
Ujamaa House,
P.O Box 4515,
Maputo,
MOZAMBIQUE
Tel: (258-1) 490110-3, 491165
Fax: (258-1) 494782
E mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Zimbabwe / 15, Yedseram Street, Maitama
PMB 5125, Wuse
ABUJA, Nigeria
Tel. General: +234 9 4132313
Tel. Direct: +234 9 4132312
Fax: +234 9 4132314
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Accreditation: Nigeria, Benin, Togo,
Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal,
Mali, Liberia, Sierra Leone,
The Gambia, Burkina Faso,
ADB and ECOWAS
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN RUSSIA / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN RWANDA
Pyatnitskaya,U Litsa 33,
Moscow,
RUSSIA
Tel.: +7 095 231 8126, 231 5431
Fax: +7 095 230 2968
Telex: (064) 413352
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Accreditation: Russia, Belarus,
Georgia and Ukraine / 15 Avenue Paul VI,
B.P.3973 ,
Kigali,
RWANDA
Tel. (250) 756567
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Rwanda
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN SAUDI ARABIA / TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN SOUTH AFRICA
P.O Box 94320
Riyadh11693,
SAUDI ARABIA
Tel.: +966 1 04542839, 4542833 /
(0495) 406811
Fax: +966 1 454 9660
E-Mail: his e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Saudi Arabia,UAE, Pakistan, Iran,Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait / 822 George Ave, Arcadia, 0083,
P.O Box 56572, Acardia, 0007
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel.: +27 12 3424371/93
Fax: +27 12 4304383
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Accreditation: South Africa, Namibia,
Lesotho, Botswana and SADC
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN SWEDEN / TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN UGANDA
Näsby Allé
Box 183 55 Täby
Stockholm,
SWEDEN
Tel: +46 8 732 24 30/31,
Fax: +46 8 732 24 32
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Web:
Accreditation: Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Norway, Iceland,Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania / 6 KAGERA RD.
P.O. BOX 5750
Kampala,
UGANDA.
Tel.: +256 41 256272
Telex: +256 41 61062
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Accreditation: Uganda
TANZANIA EMBASY IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / TANZANIA EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
No. S6A1 Nasr Street Khalidiyah
P. O. Box 43714
Abu Dhabi
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES(UAE)
Tel.: (971) (2) 6650226
Fax: (971) (2) 6661613
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: United Arabs Emirate (UAE)
/ 2139 R. Street NW
Washington D. C. 20008
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel.: +1 202 884 1080 or
+1 202 939 6125
Fax: +1 202 797 7408
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Web:
Accreditation: United States of America (USA),
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (The World Bank),
International Monetary Fund (IMF),
Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico
TANZANIA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK / TANZANIA PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
UNITED NATIONS, SWITZERLAND
201 East 42 Street RM. 1700
New York, N.Y. 10017,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Tel.:+1 212 972 9160
Fax: +1 212 682 5232
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Accreditation: UN Headquarters and
its organisations, UNDP,
UNICEF, UNFPA, Jamaica,
Trinidad and Tobago,
Barbados and Guyana. / 47 Avenue Blanc
CH 1201 Geneva,
SWITZERLAND
Tel: (41-22) 7318920/7323752/7319461
Fax: +41 22 732 8255
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Accreditation: Switzerland,UN offices in Geneva and Vienna
TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN UNITED
KINGDOM / TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION IN ZAMBIA
3 Stratford Place
London WIC 1AS
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel.: +44 (0) 207 569 1470
Fax: +44 (0) 207 495 8817
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Web:
Accreditation: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ireland (Eire) and the Commonwealth of Nations / Ujamaa House,
5200 UN Avenue
Box 31219,
10101 Lusaka, ZAMBIA.
Tel.: +260 1 227698/227702
Fax: +260 1 254861
E-Mail: is e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Accreditation: Zambia, Angola,Malawi, Sao Tome,
Principe and COMESA
TANZANIA EMBASSY IN ZIMBABWE
Ujamaa House, 2
3 Baines Ave.
BOX 4841, Harare,
ZIMBABWE
Tel.: 263-4 -792714 / 263-4-792726
Fax: 263-4-792747
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Accreditation:Zimbabwe and Mauritius

Tanzania Honorary consulates

Diplomatic Missions - Tanzania Honorary Consulates Abroad

THE HONORARY CONSULATE IN OSAKA / HONORARY CONSULATE IN HONG KONG
C/0 KonoikeBuilding,
3-6-1 Kita-Kyuhoji-cho, Chuo-ku,Osaka-shi
541 Japan
Tel: 81-6-241-6780
Fax; 81-6-244-3692 / Ground Floor to Third Floor
MOHANS´ Building
HONGKON
Tel. (852) 2369 1188
Fax (852) 27230483
THE HONORARY CONSULATE IN SEOUL / THE HONORARY CONSULATE IN BANGLADESH
C/O HyundaiCorporation
HyundaiBuilding 2F
140-2, Kye - dong Chrongro-ku, Seol 110-793
Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-2-7446-1172
Fax: 82-2-746-1093 / 53/2 dit Extension ROAD
Naya Polton, Dhaka – 1000,
P.O. Box –GPO 3444 Dhaka
1000 BANGLADESH
Tel – 8802-83 6203, 419299, 413997
8802 – 83 2911
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HONORARY CONSULATE IN PERTH' / HONORARY CONSULATE IN DENMARK
C/o Murcia and Associates
Barristers and Solocitors
Level 25, QVI Building
250 St Feorge's Terrace, Perth,
Western Australia 6000
Tel: 61-8-9322-6223
Fax: 61-8-9322-6522 / Klintebjerg vej 105
5450 Otterup, Denmark
Tel No. +45 6482 2702
Mobile +45 4029 1957
Fax +45 6482 2157
E Mail ANNI@POST 7.tele.dk
HONORARY CONSULATE IN SYDNEY / HONORARY CONSULATE IN LUANDA-ANGOLA
C/o Denes Ebner Lawyers
32A Oxford Street,
Sydney21010Australia
Tel.61-2-9332-4944
Fax: 61-2-9332-3902 / CX.P 1333
CP 133, Rua de Silva Porto,
LUANDA - ANGOLA
Tel: (244-2) 335 205
Fax 244 – 2 – 331831
E-Mail – 104663. 1074@ COMPUSERVE.COM
HONORARY CONSULATE IN MANILA / HONORARY CONSULATE IN GERMANY
c/o Inter- Travel & Tour,Inc
657 San Andres Street, Malate, Manila 1004
Philippiness
Tel 63-2-253-2207
Fax 63-2-521-6498 / Franz-Rabe-Strasse 23
25474 Boenningstedt
Germany
Tel.: 040-2507936
Fax : 040-55601254
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HONORARY CONSULATE IN SINGAPORE / HONORARY CONSULATE IN NETHERLANDS
H.A. Van Karnebeeklaan 46
1181 XH amstelveen
Tel. 020 6416060
Fax 31 1803 19158
HONORARY CONSULATE IN FRANCE
5, Av. Raymond FE´RAND – 06200
NICE – FRANCE
HONORARY CONSULATE IN THAILAND / HONORARY CONSULATE IN THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH KOREA
5, Av. Raymond FE´RAND – 06200
NICE – FRANCE S.L.D. Condominium
3rdFL., 501 Saladaeng 1,
RAMA IV RD
BANGKOK10500THAILAND
Tel. 235 8282 – 3/235 – 8131 – 238 – 5100
Fax (662) 236 – 1977 / 428 Okusu Dong
SUNGDONG –Ku
HONORARY CONSULATE IN MOMBASA / HONORARY CONSULATE IN THE HAGUE
Mini Kemal Oke Caddeasi
No 10/4,
80200 Nisantasi, Istanbull, Turkey
Tel 0090-212-2466142 or 2477261
Fax. 0090-212-2345679. / Tel (32-2) 32 0939
THE HAGUE - NETHERLANDS

Foreign Embassies in Tanzania

DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS

ALGERIA
ANGOLA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA, in Kampala
BANGLADESH
BELGIUM
BOTSWANA
BURUNDI
CAMEROON
CANADA
CHINA
COTE D'IVOIRE
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DRC (CONGO)
EGYPT
ERITREA
ETHIOPIA
FINLAND / FRANCE
GERMANY
GHANA
GREECE
GUYANA
HOLY SEE(Vatican)
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRAN
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
KENYA
KOREA.
KOREA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
LESOTHO
LIBERIA / LIBYA
MALAWI
MALI
MEXICO
MONGOLIA
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NEPAL
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NORWAY
OMAN
PALESTINE
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
RWANDA / SAUDI ARABIASENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI-LANKA
SUDAN
SWAZILAND
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA
THAILAND
TURKEY
UGANDA
UNITED KINGDOM
USA
YEMEN
YUGOSLAVIA
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE
  1. Immunisation

Vaccination against cholera and malaria is recommended. Yellow fever vaccination is required to ALL persons from yellow fever endemic countries/regions. .

  1. Currencies

The official currency in Tanzania is the Tanzanian Shilling, abbreviated as TZS. Major foreign currencies (USD, Euro, and GBP) can be exchanged at international airports, banks and bureaux de change. Information on prevailing exchange rates can be found on the Bank of Tanzania website. Foreign currency can be exchanged in both, cash and traveller’s cheques.

6.Transport

From Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) toDar es Salaam City Center hiring a taxi costs about USD 25.

From Zanzibar International Airport to the Hotel (i.e. Diamonds Dreams) a taxi costs about USD 50.

The above rates are payable in cash ineither US Dollars or its equivalent in Tanzanian shillings.

International flights to Julius Nyerere International Airport ( Dar es Salaam) are as listed below:

  1. Ethiopia Airways
  2. Swiss Air
  3. Qatar Airways
  4. Emirates
  5. British Airways
  6. South Africa Airways
  7. Oman Air
  8. KLM
  9. Turkish Airline
  10. Egypt Air
  11. Kenya Airways
  12. Rwanda Air
  13. Air Uganda
  14. Air Malawi

International flights to Zanzibar International Airport:

  1. Ethiopian Airways
  2. Kenya Airways
  3. Oman Air

Flight connections from Julius Nyerere International Airport (Dar es Salaam) to Zanzibar are available in the morning, afternoon and evening. A flight from Dar to Zanzibar takes less than 20 minutes.

7.Time Zone

Tanzanian time is Greenwich Mean Time plus three hours (GMT + 3HRS). Given the proximity to the Equator, there is pretty much 12 hours of daylight every 24 hours.

8.Climate

The weather in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar is usually hot and dry with temperatures ranging between 22 to 32oC.

9.Power Rating

Voltage: 220 - 240V AC, 50 Hz, Plugs: (BS1363, Fused 13 A, 5 A, and 3 A also in common use).

  1. Tourist Attractions

Zanzibar

Zanzibar is the majestic spice island of the Indian Ocean constituting of two main islands of Unguja and Pemba. Over centuries, different cultures have influenced Zanzibar to become what it is today. Sumerians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Indians, Chinese, Persians, Portuguese, Omani Arabs, Dutch and British settled in the islands at one time or the other and influenced the local culture into the present fusion.

Ngorongoro National Park

Ngorongoro is a fascinating and unusual Conservation Area, 380km from Arusha, which includes the Ngorongoro Crater at its centre, and then extends through the Crater Highlands, in which local tribes are permitted to maintain their traditional lifestyles in a natural environment as possible. This extraordinary volcanic landscape is rich and fertile, with stunning craters and lakes, and the high altitude creates a malaria-free micro climate.

The Ngorongoro Crater is the world's largest intact caldera in an exceptional geographical position, forming a spectacular bowl of about 265 sq km with sides up to 600m deep. It is the stalking ground of 20 - 30,000 wild animals at any one time. The crater is densely populated with wildlife, as such, it has achieved international reputation and attracts a growing number of visitors each year.

The Crater rim, over 2,200 metres high, touches swathes of clouds for most days of the year, with cool high altitude vapour that seem to bring a clean lightness to the air, and also a chill. These highlands wake up to a misty fog in most months, other than the high dry season during December and January.

Even if time is limited this natural but accessibly small caldera ensures a rewarding safari.

Serengeti National Park