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MY TIPS TO GO TO TANZANIA
Personalized and private journey
Personalized and private journey
MY TIPS TO GO TO TANZANIA
TANZANIA - TANZANIA
TANZANIA - TANZANIA
Web guide about beachs holidays and African safaris
Please remember that I am an African wildlife photographer and not a tour or ground operator. However my extensive experience in these regions enables me to advise you on the best tour and ground operators - those who live in the area, who will take care of you best and for the best prices.
Safaris are very expensive! This is why I recommend directly contacting local tour operators who live on site in Africa; they alone know the tours really well (they are at home).
The best option
Using my advice you choose a local tour operator, a professional (who speak and write English) who lives on site in Africa, a member of the association that monitors tours operators , i.e. TATO (Tanzania association of tour operators) for Tanzania and KATO (Kenya association of tour operators) for Kenya. These agencies that I recommend have vast safari experience, climbed Kilimanjaro, Masai etc. - sometimes for 30 years. Feel free to ask me about my ground operators !MY TIPS, TANZANIA, ZANZIBAR
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My personal Travel advice for Tanzania and Kenya
Travel advice for tanzania afrika
Below my tips for tanzania travel
Photocopy all your important documents!
(passport, flight tickets, vaccination record cards etc.)
However, do not put the copies in the same pockets as the originals !
Scan your passport, flight tickets and vaccination record card and send them
to yourself on your web-based email and if necessary, you simply go to a cybercafé
anywhere in the world and print the copies! You are saved!
(Allow for 200-300 kb per document in JPEG format)
Remember that in Africa you must confirm your return flight several
days before leaving, by telephoning the airline at their airport office
due to over-booking! If not, you run the risk of having to
wait for the next flight!
When you arrive in the country, if you will be leaving from the same airport
go to your airline sales desk and ask if you can confirm your return flight
and if not, ask if you can have the telephone number so that you
can ring to confirm the return flight!
Keep a little change for the return, which you can use for luggage porters
or for what follows below. (Remember to also keep $20 for return departure taxes)
NB - when you return, when your bags are weighed, they
may also put your hand baggage on the scales !!
Look carefully, because sometimes they let their toe " drag " on the edge
of the scales, and you risk paying excess baggage tax! Do not cause a scandal
it is commonplace, simply comment that the foot " slipped " and
ask that they reweigh your baggage, and slip them a little cash
- everything will be fine, this is Africa!
Avoid clothes in bright or fluorescent colours; blend in with
the crowd without being noticed.
NB Grass is high after the rainfall! (makes animal observation a little difficult)
For any problem with camera films in airports, click on the link click on the link
Obtain an international driving licence before leaving - you never know!
It isn't expensive. Contact your nearest AA shop for details.
If you are going camping, bring the aeroplane pillow with you
as well as the blanket, they will serve you well.
Psst…don't repeat this please!
And finally, no trip to Africa is complete without several torches!
Front-lighting torches are very practical but more expensive
and as you will use it a lot, the bulb and the batteries
won't last long!
You will find even more advice and recommendations on the link below.
And more on My personal Travel advice for Tanzania and Kenya
(passport, flight tickets, vaccination record cards etc.)
However, do not put the copies in the same pockets as the originals !
Scan your passport, flight tickets and vaccination record card and send them
to yourself on your web-based email and if necessary, you simply go to a cybercafé
anywhere in the world and print the copies! You are saved!
(Allow for 200-300 kb per document in JPEG format)
Remember that in Africa you must confirm your return flight several
days before leaving, by telephoning the airline at their airport office
due to over-booking! If not, you run the risk of having to
wait for the next flight!
When you arrive in the country, if you will be leaving from the same airport
go to your airline sales desk and ask if you can confirm your return flight
and if not, ask if you can have the telephone number so that you
can ring to confirm the return flight!
Keep a little change for the return, which you can use for luggage porters
or for what follows below. (Remember to also keep $20 for return departure taxes)
NB - when you return, when your bags are weighed, they
may also put your hand baggage on the scales !!
Look carefully, because sometimes they let their toe " drag " on the edge
of the scales, and you risk paying excess baggage tax! Do not cause a scandal
it is commonplace, simply comment that the foot " slipped " and
ask that they reweigh your baggage, and slip them a little cash
- everything will be fine, this is Africa!
Avoid clothes in bright or fluorescent colours; blend in with
the crowd without being noticed.
NB Grass is high after the rainfall! (makes animal observation a little difficult)
For any problem with camera films in airports, click on the link click on the link
Obtain an international driving licence before leaving - you never know!
It isn't expensive. Contact your nearest AA shop for details.
If you are going camping, bring the aeroplane pillow with you
as well as the blanket, they will serve you well.
Psst…don't repeat this please!
And finally, no trip to Africa is complete without several torches!
Front-lighting torches are very practical but more expensive
and as you will use it a lot, the bulb and the batteries
won't last long!
You will find even more advice and recommendations on the link below.
And more on My personal Travel advice for Tanzania and Kenya