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Guide to Stone Town: Step back in time

Guide to Stone Town: Step back in time

Few places epitomise the exotic quite as much as the island of Zanzibar, located off the mainland of Tanzania – and Stone Town is its heart. In our guide to Stone Town, discover how this small city is a melting pot of African, Arab and 

A tale of two Tanzanias

A tale of two Tanzanias

The Kilimanjaro challenge… “Jambo! Not far now, not far,” my guide proclaimed as he bounced past me with a toothy grin. I had the distinct impression he was lying to me. We had been walking for four hours now in freezing -15°C temperatures, trudging slow