Beach Safaris : The coast of Tanzania is blessed to have one of the spectacular beaches in the eastern Africa. It has the calmest white sand beaches with a crystal-clear water that reflect from the blue sky above it.
The beach safaris can kick off in Dar Es Salaam which will act as a hub to much more beach experience on the other side of Tanzania islands. There are many locally accessible beaches in Dar Es Salaam that enables you to have a local beach experience before you can have a sophisticated tailor made one. The local beach experience is usually one that will give you a snapshot of the cultural immersion with the coastal local people. These are usually young stars struggling to make ends meets after dropping out of school to vent snacks on the shore like cassava chips or recycled tired Maasai shoes! These also offer to train the local Tanzanian or anyone really who is sea-naive with a bit of swimming lesson so that they have a bit of a sea experience even without swimming skills.
They would have a rented a buoyant floater for your comfort and will escort you on the shallow sea water for your first experience. They even sometimes have a swimming suit for sale or rent! In case you spontaneously showed up! It is important to choose one that have a solid establishment by the beach, usually a kiosk than a random one for safety and professionalism. Beware of random beach boys!
Another experience for those who are adventurous is an overnight local fishing activity! The beach has a lot of local fishermen with either a manually powered boat or a motor boat that will sail over night to deep waters for fishing activities. If you choose this experience, you will see the true struggle that the local bread winners go through to make ends meets, you will also afterwards visit the local fish market and compare the prices. You will see firsthand the whole fishing full-cycle economics. If you do choose this activity, make sure you have safety gadgets like a life jacket, you have smeared yourself with enough mosquito screen, and have an extra repellant, you have taken our malaria prophylaxis given the amount of mosquito you may encounter. This is best done by fishermen who have taken accompany with them before and who speak English. It’s also best to engage in in such an adventure during the dry season to increase the chances of a calm sea during the overnight journey!
After the adventure, you can now choose to enjoy the white sand beaches in private baches in Dar with a five-star treatment before embarking to the Zanzibar Safari experience.
The Zanzibar experience will conclude your beach experience, here you get to experience the calm seashores of the island, the marine fauna and flora species, the mangrove and without forgetting the ever-blue crystal water and white sands. You can even go an extra mile snorkeling and diving if you are into marine adventures, or you could just choose to get a spar massage by the beach with the most authentic natural extracts of oil from different spices found within the Zanzibar Island.
