Travel advisory: The US currently advises reconsidering travel to Tanzania, and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Mozambique border (Cabo Delgado). The sights below lie in the north and on Zanzibar. Check the US State Department and UK FCDO advice for the latest before you book. Tanzania’s scenery is built on volcanoes. A snow-capped giant, a collapsed crater, a rift wall and a plain that stretches to the horizon all trace back to the same geology, and each has its own way of being seen.

Travel advisory: The US State Department currently urges reconsidering travel to Tanzania. The UK Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the border with Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, which is far from the lodges and beaches below. See the US State Department and UK FCDO pages before booking. Romance in Tanzania is about timing: the first light over a plain, the low tide on a sandbar, the last hour before dinner.

Travel advisory: Before planning, note that the US advises travellers to reconsider travel to Tanzania and the UK advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Cabo Delgado border with Mozambique. Safari parks and Zanzibar are outside that strip. Look at travel.state.gov and gov.uk travel advice for Tanzania before you pay deposits. Children in Tanzania are best sorted by age band, because that is how lodges, tour operators and the mountain authority sort them.

Travel advisory: The United States asks travellers to reconsider travel to Tanzania, and the United Kingdom advises against all but essential travel within 20 km of the Mozambique border at Cabo Delgado. Day-trip bases such as Arusha, Moshi and Stone Town are outside that border strip. Confirm current wording at the US State Department and the UK FCDO before booking. Which Tanzanian parks fit into one day depends on where you sleep.