The United Republic of Tanzania is located in East Africa and is bordered by Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

Tanzania has a population of approximately 54 million. It is famous for

• Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa
• the Serengeti Plains, site of the world's largest and longest overland migration
• Ngorongoro Crater, the world's largest unbroken, unflooded volcanic caldera
• Olduvai Gorge, "the cradle of mankind", part of the Great Rift Valley and the site of the first discovery of Homo Habilis
• Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake
• Zanzibar spice islands, with the World Heritage listed Stone Town
• exquisite Tanzanite gem stones