Tanzania (inglés) (LONELY PLANET)

I am in Tanzania and have started using the guide. So far, so good. Wish I had had time to start reading it before getting here. Yes, there are very expensive options listed but there are also more reasonable options and it is easy enough to find hotels that cost less than the guide recommendations. Africa could be a lot more expensive without this guide. Needed 2 hotels in Arusha due to backtracking rather than unexpectedly going through Uganda on a bus from Dar to Nairobi and there they were listed in the guide, after dark, close to bus station, amidst Ramadan post-sunset furor to eat. Seeing a coffee tour in Moshi I would have missed, a mention of a hostel in Zanzibar, what was Livingstone's house in Tabora, a town I wouldn't have known to go to, and affordable options in Lake Victoria towns and Dar es Salaam. When looking up restaurants 2 stellar options in the listings-- an auto shop that turns into a bbq pit restaurant after 6:30 PM and Bigg Bites Indian food. Napkins were folded like shirts, food hit the spot. In Tabora I met 2 Polish guys eating at a recommended restaurant. None of us are as enthusiastic about the food as the vegetarian reviewer was but so what. Guide got me to a good place to stay. On the other hand I was angry when daladala from Tabora to Singida took hours longer than the bus would have and cost a fortune *avoid the driver who charges !8,000 TSH instead of 8 He won't take you all the way there), Don't they know this? Guidebooks are pretty much outdated at publication.Singida could be completely rewritten but one hotel leads to another until you are in the laundry-awesomeness cheap hotel across from the after dark chicken grill that attracts such chic people. Is there a convention in town? They don't look like missionaries.I am impressed by the organization and sheer volume of work involved to compile this. It makes sense once you are here.

I was thoroughly disappointed with this guide. The single most important information a traveler needs is good local maps and associated good directions. Tanzanian roads, outside the major highways, are terrible, and every Tanzanian map I have is incorrect in many ways. A good travel guide should provide accurate, as up-to-date as possible, detailed local and regional maps. This guide provides none. None of the roads we needed to get anywhere were detailed in this guide. None of the roads in any of the parks we visited were detailed in this guide. The newest national park, Mkomazi, provides what looks to be a detailed map, and there are even signposts on some of the roads. Unfortunately, the map is inaccurate, and the signposts disappear at the places where you need them most. We would have been far better served by printing aerial views from any of the internet map sites.The guide lists features for parks that do not exist in reality, such as campsites. Apparently much of the information has not been ground-truthed.Directions in the guide are abysmal. For example, xxx is 3.5 km from town. Great. 3.5 in which direction? Approaching town from which direction? On which road, in which direction?The guide seems more like a restaurant, hotel, bar and tourist attraction advertisement section from the chamber of commerce. While useful, this is the information I least need as a traveler. The accommodations listed are a small sample of those available. Restaurants and bars are a dime a dozen and don't need to be pointed out.Virtually every time we referenced this guide while traveling, it came up short.

This is a good guide that combines several aspects of trip planning. It is well organized into four major sections.1) Trip planning: Top 10 experiences, month-by-month activities, example itineraries, safari information, etc.2) On the Road: This is the largest section. It's grouped by geographic region and includes maps, lodging, dining and activity info.3) Understanding Tanzania: History, culture, wildlife (including color pictures), cuisine, etc.4) Survival guide: A-Z directory, transportation, health, language.I wouldn't consider this the ultimate go-to guide, but it's a very good overview that spans the broad range of topics. None of the sections seem very deep, but they give a good summary and can help you develop overall ideas for your trip plan. You can then use online or other printed reference sources to dive deeper into things that interest you, such as wildlife, more complete lodging options, tour operators, etc.

Fodors and Frommers are my usual go-to travel guidebooks, but I chose this Lonely Planet Tanzania guidebook instead because of its recent publication date.I'm very glad I did.It's well-organized and user-friendly, has a decent illustrated section on wildlife and habitats, a good section about the history and culture of the country, and a comprehensive "survival guide".The book is lighter in weight than many, which I appreciate. (I usually cut up my guidebooks in any case and leave irrelevant sections behind)Anyone looking for glossy photos will be disappointed (there are virtually none of people and villages), but if you're going to Tanzania, you'll be taking your own.

An amazing amount of information. So many places you can visit. Phone #s, web sites, email, all contact info.Maps, politics, pictures, it's all here! A great help. Be your own travel agent and have more money for the trip!

Lonely planet guides are wonderful and this one met all of the requirements, when reading a travel guide I tend to want to dip in and out of the book which is really easy with a hard copy, better indexing would improve the usability of an Ebook travel guide. Obviously the weight of an Ebook is a total winner over a hard copy.

Travel is more fun when you know something about the country. I have used Lonely Planet guides before and like their formst.

I purchased the book for a safari on Tanzania. The book was helpful for preparing for and then enjoying my time in Tanzania.

I purchased this guide as it was the most up to date at the time. It lacked ideas and information needed to plan a trip to Tanzania. Maps were few and in little detail. As a guide when in the country it was very poor. It was light on facts and some of the information given was inaccurate. I have used Lonely Planet guides in many countries but this let me down badly in a country where information was essential . I recommend the Insight Guide to Tanzania as an alternative

I have two versions - Lonely Planet and Bradt. The lonely planet is brief and as always provides information more useful for the overlander / backpacker. Always liked Lonely Planet but its not in-depth.

As always the Lonely Planet offers excellent information for planning aholiday. I found this book very useful and have used it for all aspectsof our forthcoming holiday.

I thought this was an excellent guide if you are backpacking/camping around Tanzania. Good hotel guides and good explanations of the areas.

brilliant book gives all the right information you looking for and makes your travel quite easier and more interesting on wear to dine camp safaris mountain climbing