Many visitors from Europe fly overnight into Dar to maximise their precious holiday time. Kenya Airways, British Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and Emirates all operate red-eyes.

For US visitors British Airways and Emirates both operate excellent connections from the Continental American flights, and Canadian visitors usually use British Airways ( www.ba.com ) or Emirates from New York (www.emirates.com). There are so many choices, the decision is yours.

You may wonder why we have not recommended KLM who fly regularly from Arusha and Dar es Salaam . We have found KLM has two negative issues that really affect divers.  They are so cheap that they charge 36 Euros per kilo of excess baggage from London to Dar, and they charge for any excess. They give no leeway, and offer no divers Allowance. (Talk to Emirates for a divers allowance). Secondly, due to the unique booking system that KLM operate, it is often very difficult to change a return date for up to three months during the European summer.

Tanzania really has so much to offer. See our Tanzania page or our Tanzania Photo Page. We invite you to wander through the pages and see what this large and diverse nation has to offer the explorer. For, in Tanzania , that is what you are. You tread in the steps of Livingstone, both in the bazaars of Zanzibar and the steamers of Lake Tanganyika .

A slightly different travel plan might be worth considering. Why not combine a dive holiday with a safari. We have a sister company www.swahili-savannah.com that has walking and photographic safari itineraries. The emphasis of these safaris is upon walking, animals and culture. For a truly adventurous safari or a Kilimanjaro climb, we recommend you contact Cliff D’Souza, our partner in the mainland at www.savannahsafaris.com  savtour@intafrica.com.

Kilimanjaro.

The majesty of Africa ’s highest mountain is visited upon Tanzania , While we at Swahili Divers have all avoided the climb, (We claim we are too busy) many of our guests have come from the big mountain. There are many excellent companies that organise these ascents, and they are too numerous to name here. We only deal with one company, and that is Savannah Tours. savtour@intafrica.com.