Activities and experiences, from markets and classes to outdoor trips and evening entertainment, for filling your time in a destination.
8 places · Updated November 12, 2026
Our top 3 things to do in Tanzania
Thing to do
Seafront park in front of the Old Fort that fills with grills and food stalls after sunset, serving Zanzibar pizza, urojo, seafood skewers and fresh sugarcane juice.
View details — Forodhani Gardens Night Food MarketThing to do
The Oyster Bay home of Tingatinga painting, where a cooperative gallery sells work and artists paint in studios lining the road near Morogoro Stores.
View details — Tingatinga Arts Cooperative SocietyThing to do
Zanzibar City's main food market, built in 1904, with spice, fruit, fish and meat sections plus nearby streets selling kanga cloth and household goods.
View details — Darajani MarketThing to do
A large harbourside fish market on Kivukoni Front where the morning catch is auctioned to restaurants and residents, with stalls frying fish to eat on the spot.
View details — Kivukoni Fish MarketThing to do
Dar es Salaam's main trading district, with a rebuilt multi-storey central market and surrounding streets selling fabrics, spices, produce and household goods.
View details — Kariakoo MarketThing to do
Small island about 5.6 km off Stone Town, reached by a short boat ride, known for its Aldabra giant tortoises and an unused 1890s prison.
View details — Prison Island (Changuu Island)Thing to do
A day trip to the historic coastal town 75 km north, once a caravan port and the first capital of German East Africa, with the Kaole ruins nearby.
View details — Bagamoyo Day TripThing to do
Zanzibar's only national park, a 50 sq km reserve of forest and mangroves that protects the endemic Zanzibar red colobus monkey, popular as a day trip from Stone Town.
View details — Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park