Tanzania: the country ... travels

Field sites: Northern Tanzania

In the city: Dar es Salaam ... the University

Living arrangements

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Program timeline and course listing

Courses: Kiswahili ... Human Evolution ... Ecology of the Maasai Ecosystem ... Methods course and Field project

Academic info: eligibility ... credit and grades ... faculty ... costs ... how to apply

Contacts: campus program advisors... ACM office

Travels in Tanzania

The program includes visits to sites in Dar es Salaam and some short field trips, such as to the port of Bagamoyo on the coast and to Zanzibar.

Students often travel to different areas of Tanzania during the program's weeklong break and on free weekends. Favorite destinations include Mt. Kilimanjaro, near the border with Kenya. Some students also travel after the program is over.

Left: A girl in Stone Town, Zanzibar. (Photo courtesy of Katie Driver)

On an eco-tour to a small coastal village, students pose on the beach (right) after hiking through a mangrove forest...

That was followed by a lunch of squid, octopus, chapati and fresh fruit provided by local women (left).

(Photos above and at left courtesy of Alison Smith)

Above: Mt. Kilimanjaro. (Photo courtesy of Dhaval Vyas)

Right: Students and their guides on the rim of Mt. Kilimanjaro just in time for sunrise, after five hours of hiking in the dark. (Photo courtesy of Katie Adelsberger)

Left: View of Lushoto from atop the Usambara Mountains in northeastern Tanzania. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Sandler)

Right: Students relaxing at Seronera Lodge in the Serengeti with Professor Rubonza of the University of Dar es Salaam. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Sandler)