Welcome to Tanzania

Tanzania has abundant natural resources, particularly for agriculture, mining, energy and tourism. The country has 44 million hectares of arable fertile land. The great East African lakes -Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa - are partly within Tanzania. The country's natural features include the Ngorongoro crater, Lake Manyara, Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa), the Indian Ocean coastline and the islands of Zanzibar, rivers with hydroelectric potential, diamonds, gemstones, gold, coal, iron, nickel, forest products, domesticated livestock, wildlife, fisheries and marine products, natural gas and possibly oil.