SafariGuide
87 pages of bus routes, $8 guesthouses, and street-corner chapati stands — mapped obsessively across 6 regions.
The Central Market on Sokoine Road has the cheapest fresh fruit in the region — skip the guesthouse breakfast and build your own for under 80 cents. The 316 bus to Moshi leaves at 6:30 AM from the Clock Tower roundabout, not the tourist bus stand.
Book the 7 AM fast ferry, not the 8 AM — it's the same price but the 8 AM is always overbooked. Forodhani Gardens night market is genuinely the best $4 dinner in East Africa. Avoid the "spice tour" touts outside the port — walk three blocks to Emerson Spice and book directly for the same price.
Mwanza is the most underrated city in Tanzania. The Rock Restaurant is Instagram-famous but the $2 tilapia at Isamilo fish market is why you actually came. Night buses from Dar arrive at 5 AM — Kahama Guesthouse near the bus stand is $9 and has hot water. Worth every cent.
The TAZARA railway is the most beautiful 36-hour journey in East Africa and almost no guidebook covers it properly. Buy 2nd class tickets at the Dar station three days ahead — they sell out. The highlands are cool enough for a fleece at night even in July.
Six regions. Obsessive detail. Real prices that haven't been inflated for tourist eyes. This is the guide we wish existed before our first Tanzanian dawn.
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"The bus fare tables alone saved me from getting ripped off three times in the first week."
Took the Scandinavian Express from Dar to Mbeya exactly as described. TZS 22,000. No surprises.