Bagamoyo

This is where Livingstone, Stanley and others started off their journey to the interior of the country. This is also the endpoint of the long wandering slaves were forced to do from different places in neighbouring countries or Western parts of Tanzania. To them this was the place where “all hope was lost” while it for a traveller reaching the port from the Indian Ocean was the place where “all hopes were fulfilled”.

From 1887 to 1891 Bagamoyo was the capital of German East Africa. Even today you find remnants of the slave trade at the seaside.

In Bagamoyo you should not miss

The Museum

There is a small museum at the Catholic Mission just outside town. In the same place you find the chapel where Livingstone’s body was kept waiting for transport to Zanzibar on its way to West Minster where Livingstone was buried.

Boat building activities

Near the port there is boatbuilding going on. You can watch the workers and see how a local boat is being built.

Fish market

Almost every afternoon there is an auction at the local fish market. This is an experience you will remember.

Chuo cha Sanaa

Chuo cha Sanaa is a well-known theatre and art college where traditional dance performances and drumming are arranged every now and then.