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Jambiani

Jambiani is in Zanzibar.

60km

-6.32239.5465

Paje

Paje is a village in Zanzibar in Tanzania. It is on the east coast of Zanzibar island.

65km

-6.266539.5338

Zanzibar

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, consisting of Zanzibar Island (locally, Unguja), Pemba Island, and many smaller islands. Zanzibar island is approximately 90 km long and 30 km wide.

69km

-6.17539.18

Stone Town

town in Zanzibar

70km

-6.166739.1833

Matemwe

Matemwe is a village on the East Coast of Zanzibar.

103km

-5.8739.35

Kendwa

Kendwa is a village in the north of Zanzibar, about 3 km south from Nungwi.

115km

-5.75339.289

Nungwi

Nungwi is a charming little village at the northern tip of Zanzibar.

118km

-5.72639.299

Morogoro

city

179km

-6.816737.6667

Mombasa

Mombasa with a population of over 1 million, is the second-largest city in Kenya. It is particularly known for its warm and sunny climate, white beaches and coral reef diving.

307km

-4.0539.666667

Dodoma

city and capital of Tanzania

399km

-6.17305635.741944
Sights (18)

National Museum of Tanzania

The national museum mainly shows photos and exhibitions on the development of human nature. A must go to see the skull of the Nutcracker Man (1.75 million years old) and the cast of the even older (3.6 million years) laetoli footprints.

1.9km

-6.813139.2938

Askari Monument

A monument dedicated to the Askari soldiers who fought in World War I.

2.0km

-6.816634139.2895626

Azania Front Lutheran Church

In the center of the city and built by German missionaries is a well known landmark.

2.1km

-6.817639.2912

Kigamboni

administrative ward in the Temeke district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania

4.1km

-6.8166666739.31666667

Bongoyo Island

island

12km

-6.6939.26

Mbudya Island

island in Tanzania

17km

-6.6539.24

Kizimkazi

43km

-6.4539.46666667

Bagamoyo

town

57km

-6.4444444438.90277778

Christ Church, Zanzibar

Purchased by missionaries, the church sits atop the world's last slave market. The altar is said to be built over the market's whipping post.

71km

-6.162939.1925

Hamamni Persian Baths

A complex of public baths built at the end of the 19th century by Shirazi architects for Sultan Barghash bin Said. These baths are not open anymore but are open to visitors. Visits are limited to some areas of the original complex because part of it (e.g., the restaurant) has since been adapted for private residences

71km

-6.162339.191

House of Wonders

Probably the most well-known landmarks of Stone Town. It was built in 1883 and restored after the Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896. A former Sultan's residence, it became the seat of the Afro-Shirazi Party after the revolution. It was the first building in Zanzibar to have electricity and the first building in East Africa to have a lift. Since 2000, its interior has been dedicated to a museum on Swahili and Zanzibar culture.

71km

-6.16091439.189591

Forodhani Gardens

71km

-6.1605555639.18861111

Sultan's Palace, Zanzibar

Another former sultan's palace, also located on the seafront, to the north of the House of Wonders. It was built in late 19th century, and now hosts a museum about the daily life of the Zanzibari royal family, including items that belonged to Sayyida Salme, a former Zanzibar princess that fled to relocate in Europe with her husband

71km

-6.159939.1905

Old Dispensary (Zanzibar)

Built from 1887 to 1894 to serve as a charity hospital for the poor, it was later used as a dispensary. It is one of the most finely decorated buildings of Stone Town, with large carved wooden balconies, stained-glass windows, and neo-classical stucco adornments. After falling into decay in the 1970s and 1980s, the building was accurately restored by the AKTC.

71km

-6.158439.1926

Chwaka

72km

-6.166439.4357

Uroa

78km

-6.139.41666667

Mafia Island Marine Park

125km

-7.7519444439.90027778

Mafia Island

island

128km

-7.8539.78333333
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Dar es Salaam

Tanzania
Someday we will visit Dar es Salaam or begin to dream about going there! However, for now its not on our radar. Let us know in the comments if you think that should change!

Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862 by Sultan Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar on the site of the village of Mzizima. Mzizima's history dates back to when the Barawa people started to settle and cultivate the area around Mbwa Maji, Magogoni, Mjimwema, Gezaulole, and Kibonde Maji Mbagara.

Dar es Salaam is located at 6°48' South, 39°17' East (−6.8000, 39.2833), on a natural harbour on the eastern coast of East Africa, with sandy beaches in some areas.

In the 19th century, Mzizima (Swahili for "healthy town") was a coastal fishing village on the periphery of Indian Ocean trade routes. In 1865 or 1866, Sultan Majid bin Said of Zanzibar began building a new city very close to Mzizima and named it Dar es Salaam. The name is commonly translated as "abode/home of peace", based on the Arabic dar ("house"), and the Arabic es salaam ("of peace"). Dar es Salaam fell into decline after Majid's death in 1870, but was revived in 1887 when the German East Africa Company established a station there. The town's growth was facilitated by its role as the administrative and commercial centre of German East Africa and industrial expansion resulting from the construction of the Central Railway Line in the early 1900s.

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