Mwenge Craft Market
Mwenge Village is the site of a score or more stalls selling carvings, jewelry, exotic cloth and trinkets of all kinds at bargain prices.
Makonde carving is probably the best known art work produced in East and Central Africa. This art is produced by the Makonde people, a Bantu speaking community who live in both north-eastern Mozambique and south-eastern Tanzania. Their material of choice is African Blackwood, or locally known as the 'mpingo'. Their work is both traditional and contemporary, reflecting a tribal past as well as modern response to urban life. They utilize their tribal myths and stories as inspiration for the masterful work.
Village Museum
The Village Museum is 12 km north of the centre of Dar es Salaam. It is an open-air site which has a collection of authentically constructed traditional houses of various Tanzanian tribes. It displays several distinct architectural styles with building materials ranging from sand, grass and poles to mud and rock. Villagers demonstrate their ancient skills of carving and weaving and offer their products for sale.
Here, you can also enjoy traditional dance performances (ngoma) during the weekends.
Nyumba ya Sanaa
In the heart of Dar es Salaam there is a unique centre for creating and selling Tanzanian arts and crafts. Many of the artists working here have developed their talents through training which enable them to transform traditional materials, designs and motifs into contemporary forms.
At 'Nyumba ya Sanaa', one finds many exciting creative activities to become absorbed in like painting, drawing, figurative wax batik and etching. Carvings of ebony are made as well as jewellery, ceramics and 'tie-and-dye' dresses for men, women and children.
National Museum
The outstanding attraction is the Hall of Man where Dr. Leakey's finds from Olduvai Gorge including the skull of Nutcrackerman (Zinjanthropus bosei) and other human fossils are displayed. The Museum offers an outstanding ethnographic collection of tribal ornaments, head-dresses, witch-craft paraphernalia and traditional musical instruments collected from various regions in Tanzania.
Also, the history of the East African Coast is well portrayed with Chinese porcelain glazed pottery, trade wide beads from India and a series of copper coins from the Sultan of Kilwa.
Mnazi Mmoja Park
On one side is seen the Uhuru Torch Monument erected to symbolize the Freedom Torch placed at the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro upon Tanzania's attainment of independence. On the other side of the park is the Republic Fountain which commemorated the foundation of the republic in 1962.
Kariakoo Market
This beautiful main market has an interesting local colour and a diversity of peoples as well as exotic fruits, fresh fish, food products, handicrafts, local textile material and many other locally made products. The market's colour, charm and character make it a must for every visitor.
State House
The State House accommodates the offices of the President. It has an ornate structure reflecting a blend of African and Arabic architecture, partly built on the foundation of the old German Palace in 1922.
Morogoro Stores, Oysterbay
Morogoro Stores located in Oysterbay area is the place where you will find many Tinga Tinga artists who make and sell Tinga Tinga paintings.
Tinga Tinga is one of the many forms of impressionism the beautiful and mysterious continent of Africa has given birth to.
Artists have the freedom to use their brushes to express their thoughts in bright, eye-catching colours. A striking feature in most of these paintings is the way the artists capture the animals of the Eastern coast of Africa, in what appears to the a distorted yet a very interesting image of the original creature!
Tinga Tinga Art was pioneered by a farm boy named Edward Said Tinga Tinga......and that's how this interesting art got its name!
Wet n Wild Water Amusement Park
The Largest Water Park in East & Central Africa...
22 Water Slides
9 Swimming Pools
Lazy River
Multi-Lane Slides
Pool Bar
Rain Dance Stage
Go-Carting
Quad Bikes
Water Sports
Pool Tables
Ice cream Parlour
Candy Box
Toy Shop
Fast food court
Multi-cuisine Ala Carte Restaurant
Tennis & Squash Courts
South Beach
There are some secrets which are still well kept and the South beach of Dar es Salaam is one of them. Miles and miles of un-spoilt and undeveloped white sandy beaches.
To go to the South Beach, one needs to cross the pontoon across the Dar Harbour. These are always available. The pontoons run from 5 am to 1 am and the services run all the time. The crossing itself takes only 10 minutes, but the wait in the queue may take a little longer. However, it is worth the wait!!
