Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Times Restaurant
TANZANIAN, EUROPEAN $
(Bomani Ave; meals Tsh6000; breakfast, lunch & dinner) An attempt to add some class
to work-a-day Wete, this white-table cloth restaurant's menu promises prawn curry, tan-
doori chicken and pizza. Though if you plan to order any of these, it's best to let the cook
know several hours in advance.
INFORMATION
Barky Bureau de Change
(Bomani Ave;
8.30am-3.45pm Mon-Sat, 8.45am-12.30pm
Sun) Best place in town to change money.
Raha Tours & Travel
( 0777-938004) J ust off the main road, it's an auto spares store
that also sells plane and ferry tickets.
Royal Tours & Travel
( 0777-429244; royaltours@live.com; Bomani Ave;
8am-3pm Mon-Sat, 8am-noon Sun) Books plane and ferry tickets, hires vehicles and leads
tours.
T-Net
(Bomani Ave; per hr Tsh1500;
8.30am-3pm & 7-9pm) Pemba's best internet cafe.
GETTING THERE & AWAY
There are two dalla-dalla routes (both use 606) between Wete and Chake Chake (Tsh1400,
1½ hours). Most vehicles use the faster eastern 'new' road (these are labelled in green)
while some (red) travel via Ziwani along the 'old' road, which features more forest and
some ocean vistas. There are also frequent dalla-dallas to Konde (Tsh1500, one hour).
A shuttle bus from Wete to Mkoani (Tsh3000) is timed to connect with most ferry depar-
tures and arrivals. It picks up passengers at various points around town and leaves Wete
three hours before the boat departure.
See
Click here
for information about boat travel to Tanga and Mombasa.
TUMBE
The large village of Tumbe lies on a sandy cove fringed at each end by dense stands of
mangroves. The beach north of the village is the site of Pemba's largest
fish market
, and
if you're in the area it's well worth a stop to watch the bidding. Tumbe is also one of
the places (Chwale, Pujini and Kidike are others) where you still can see Pemba's light-
hearted '
bull fights
', said to date back to the days of Portuguese influence on the island.
They're usually done after the rice harvest, at New Year and sometimes for Tourism Day
(27 September).
Beginning about 1.5km southeast from Tumbe, spread out amid palm trees and cassava
fields, are the
Chwaka ruins
(adult/child US$5/3) with several sites spanning the 8th to
18th centuries AD. The main destination is the Haruni Site with remnant of a town that
