Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kizota Guest House GUESTHOUSE $
(r without bathroom Tsh5000) Shoestring rooms in a local-style guesthouse along the road
leading from the main junction to the beach places, about a 10-minute walk from the bus
stand. Hot water buckets are available on request.
New Top Life Inn TANZANIAN $
(meals Tsh2000) New Top Life is about 50m back from Kizota Guest House towards the
main junction, with local meals.
INFORMATION
Money
CRDB At the town entrance; ATM to open soon.
National Microfinance Bank At the town entrance; changes cash.
NBC At the petrol station 500m before town along the Dar es Salaam road, with an ATM.
Tourist Information
Tourist Information Office ( 9am-6pm) At Caravan Serai Museum; good for guides
and excursions, including town tours, museum tours and visits to Kaole ruins.
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Bagamoyo is about 70km north of Dar es Salaam and an easy drive along good tarmac (the
best routing for drivers is via Old Bagamoyo Rd through Mikocheni and Kawe). It's also
possible to reach Bagamoyo from Msata (65km west on the Dar es Salaam-Arusha Hwy,
north of Chalinze) on a newly graded and partially paved 64km road.
Via public transport, there are dalla-dallas (minibuses) throughout the day from Mwenge
(north of Dar es Salaam along the New Bagamoyo road, and accessed via dalla-dalla from
New Posta) to Bagamoyo (Tsh2000, two hours). The dalla-dalla stand in Bagamoyo is
about 700m from the town centre just off the road heading to Dar es Salaam. Taxis to the
town centre charge Tsh2000. There are currently no dalla-dallas doing the Bagamoyo to
Msata stretch. However, if you're trying to reach Bagamoyo from anywhere near Chalinze,
you can disembark at Mlandizi (about halfway between Chalinze and Dar es Salaam), from
where there are regular dalla-dallas to Bagamoyo (Tsh2000, one hour).
Dhows to Zanzibar cost about Tsh5000, but before jumping aboard, read the boxed text
on Click here . You'll need to register first with the immigration officer in the old customs
building. Departures are usually around 1am, arriving in Zanzibar sometime the next morn-
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