Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Money
All the major banks are here and most change cash.
DBK Bureau de Change
(Post St) Inside Serengeti Services travel agency; the easiest
place to change cash and best rate for travellers cheques.
Travel Agencies
The following hire 4WDs and can organise complete safaris to Serengeti and Rubondo Is-
land national parks. None of Mwanza's operators are as on the ball as the best agencies in
Arusha, but we're also unaware of any in town that will blatantly rip you off. All-inclusive
two-day Serengeti camping safaris can cost as little as US$600 for two people. It's not easy
to meet other travellers in Mwanza, but you can ask the agencies whether they have other
clients interested in combining groups to save money, or try posting a notice at Kuleana
Pizzeria.
Fortes Africa
( 028-250 0561; www. fortes-africa.com; Station Rd)
Fourways
(
0713-230620;
www.fourwaystravel.net
; Kenyatta Rd) Also books plane
tickets.
Kiroyera Tours
( 0784-568276;
www.kiroyeratours.com
; Uhuru St) Bukoba's cultural
tourism specialist (
Click here
)
now has a Mwanza branch.
Masumin Tours & Safaris
(
028-250 0192;
www.masumintours.com
;
Kenyatta Rd)
Also books plane tickets.
Serengeti Expedition
( 028-254 2222;
www.serengetiexpedition.com
;
Nkrumah Rd)
Usually the cheapest safari operator in Mwanza. Also books plane tickets.
Serengeti Passage
(
028-254 2065;
www.serengeti-passage.com
;
Uhuru St) Another
low-cost specialist.
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Air
Precision Air
( 028-250 0819;
www.precisionairtz.com
; Kenyatta Rd) and
Fly540
(
0767-540543;
www.fly540.com
; Kenyatta Rd) each fly three times daily to Dar es Salaam
(oneway Tsh161,000). Precision also flies daily to/from Kilimanjaro International Airport
(Tsh225,000), Bukoba (Tsh170,000) and Nairobi (Tsh238,000), and four days weekly to
Kigoma (Tsh300,000).
Auric Air
( 0783-233334;
www.auricair.com
;
at the airport) also
has a Bukoba flight.
Coastal Aviation
( 0875-502000;
www.coastal.cc
; at the airport) has a daily flight to
Arusha airport (US$300) stopping at various Serengeti National Park airfields (Seronera
US$180) on the way), and also flies to Kigali (US$500).
Auric and Coastal both do charters.
