Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Buses for Musoma (Tsh6000, three to four hours, last bus 4pm) and other destinations
along that road depart from Buzuruga Bus Station in Nyakato, 4km east of the centre.
There's no need to travel to the bus stations to buy tickets since numerous ticket agencies
are stationed at the old city-centre bus terminal (now a car park). They don't charge an of-
ficial commission, but they will overcharge you if they can get away with it.
See
Click here
for travel details to Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.
Train
Mwanza is the terminus of a branch of the Central Line (
Click here
), but service has been
suspended.
GETTING AROUND
To/From the Airport
The airport for Mwanza is located 10km north of town (Tsh10,000 in a taxi). Dalla-dallas
to the airport (Tsh300) follow Kenyatta and Makongoro Rds.
Bus & Taxi
Dalla-dallas (labelled Buhongwa) to Nyegezi bus station run south down Kenyatta and
Pamba Rds. The most convenient place to find a dalla-dalla (labelled Igoma) to Buzuruga
bus station is just northeast of the clock tower, where they park before running down Uhuru
St.
There are taxi stands all around the city centre. Several handy ones are shown on the map.
Unless it's an exceptionally short trip, taxi fares are Tsh3000 within the centre. Taxis to
Buzuruga/Nyegezi bus stations cost Tsh5000/7000. Motorcycle taxis are everywhere and
charge Tsh1000 within the centre.
Around Mwanza
SUKUMA MUSEUM
The
Sukuma Museum
( 0756-376109;
www.sukumamuseum.org
;
adult/student
Tsh10,000/ 5000, camera/video Tsh1000/10,000; 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm Sun)
in Bujora village is an open-air museum where, among other things, you'll see traditional
Sukuma dwellings, the grass house of a traditional healer, blacksmith's tools and a rotating
cylinder illustrating different Sukuma words for counting from one to 10. In the past these
were used by various age-based groups as a secret language of initiation. Each group used
its own words among its members and these could not be understood by others. Also on the
grounds is the
royal drum pavilion
, built in the shape of a king's stool, holding a collec-
tion of royal drums that are still played on church feast days, official government visits and
