Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
GETTING THERE & AWAY
Air
Precision Air
(
www.precisionairtz.com
) flies daily to Dar es Salaam via Mwanza while
Air Africa International
(
www.airafricainternational.com
) flies direct on Monday, Wed-
nesday and Friday. Both charge around Tsh300,000 oneway. Air travel to Kigoma is in a
constant state of flux, so expect this information to change.
Global Travel Services
(
0759-896711; Lumumba St) sells tickets for most airlines in
Kigoma and elsewhere.
The airport is about 5km east of the town centre. A taxi costs Tsh5000.
Boat
FERRY
For scheduling and price information for the MV
Liemba
between Kigoma and Mpulungu
(Zambia) via Lagosa (for Mahale Mountains National Park) and other lakeshore towns,
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.
It departs from the passenger terminal, north of the Lake Tanganyika Hotel.
Cargo ships to Burundi and DRC, which also take passengers, depart from Ami Port near
the train station. See
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for details.
LAKE TAXI
Lake taxis are small, wooden motorised boats, piled high with people and produce that
connect villages along the entire Tanzanian lakeshore. They're inexpensive, but offer no
toilets or other creature comforts, little if any shade, and can be dangerous when the lake
gets rough. Nights are very cold. Lake taxis going north depart from Kibirizi. (
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)
.
Boats to the south leave from Ujiji.
Bus
All buses depart from the dusty streets behind the unsigned Bera petrol station. (Coming
from Kigoma, look for the large, white petrol station with an NBC ATM.) Ticket offices,
however, are scattered around the Mwanga area just to the west.
There are four early morning buses daily to Mwanza (Tsh25,000, 10 to 12 hours) via Ny-
ankanazi (Tsh20,000, seven hours); Golden Inter-City (aka Wenying) has the best service.
Visram has three buses weekly to Bukoba (Tsh27,000, 13 to 15 hours) via Biharamulo
(Tsh22,000, nine hours) departing at 5am. On other days you could take a Mwanza bus to
Nyakanazi and continue in stages to Bukoba using shared taxis and dalla-dallas via Bihara-
mulo and Muleba. NBS and Saratoga travel to Tabora (Tsh25,000, 11 to 12 hours) while
NBS and Adventure swap days to Mpanda (Tsh20,000, eight to 10 hours). Buses to both
depart at 6am and pass through Uvinza (Tsh5000, four hours). For travel to Burundi,
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