capital of the District of Bagamoyo, recently being designated as a world heritage site.
Bagamoyo was the major slave trading post in East Africa. Bwaga moyo , 'lay down your heart' in Kiswahili speaker, was probably given this name because Bagamoyo was the last place the slaves would stay in Tanzania before being shipped off . Although the slave trade officially ended in 1873, slaves continued to be sold and traded in Bagamoyo through the end of the nineteenth century.
During the slave trade, it was not uncommon to see hundreds of slaves walking through the streets of Bagamoyo chained together by the neck. Slaves were collected from the interior by capture, purchase or trade and then shipped to Zanzibar or Arab countries.
Bagamoyo was recently designated as Tanzania's seventh world heritage site and is the oldest town in Tanzania. Bagamoyo's history has been influenced by Arab and Indian traders, the German colonial government and Christian missionaries. Although Bagamoyo is no longer the busy port city that it once was, Tanzania's Department of Antiquities is working to revitalize the town and maintain the dozens of ruins in and around Bagamoyo.
German Hangin
Place where the German colonial government hanged Africans who rebelled against the German colonial government in the late 1800s. TheGerman Hanging anamakuka Cemetery's oldest tomb dates from 1793, representing the first evidence of a permanent settlement in Bagamoyo. Many colonial soldiers who were casualties in the Maji Maji Rebellion are buried in the German Cemetery. The cemetary is close from the beach and is worth seeing if you are visiting the older Arab tombs or the Bagamoyo Art College.
Bagamoyo Lodges / Hotels
Millennium Sea Breeze Resort Bagamoyo
The most recent hotel of Bagamoyo (opened on 2004-02-01)
Excellent Equipment, very nice beach
nearby Bagamoyo College of Arts
Several single/double bed rooms, some of the rooms with veranda
3 conference-rooms with 50, 30 & 10 seats
Oceanic Bay Hotel
One of the best hotels in Bagamoyo (opened 2003)
All rooms are very clean and comfortable
Wonderful pool
About 40 rooms (all of them with SAT-TV, Air-conditioning, telephone, room-service, minibar & veranda with beach view)
Internetcafe
Free modern conference rooms with 250 seats
Business-center
Large swimming-pool
Beach bar
Boutique
Paradise Holiday Resort
Very good hotel that hosts a lot of conferences, payment by credit card possible, online booking possible, very professional internet presentation
83 rooms ( all of them with air conditioning, shower, balcony, satellite-TV, telephone, mini bar)
1 restaurant, 2 bars
Pool
Several conference rooms ( with up to 350 seats) with multi-media-equipment
24 hrs business center
water sports ( the hotel owns a house boot, snorkelling, surfing, river trips), tennis, table tennis, volleyball
Souvenir shop
Lazy Lagoon Island Lodge
12 traditional Bungalows
Located on an exclusive peninsula
All Bungalows are equipped with air-conditioning and veranda
Swimming-pool
Kayak-rental, windsurfing, sailing, diving-center, fishing
Bar, Restaurant, sundowner-lounge
Travellers Lodge
The hotel owners (a German and a South African lady) are very helpful, the rooms are clean. There are three things that recommend the hotel: first the excellent meals, secondly its first class location at the beach ( shallow sand beach with a view of the romantic dhau harbour) and thirdly the very good relationship between price and service. You can also often find German or Norwegian foreign aid workers here at the hotel. The addition of a pool is planned. For an extra payment you can also get transfer from and to the air port.
Livingstone Club
40 rooms (all of them with veranda/patio, air-conditioning, telephone, hot water, shower/toilet, fridge)
Conference room with 120 seats and multi-media-equipment
Pool
Disco
Cinema
Satellite-TV
Water sports, tennis, diving-school, diving-center
Boutique
Souvenir shop
Bicycle rental
Trips, safaris
Private airport
Bagamoyo Beach Resort
18 rooms ( all of them with air conditioning, washroom/toilet)
4 traditional huts (fresh air from the sea)
1 bar
conference room
water sports, mini golf, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, petanque, swimming pool
Palm Tree Village Beach Resort
46 rooms between restaurant & beach
All rooms are air-conditioned
Pool, restaurant, bar, table-tennis, windsurfing, sailing, speed boats
Conference room with modern equipment up to 150 persons
Badeco Beach Hotel
Several rooms, grouped around a restaurant, directly at the main beach of Bagamoyo - quite a distance from the other hotels, but not far from the College of Arts, only a few steps from the Hanging Tree
Mary Nice Place
Low budget accomodation (5'000 - 20'000 TSH)
About 200m to the Bagamoyo College of Arts
No Beach-View, but nearby Police Station
The owner Mary Chibwana is a teacher at the Bagamoyo College of Arts and a member of the Bagamoyo Players