Dar es Salaam - Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam (Oase van vrede in Arabies) is in 1862 gestig deur Sultan Seyyid Majid van Zanzibar op die terrein van die dorp Mzizima. Die geskiedenis van Mzizima dateer uit die tyd dat die Barawa-mense die gebied rondom Mbwa Maji, Magogoni, Mjimwema, Gezaulole en Kibonde Maji Mbagara begin bewerk het.

Dar es Salaam se oorsprong is beïnvloed deur 'n magdom sultans, die Duitsers en die Britte. Die stad het in die middel van die 19de eeu as 'n vissersdorpie begin en is nou die grootste stad in Tanzanië Oos-AfrikaSe belangrikste hawens en handelsentrums.

Met sy wonderlike atmosfeer, 'n mengsel van Afrika-, Moslem- en Suid-Asiatiese invloede, skilderagtige hawe, strande, chaotiese markte en historiese geboue, is dit die moeite werd om u verblyf langer as die tyd tussen vlugte te verleng.

Dar es Salaam is Tanzaniëse finansiële en politieke middelpunt ondanks die feit dat hy sy status as hoofstad verloor het Dodoma in 1973.

Verstaan

Die Bank van Tanzanië met dagbreek

Dar es Salaam is beslis nie boaan die lys van plekke om te sien vir die meeste besoekers aan Tanzanië nie. Dit is dikwels 'n noodsaaklike stop op pad na Zanzibar, die noordelike safarikring of huis toe, maar Dar het sy bekoring. Wandelings in die middestad is 'n uitstekende manier om 'n gevoel van kultuur te kry, en die Kariakoo-mark kan 'n interessante plek vir avontuurlustiges wees. Dit kan ook 'n goeie basis wees om van die nabygeleë terreine soos Bagamoyo-, Bongoyo- en Mbudja-eilande te besoek, sowel as om te leer duik of diepseehengel. Vir diegene wat op soek is na iets meer humanitêr, is die meeste internasionale organisasies in Dar gevestig en kan dit 'n goeie vertrekpunt wees as u vrywilligers wil doen.

Aardrykskunde

Die meeste besoekers aan Dar kom via die Julius K. Nyerere Internasionale Lughawe, ongeveer 10 km wes van die middestad. Dar is plat en word in die ooste begrens deur die Indiese Oseaan.

Klimaat

Dar es Salaam het 'n baie vogtige klimaat en 'n relatiewe stabiele temperatuur, beide wat dag-tot-dag en somer-tot-winter betref. Die droogste en koelste seisoen is Junie tot vroeg in Oktober. Kort reën kom van November tot Februarie (veral Desember) voor, en lang reën kom van Maart tot Mei voor, met die reënseisoen wat in April 'n hoogtepunt bereik. Die temperature is hoog tot November, die hoogste in Januarie.


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Tussen Desember en Februarie, in die droë seisoen, kan die temperatuur styg tot die middel-dertigerjare (° C); as gevolg van die hoë humiditeit, kan ongemak baie hoog wees. U moet gedurende die middaghitte skuiling vir die son soek en baie sonskermmiddels gebruik.

Die beste tye om te besoek is: Junie-September, na die reënseisoen, met ligter temperature en laer relatiewe humiditeit.

Gaan in

Julius Nyerere Internasionale Lughawe

Visum

Burgers van die Statebondlande, tensy hulle burgers van die Verenigde Koninkryk, Kanada, Nigerië, Australië, Pakistan of Indië is, het nie 'n visum nodig vir toegang tot Tanzanië nie. Reisigers uit die gelyste lande hier moet 'n visum bekom voordat hulle in Tanzanië aankom. Reisigers van die meeste lande, insluitend die Verenigde Koninkryk, Kanada, Nigerië of Indië, kan egter 'n visum by hul aankoms kry teen 'n bedrag van US $ 50 (US $ 100 vir burgers van die Verenigde State). Die fooi moet kontant en in Amerikaanse dollars betaal word.

Ander vereistes kan bestaan ​​vir sake- of ander soorte visums. Gaan met die naaste Tanzaniaanse konsulêre afdeling.

Met die vliegtuig

  • 1 Julius Nyerere Internasionale Lughawe (DAR IATA Voorheen bekend as Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere Internasionale Lughawe en Internasionale Lughawe Dar es Salaam) (10 km vanaf die middestad en 20 km vanaf die Msasani-skiereiland). Tanzanië se belangrikste lughawe Julius Nyerere Internasionale Lughawe (Q1411192) op Wikidata Julius Nyerere Internasionale Lughawe op Wikipedia 

Die meeste groot hotelle bied op aanvraag afhaal- en afleweringsdienste aan. 'N Taxi vanaf die lughawe na die middestad kos u vanaf TSh 30,000 met hoër pryse snags. Bajaji voertuie kos ongeveer die helfte van die prys van 'n gewone kajuit. Stap uit die lughawe na die hoofweg is daar 'n daladala stop, wat u goedkoop na die stad kan bring (POSTA, wat die hoofposkantoor in die middestad is, langs die veerbootherminal. Daar is ook busse wat oppad is Mwenge of Ubungo terminale as u van plan is om direk met 'n bus êrens anders heen te gaan. Hitchhiking is ongewoon, gevaarlik, en die meeste bestuurders sal een of ander vorm van betaling van buitelanders verwag.

Om van / na die lughawe te kom, hou dikwels 'n verkeersnagmerrie in, veral rondom die spitsaand (wat langer as 20:00 kan duur). Daar is een spesifieke kruising tussen die middestad en die lughawe wat onmoontlik is om te vermy en wat dikwels langer as 'n uur gerugsteun word. Laat uself baie meer tyd oor as wat u redelik dink vir die reis; as u te vroeg arriveer vir die inklok van u vlug, is daar 'n aangename restaurant bo die terminale met lekker kos en goeie bier.

Dar es Salaam word bedien internasionaal van:

Europa deur:

middel ooste en Asië deur:

  • Turkish Airlines (Istanbul IST), 90 212 444 0 849, daaglikse vlugte.
  • Emirate (Dubai), 255 22 211 6100, Daaglikse vlugte.
  • Oman Air (Muscat), direkte vlugte 3 keer per week (Vrydag, Sondag en Woensdag) en 4 keer per week via Zanzibar (Maandag, Dinsdag, Donderdag en Saterdag)
  • Qatar Airways (Doha), 255 22 284 2675, 1019, Julius Nyerere Internasionale Lughawe, Dar es Salaam, Tanzanië, Daaglikse vlugte.
  • Egypt Air (Kaïro), 255 22 2136665, 4 vlugte per week (Maandag, Woensdag, Vrydag & Sondag). Bied die laagste tariewe uit Europa, Amerika en Asië aan via Dar Kaïro in Dar es Salaam. 'N Star Alliance-lid.

Afrika deur

En binnelands deur:

Hierdie lugdienste lewer byna daaglikse diens aan Dar es Salaam aan alle groot stede, insluitend Arusha, Mwanza, Mbeya, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro en die meeste nasionale parke.

Binnelandse vlugte is dikwels laat maar oor die algemeen betroubaar.

Kaartjies koop: U kan vliegkaartjies by reisagente of by lugrederykantore koop. By die aankoop van kaartjies vir binnelandse vlugte met 'n kredietkaart, betaal reisagente 'n fooi van 3-6% van die kaartjieprys. Betaal u kaartjies kontant om die fooi te vermy. Daar is geen ekstra fooie by die aankoop van kaartjies vir internasionale bestemmings nie.

Met die trein

Tazara-treinstasie

Dar es Salaam is die middelpunt vir alle treinreise in Tanzanië. In beginsel loop daar twee lyne in Dar in. Tanzania Spoorwegkorporasie het dienste van Kigoma, Mpanda en Mwanza in die weste, via die sentrum van Tanzanië, insluitend die hoofstad Dodoma. Daar was egter veiligheidskwessies op hierdie treine. Toeriste moet probeer om in groepe te reis en / of 'n eersteklas hut uit te koop. Dit word aanbeveel om deure en vensters gesluit te hou, veral as u slaap. Dit is moontlik om langs die pad vars vrugte, eiers en ander voorwerpe by die vensters te koop.

Die tweede reël is Tazara, tussen Dar en Kapiri Mposhi in Zambië, ongeveer drie uur noord van die hoofstad Lusaka. Die treine is baie mooier, hoewel nie veel meer betyds nie. Op pad gaan die trein deur 'n deel van die Selous wildreservaat en deur Mbeya. Visums vir Zambië is op die trein beskikbaar. Dit is 'n lekker, maar stadige manier om te reis, met die volle lengte van die reis wat twee dae duur.

Diegene wat op soek is na 'n meer grandiose manier om in Dar es Salaam aan te kom, Rovos Rail bied 'n treinreis vanaf Kaapstad minstens 2-3 keer per jaar. Die reis van twee weke verteenwoordig die hoogtepunt van luukse reise en sluit stop by wildreservate en gholf in. Die pryse is soos verwag astronomies, vanaf US $ 12.000.

  • 2 Sentrale treinstasie. Nuut geboude sentrale treinstasie, alle treine wat deur Tanzania Railway bestuur word, vertrek hiervandaan. (2021 opgedateer)
  • 3 Tazara-treinstasie (Westelike rand van stad langs Julius K. Nyerere Rd). Alle treine op die TAZARA-lyn vertrek hiervandaan. (2021 opgedateer)

Met die bus

Busreise is oor die algemeen betroubaar as u die regte maatskappy kies. Dit kan ietwat eng wees omdat Tanzaniërs dit skynbaar meer waardeer as om veilig te arriveer ('Mungu akipenda, tutafika' - As God dit wil hê, sal ons daar aankom).

  • 1 Ubungo-terminale (net wes van die stad). Dar es Salaam se sentrale busstasie. Die meeste busse vertrek hiervandaan. Met 'n taxirit van / na die middestad sal u ongeveer 20 000 TSh terugbring, maar dit is dikwels moontlik om 'n rit te neem daladala Van na Posta vir TSh 400 per persoon of gebruik vinnige vervoer vanaf "Posta" na "Ubungo Terminal" vir Tsh 650 per persoon. Die staanplek is net buite die bushalte aan Morogoroweg en mense is gewoonlik bly om u daarop te wys as u dit vra. Alhoewel daar baie touts buite die kaartjiegebied van Ubungo is, is dit meestal skadeloos. As u deur hulle afgeskrik word, vra die taxi om u teen 'n ekstra bedrag na die stasie te neem. Die kaartjiekantore is net buite die stasie, maar u kan die kaartjies by die bus koop as u reeds ingekom het. Dit kan 'n beter idee wees, ongeag, aangesien u nie die toestand van die bus van buite kan sien nie en ook nie hoe vol die bus is nie (busse vertrek eers as dit heeltemal vol is). (Junie 2019 opgedateer)
  • Moshi of Arusha (8-11 uur, TSh 30.000). Neem een ​​van die beter busmaatskappye (bv. Moderne kusuitdrukking, Dar Express of Kilimanjaro Express). Nog 'n maatskappy Koninklike afrigter is miskien 'n nog beter opsie. Die busse is baie mooi, het lugversorging (as u werk), 'n badkamer en ry teen 80 km / h vir veiligheid. Die Royal Coach-kaartjiekantoor is in die middestad naby die Econolodge: busse vertrek ook vroegoggend hiervandaan, hoewel hulle dan minstens 'n uur by die hoofbus staan.

Sommige van die goedkoper rye ry busse wat opvallend vervalle, ongemaklik is, en dit sal baie lank neem om op te vul, en sal waarskynlik onderweg meer gereeld moet stop, as hulle aanvaar dat dit enigsins regkom. Busreise in die nag is nie toegelaat nie, dus die meeste busse, behalwe dié wat na nabygeleë stede reis, sal vroegoggend vertrek.

Hou waardevolle artikels en sakke met waardevolle artikels by u te alle tye tydens die busreis. Dit is nie ongewoon dat sakke wat op 'n oorhoofse rak geplaas word tydens 'n stop uit die bus gesteel word nie, veral nie as die passasier uit die bus gestap het nie.

Soms beweer die touts vir die skaduryker busmaatskappye dat hulle vir die meer gerekende busmaatskappye werk of kaartjies verkoop. Die beste is om die kaartjiekantoor van 'n gesiene busmaatskappy in die kantore net buite die bushalte te vind. Dit is nie nodig om vooraf 'n kaartjie te bespreek nie, maar dit is 'n goeie idee om dit tydens hoë reistye (Paasfees, Kersfees) te doen. Maak ook seker dat die regte datum op die kaartjie staan.

Taxi-pryse vanaf Ubungo is die hoogste in die standplaas, waar daar 'n redelike sterk kartel is (soortgelyk aan die lughawe). Daar is egter ook altyd taxi's buite die standplaas, met wie beter pryse onderhandel kan word. As u 'n ooreenkoms met 'n tout maak en nie direk met die bestuurder nie (sit in die motor), sal die prys 'n kommissie vir die tout insluit. U onderhandelingsposisie sal beïnvloed word deur dinge soos die weer, tyd van die dag, verkeer, hoeveel ander taxi's daar is, of u in Kiswahili kan onderhandel, of u baie tasse het, ens. Om te begin stap na die daladala-staanplek kan wys jy wil dit ernstig onderhandel - om eintlik daarheen te gaan en 'n dala te neem, sal jou regtig geld bespaar.

  • 2 Mwenge Busstasie. Hier kan u busse vind /daladalas op pad langs die kusweg in die rigting van Bagamoyo (1½-2uur, TSh 2200). Taxi-tariewe na die middestad is in wese dieselfde as vir Ubungo. N taxi na Ubungo kos TSh 10.000, tot die lughawe TSh 30.000, maar daar is ook gereeld daladalas. Die roete na die lughawe sal u waarskynlik oor beide die lande neem Ubungo en die Buguruni kruising, wat albei berugte verkeersopeenhopings is en wat u reis sal vertraag. 

Per boot

  • 3 Zanzibar-veerboot. Hier is die veerbote na en van Zanzibar vertrek en arriveer. Pasop vir swendelary as u veerbootkaartjies koop. Sien Zanzibar: klim per boot in vir besonderhede. VS $ 35. 

Met die motor

Sien Tanzanië: klim per motor.

Kry rond

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Te voet

Dar es Salaam voor skemer

Om in Sentraal-Dar te loop, is 'n lekker manier om die stad te sien en waarskynlik die beste manier om rond te kom. Oor die algemeen sal mense jou alleen laat, behalwe as jy af en toe groet. Daar is nie baie sypaadjies in Dar nie. Wees dus versigtig as jy oor besige paaie stap.

Per fiets

Fietsry rondom Dar is moontlik, maar dit kan moeilik en eng wees. U moet gemaklik voel met fietsry in gebiede met 'n hoë opeenhoping waar 'n fietsryer dikwels laag in die voedselketting is. Tanzaniërs het min geduld as hulle bestuur, en in hul gedagtes is enige voertuig kleiner as hulle verantwoordelik om uit die pad te val. Fietsry op die Msasani-skiereiland is minder sleg as in meer stedelike gebiede. Dra 'n helm en slyp u defensiewe fietsryvaardighede.

UWABA, die Dar-fietsryersvereniging, verenig fietsryers om hulle te beywer vir beter (of enige) fietsrybane, verkeersveiligheid en om die beeld van fietsry te verbeter. Fietsry hou verband met arm mense wat nie gemotoriseerde vervoer kan bekostig nie, en middelklas-Tanzaniërs kla dat hul reputasie sal ly as hulle op 'n fiets gesien word.

Sommige plaaslike toergroepe bied fietstogte deur die stad aan. Dit is 'n goeie manier om verder weg te kom en met die plaaslike inwoners te kommunikeer. Een maatskappy wat fietstoere in Dar aanbied, is Afriroots - hulle het 'Dar Reality Tours' en Sondagtoere wat 'n heerlike middagete insluit. Teken in op die Sondagtoere die vorige Donderdag. Hul e-posadres is [email protected]

Vir 'n plattelandse fietsreis kan die Pugu Hills Natuur Sentrum, 12 km vanaf die internasionale lughawe (0754 565 498), is 'n goeie geleentheid, maar u moet met u eie fiets kom en bespreek as u van plan is om die plek te besoek.

Met die motor

Motorhuur kan deur die meeste hotelle gereël word. Tanzaniërs ry aan die linkerkant. Soos in baie ontwikkelende lande, kan bestuur in Dar stresvol, moeilik en gevaarlik wees. Benewens slaggate moet bestuurders te kampe hê met aggressiewe taxi's en dalla-dallas (sien hieronder), swak ryvaardighede volgens westerse standaarde, groot slaggate, onbedekte mangate, min of geen straatligte in die nag nie, en diewe wat enige buitegedeelte van u voertuig verwyder. voertuig terwyl jy by verkeersligte gestop word. Gedurende die reënseisoen moet u ook deur waterbedekte paaie navigeer wat diep slaggate en rondom Tanzaniërs kan versteek wat in die verkeer wegpyl in 'n poging om uit die reën te kom, dikwels met klein kindertjies agterna. Ten slotte moet bestuur in Dar oorgelaat word aan diegene met ryervaring in ontwikkelende lande.

Keuse van voertuig

  • As u net in Dar ry, kan u 'n sedan kies wat goedkoper is vir petrol en makliker parkeer. U sal steeds stadig moet gaan as u sekondêre paaie neem, waarvan baie nie verseël is nie.

Ry in die stad

  • Dar se middestad is uiters druk M-F 09: 00-18: 00. Daar is min verkeersligte en die strate is baie smal. Dit is hond-eet-hond, so aanstootlike bestuursvernuf is 'n moet, want niemand sal jou laat verbygaan as jy net by stoptekens sit en wag nie. Strate is stampvol met geparkeerde en bewegende motors, SUV's, vragmotors, bromponies en baie gespierde mans wat waens waansinnig oorlaai. Mense kan ure in verkeersopeenhopings deurbring, veral rondom die Kariakoo-mark.
  • Daar is 'n paar rotondes in die middestad, wat die inwoners 'keeplefties' noem, omdat hulle gedink het dat die bord wat bestuurders aanraai om 'links te bly' wanneer hulle die rotonde binnegaan, die naam was van hierdie fassinerende Mzungu-uitvinding. Mzungu is die Swahili-woord vir 'wit' buitelanders. Dit is nie neerhalend nie; meer in die lyn van die noem van 'n wit persoon '' 'n Kaukasiese ''.
  • As u in Dar in die straat parkeer, moet u 'n plek kry om te parkeer, en dan u deure sluit en vertrek. Wanneer u terugkom, sal 'n parkeerwag wat 'n geel fluoresseerbaadjie dra, u nader vir betaling. Die fooi is Tsh 300 vir een uur. Die bediende moet 'n kaartjie aan u oorhandig, anders is dit reeds op u voorruit. Moenie vertrek sonder om te betaal as daar 'n kaartjie op u voorruit is, want die bediende sal noodgedwonge moet vergoed vir die ontbrekende geld en verdien waarskynlik hoogstens Tsh 3000 per dag.

Motorkapings is ongewoon, maar om deure oop te maak of deur oop vensters te spring om waardevolle artikels te steel, is dit nie. Hou u vensters toe en deure gesluit. Berigte het ontstaan ​​oor diewe wat na goue en silwer oorbelle na verkeersligte gerig het, en dit eenvoudig weggeruk het. By die stop van verkeersligte of op onbewaakte plekke geparkeer, is dit bekend dat diewe spieëls, panele, noodbande en enigiets steel wat nie gegraveer is met die nommerplaat wat aan die voertuig se voertuig vasgebout is nie. Kies u parkeerplekke versigtig en moenie waardevolle artikels in die oog hou nie. U kan die parkeerwag 'n klein wenk aanbied om u voertuig te kyk, TSh 500-1000, of om 'n beveiligde parkeerterrein te vind, veral as u die voertuig oornag verlaat. Hotelle bied dikwels sulke parkeerareas.

Gevare en ergernisse

  • Tanzaniërs ry baie vinnig en sal nie huiwer om in 'n blinde draai te verbysteek of selfs as daar aankomende voertuie is nie. Wees altyd waaksaam.
  • Die aantal dronkbestuurders wat in ernstige voertuigongelukke betrokke was, het dramaties toegeneem. Alhoewel daar wette is om onder die bestuur te bestuur, word dit, soos baie ander wette, swak toegepas, veral snags. Wees versigtig wanneer u snags en naby gewilde nagplekke ry.
  • Elke keer as 'n hooggeplaaste of senior regeringsamptenaar in Dar reis, sal die polisie verkeer in alle rigtings stop om te verseker dat die pad van hul vertrekpunt na bestemming duidelik is. Dit kan lei tot uiters lang wag en ernstige verkeersopeenhopings wat ure kan neem om op te ruim. Of u nou bestuur of 'n taxi neem, maak seker dat u hierdie gereelde padblokkades inreken wat maklik een uur tot u reistyd na die lughawe kan bydra.
  • As u in 'n ongeluk met 'n voetganger betrokke is, moet u na die naaste polisiekantoor ry en hulle adviseer. Moenie verlaat u voertuig en probeer om die situasie op te los, selfs as u seker is dat dit nie u skuld was nie. Tanzaniërs is van die mooiste mense wat jy in Afrika sal ontmoet, maar dit is bekend dat hulle sake, soos die meeste Afrikane, in hul eie hande neem. Dit is grotendeels te danke aan hul wantroue in die polisie en die oortuiging dat iemand met geld, bv. ryk buitelanders, kan hul weg uit 'n probleem koop.

Met die taxi

Dar es Salaam-waterkant

Uber werk in Dar es Salaam, ook vanaf die lughawe, en dit is goedkoper en veiliger as ander taxi's. Maak net seker dat die bestuurder en nommerplaat dieselfde is as wat u bespreek het, en dat dit goed gaan met u.

Behalwe Uber, is daar geen formele taxibedryf in Dar es Salaam nie, en is daar ook geen kontak sentrums wat 24 uur van die dag (of op enige tydstip) bereikbaar is nie. Taxibestuurders is nie verbonde aan enige openbare vervoeronderneming nie (hulle bestuur hul eie besigheid), maar hulle word wel deur die regering gereguleer. Kyk vir wit nommerplate en 'n taxi-nommer wat aan die kant geverf is. Huurmotors het ook amptelike kwitansies. Die motors het 'n herkenbare verfwerk en bly altyd op spesifieke plekke regoor die stad (in groot getalle) geparkeer, waarvan sommige selfs gedurende die nag, maar slegs per persoonlike selfoon. Taxi-tariewe is nie vas nie.

In die nag is daar nog taxi's beskikbaar, maar hulle bly op hul gewone uithoeke in die stad, maar kan slegs via hul persoonlike selfone bereik word. Aangesien die meeste strate buite die middestad (en selfs binne) geen ligbron het nie, word dit aanbeveel om na die uithoeke waar die taxi's in die nag vertoef, te loop, dit beteken 'n onbetroubare diens, net as die taxibestuurder wat gewoonlik deur die toeris gekontak word, kan hy gedurende die nag 'n diens kry en dus die gevaar loop om by die gehuurde woonstel of selfs erger op enige ander plek in die stad vas te val (veral as dit nie 'n gewilde nagbestemming is nie).

'N Prys moet beding word voordat u begin reis, anders sal die prys aansienlik hoër wees sodra u u bestemming bereik. Dit is nie gebruiklik om u bestuurder 'n fooitjie te gee nie. Alhoewel daar baie vriendelike en eerlike bestuurders is, sal sommige hul geluk probeer en 'n verregaande prys aanhaal vir almal wat welaf lyk. Selfs as u nie 'n ander taxi kan sien nie, moet u nie daartoe instem nie. 'N Ander taxi is seker net om die draai. Dit is baie prakties om te begin loop in die rigting waarheen u wil gaan. U sal een aan die kant van die pad kry, of een sal verby ry. Motors wat deur bestuurders besit word, word dikwels op 'n hoë vlak gehou; 'n gladde reis met lugversorging deur Dar is heeltemal moontlik as u die regte bestuurder ken!

As u van plan is om 'n taxi te huur vir 'n lang reis, moet u die kwaliteit van die bande, wat dikwels baie verslete is, ondersoek.

Moenie huiwer om die bestuurder te sê om te vertraag nie. "Pole Pole" in Swahili.

Van / na die lughawe na / vanaf die middestad - die prys is ongeveer 30.000 TSh. Dit kan soms onderhandel word, veral as u in Amerikaanse dollars betaal.

Van / na middestad na / van Msasani-skiereiland - moet ongeveer TSh 7.000 dra, meer algemeen TSh 10.000.

Vir 'n klein premie kan u 'n taxi vir die hele dag bespreek. Dit kan gerieflik wees as u 'n aantal plekke besoek en inkopies doen. U sal dit vir TSh 60,000 kan kry.

Deur autorickshaw (Bajaj)

Klein Indiërvoertuie met drie wiele, dit is gewild, want dit kos ongeveer die helfte van die gelykstaande taxiprys en kan langs die paaie ry as dit deur die onvermydelike verkeersknope geblokkeer word. Hulle het die reputasie dat hulle taamlik gevaarlik is, en sommige bestuurders blyk te jonk vir 'n rybewys te wees. Tot drie mense kan in die sitplek agter die bestuurder sit.

Per minibus (daladala)

Die mees algemene vorm van openbare vervoer in Dar is minibusse wat 'daladalas' genoem word. Hierdie minibusse volg spesifieke roetes met die begin- en eindpunt duidelik aan die voorkant van die voertuig gemerk. Op die hoofstasies (Ubungo, Posta, Mwenge) stop daladalas vanaf elke roete om passasiers op dieselfde stop by die stasie te versamel. Dit is goed om te vra dat iemand die daladala moet vind wat u soek, en die koerant- en telefoonkaartverkopers is baie behulpsaam.

Buite Dar, en op roetes wat van die stad na kleiner plekke daarbuite gaan, is daladalas dikwels ou, druk mense.

Alhoewel deesdae die meeste groot strate bushaltes het, kan u oral op die roete op en af ​​spring deur eenvoudig 'uit' te skree: 'Shusha!”(Uitgespreek SHOO-sha).

Hul gewildheid is te wyte aan hul beskikbaarheid en lae koste (ongeveer TSh 400 per rit. Dit wissel per roete, langer ritte soos Posta na Mombasa is TSh 600. Die tarief word aan die buitekant van die daladala aangedui, gewoonlik op die deur). Bestuurders sal egter soveel mense as moontlik ophoop, daar is geen lugversorging nie, sommige ry soos maniak en die algemene toestand van die voertuie is swak, en baie breek gereeld onderweg uit. Maar reisigers moet nie huiwer om dit te gebruik om rond te kom nie. Pas op vir sakkerollers as u in stampvol voertuie klim en agterlaat. Behalwe vroeg in die dag, het Daladalas dikwels verandering (meer as die meeste restaurante / dukas (winkels)), en dit is dus eintlik 'n goeie plek om 'n TSh 10.000-bankbiljet te verdeel.

Dit help as u 'n bietjie Kiswahili ken en ten minste 'n bietjie vertroud is met die stad as u daladalas gebruik. As u na die middestad probeer kom, spring dan na enige daladala gemerk Posta. Hulle gaan almal na die sentrale poskantoor op Maktaba / Azikiwe St. Aangesien hulle baie druk is, moet u u besittings bewaak. Dit geld veral as u by groot busstasies soos Mwenge is.

Om in daladalas in stasies in die middestad (Posta, Kariakoo) in te klim, is 'n mededingende onderneming gedurende die aandrus. Mense klim by die busvensters om vroeër in te gaan en sitplek te kry. Dit is verstandig om te verhoed dat u die middestad gedurende die spits van 16:30 tot 18:30 verlaat.

As daar baie mense op 'n sekere daladala wag (soos die gewilde Ubungo-na-Posta-roete) en daar is 'n geskarrel om aan te gaan, is daar dikwels geen probleem om aan te gaan nie, en selfs gaan sit! Dieselfde sal op u bestemming gebeur (Ubungo, Posta, Mwenge, ...) en soms begin mense al 'n paar stoppe voor u bestemming in die bus ry om plek te kry vir die terugreis. As u dit agterkom, klim u uit en loop die res om te verhoed dat u nie uit die bus kan klim nie.

Sakkies is aan die werk in die afgeleë daladala-terminale nadat die son sak. Wees bewus van u sakke, veral as u in 'n bus klim. Draai die bewustheidsmeter omhoog as u vanaf Mwenge of Ubungo aan boord gaan.

Die beste deel van die gebruik van die daladala-stelsel is dat plaaslike inwoners dikwels vriendelike gesprekke sal voer en altyd bereid is om u te help met u Kiswahili. Reis per daladala kan baie aangenaam wees, solank u op die regte roete is.

Per motorfiets-taxi (bodaboda)

Alhoewel dit nie so algemeen soos Bajajs is nie, is daar baie motorfiets-taxi's, genaamd 'bodaboda' ('pikipiki' kan ook gehoor word, dit beteken net motorfiets). Dit is selfs goedkoper as Bajajs, en as gevolg van hul grootte kan hulle u gedurende die spitstyd (wat die hele dag in Dar is) baie vinniger na u bestemming bring deur tussen motors te sigsag. Jy sit agter die bestuurder; dit is egter nie gebruiklik om u hande om die bestuurder te hou nie, maar hou die bagasierak agter u vas.

Al is die bodabodas goedkoop en doeltreffend, is dit ook baie gevaarlik. As gevolg van hul klein grootte, let ander bestuurders hulle selde op, en hul gewoonte om tussen voertuie te sigsag, kan tot gevaarlike situasies lei. Alhoewel hulle gewoonlik helms vir hulself het, is dit baie selde dat bodabodas ekstra helms vir die passasiers bewaar. As u dit aanvra, kan hulle u eie helm gee, maar nooit vrywillig aanbied nie.

Per pendeltrein

Twee pendelspoorlyne loop deur die stad. Een lyn loop 25 km tussen die Mwakanga- en Tazara-treinstasies. Die tweede loop 20 km tussen Ubungo-Maziwa en City treinstasies. Albei lyne is van 05: 00-11: 00 en 15: 00-18: 00, sonder diens gedurende die middel van die dag.

Kaartjies is nie word in die trein verkoop, maar kan maklik by die stasie gekoop word of deur middel van 2000 kaartjie-verkoopmasjiene regoor die land. Kaartjiepryse (November 2012) is TSh 400 vir volwassenes en TSh 100 vir volwassenes, geldig vir enige enkele reis (ongeag afstand), maar geen oordragte nie.

Sien

The Nutcracker Man, 'n skedel van 1,75 miljoen jaar oud in die Nasionale Museum
  • 1 Nasionale Museum, 5 Shaaban Robert St., ☏ 255712562397. 09: 30-18: 00 daagliks. Die nasionale museum toon hoofsaaklik foto's en uitstallings oor die ontwikkeling van die menslike natuur. 'N Moet gaan om die skedel van die Nutcracker Man (1,75 miljoen jaar oud) en die rolverdeling van die nog ouer (3,6 miljoen jaar) laetoli-voetspore te sien. Vind ook 'n botaniese tuin aan die ander kant van Samora Ave. Nasionale Museum van Tanzanië (Q1960827) op Wikidata Nasionale Museum van Tanzanië op Wikipedia 
  • 2 Makumbusho Village Museum, ☏ 255 222700437. 09: 00-18: 00 daagliks. Al die huise in die dorp is gebou volgens die soorte huise wat deur verskillende etniese groepe in Tanzanië gebou is. Ngoma-dansvertonings word op sekere dae van 14: 00-18: 00 gehou. 
  • 3 Askari Monument. 'N Monument gewy aan die Askari-soldate wat in die Eerste Wêreldoorlog geveg het. Askari-monument (Q3862643) op Wikidata Askari-monument op Wikipedia 
  • 4 Dierkundige tuine. VS $ 20. Dar es Salaam dieretuin (Q16954216) op Wikidata Dar es Salaam-dieretuin op Wikipedia 
  • 5 Karimjee Hall. Voormalige parlementsgebou. Word steeds gebruik vir seminare. 
  • 6 Azania Front Lutheran Church. Hierdie bekende baken in die middel van die stad is deur Duitse sendelinge gebou. Azania Front Lutheran Church (Q3631413) op Wikidata Azania Front Lutheran Church op Wikipedia 

Strande

  • Ocean Road Public Park, net oos van die Nasionale Museum en Huis van Kultuur, is nie te betowerend met die manier waarop die hoofrioollyn vir die stad daar in die oseaan uitmond met die reuke wat daarmee gepaard gaan nie.
  • Bahari Beach-hotel is ongeveer 20 km noord van Dar es Salaam langs die New Bagamoyo-weg. Die hotel hef 'n klein fooi vir nie-gaste.
  • Kigamboni-veerboot
    Kigamboni ook bekend as 'South Beach', is oorkant die kanaal vanaf die Zanzibar-veerboot. U kan met die veerboot na die ander kant kom, nie dieselfde as vir Zanzibar nie. Vermy foto's van die veerboot of die terminale, selfs nie van die skyline nie. Die veerboot is volgens die streng 'geen foto'-reël en passasiers, selfs toeriste, is deur veiligheidsmagte gedwing om onskuldige panoramafoto's te verwyder. Die veerbootstasie is noord van die veerboot in Zanzibar verby die Kilimanjaro Kempinski Hotel naby die belangrikste vismark. U stap na die veerboot wat TSh 100 kos. Die kruising duur ongeveer 5 minute. Sodra u dit oorkom, kan u 'n taxi huur om u na die strande te neem, waarvan die meeste deur die verskillende hotelle langs die kus toeganklik is. Openbare strande is almal aan ontwikkelaars verkoop. Hotelle, soos die Sunrise, hef 'n inskrywingsfooi van 5 000 TSh. TSh 3000 daarvan word aan u teruggestuur in die vorm van voedselbewyse. Die meeste hotelle is ongeveer 5 km vanaf die veerboot, en u moet daarheen kan kom vir TSh 10.000-15.000, afhangende van u onderhandelingsvaardighede. Daar is ook daladalas wat die pad na die strande aanwend.

Doen

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Vir 'n wonderlike daguitstappie, gaan na Bongoyo-eiland. Bongoyo is 'n klein, onbewoonde eilandjie net aan die kus. Die boot na Bongoyo vertrek vanaf Mashua Waterfront Bar & Grill by Slipway, die luukse stel winkels en markte op die Msasani-skiereiland, net noord van Dar es Salaam. Met 'n taxi vanaf die middestad moet u TSh 8.000 ry. Die eerste boot vertrek om 09:30, met ander om 11:30, 13:30 en 15:30, met 'n minimum van vier mense. Die veerboot het Tsh 25,000 gekos, wat 'n reto-reis plus US $ 10 vir die mariene parkfooi insluit. Die retour-veerbote is om 10:30, 12:30, 14:30 en die laaste vertrek omstreeks 16:30. Daar is 'n klein restaurant op die eiland wat 'n verskeidenheid voedsel en drankies bedien (gegrilde garnale, vis en tjips, eier en skyfies, bier). 'N Ander opsie is om kos by die Shrijee's-supermark by Slipway te koop. U kan ontspan sonder om bekommerd te wees dat iemand u dinge op Bongoyo steel. Maak 'n staptog rondom die eiland, snorkel in die helder water ten suidweste van die eiland (snorkeltoerusting kan op die eiland gehuur word vir 6 000 TSh per stel per dag) of ontspan net onder 'n banda op die strand. Bandas kos TSh 5,000 en 'n stoel kos TSh 1500 vir die dag. On the weekend, be sure to get on the first ferry if you want a banda, it gets very busy on Saturday and Sunday. When you come back, you can get ice cream or a meal at several of the Slipway restaurants and watch the sun set. You can also check out the Tinga Tinga paintings and other crafts at the market. Walk to the south (toward the Doubletree Hotel) from the main part of Slipways, past the boatyard, to find many cheaper market stalls.

Kigamboni Beach

Mbudya Island is a smaller island just north of Bongoyo. To visit, take a taxi or bajaji to the White Sands Hotel, near Kunduchi. Two-way tickets can be purchased for TSh 10,000 per person, with a minimum of 4 people per boat, and there is an additional TSh 10,000 park fee when you get to the island. The popular side of the island has beaches, bandas, a small bar, and a food pavilion (though the menu is very limited). Beers go for about TSh 3,000. There is also a somewhat nicer, though more expensive, bar on the northern end of the beach. The rest of the island is mostly rough cliff face, which can make for some interesting hiking, though this is not advised if you don't have good shoes and dependable balance (the rocks are very sharp and scrambling is sometimes required). The last boats back to White Sands leave between 16:30 and 17:00, though you can stay a bit longer if you are willing to take a smaller, overcrowded boat back to the Sea Breeze hotel, which is south of White Sands.

For a great excursion in the city to see the "real Dar," you should do an "Investour." Investours runs microfinance poverty tours, and you get to meet and talk to local entrepreneurs, see the Mwenge woodcarvers market in a behind-the-scenes experience, and even have a local Tanzanian lunch with some of the craftsmen. Your fee is then used as an interest-free microfinance loan given to the entrepreneur of your choice—out of the ones you met during the day. Most people come to Dar without experiencing the true aspects of the city: abject poverty and the desire of most individuals from all over Tanzania to strike it big here. It is an important cultural part of Dar es Salaam, and an Investour should definitely be something you consider to do.

At Slipways, the Waterfront Bar and Grill is decent and is open long hours, but the best dining experience is on The Terrace, which generally opens around 19:00 on weeknights and 18:00 on weekends. The coffee shop next to The Terrace served pretty good food (and excellent coffee) as well.

There are quite a number of night clubs in Dar es Salaam. Probably the most popular in City Centre is Bilicanas, which is lively and sometimes not quite as full of prostitutes as the other clubs. It is popular with locals and ex-pats alike. Music is varied, depending on the night, from local to Congolese to dance to hip-hop. (The place goes nuts when they play the cheesy songs.) California Dreamers is another nearby club, but it is too full of prostitutes to recommend. There are numerous other smaller clubs that can be fun, but harder to get to. On the Peninsula, Sweeteazy has great live bands, sometimes with their own dancers every Thursday (and Saturday?) evenings. There is always a mixed Tanzanian/expat crowd dancing. Cover charge is TSh 10,000 but if you have supper there it's free!

Stap is possible in the Pugu Hills, some 12 km west of the airport. Villagers can assist as guide for a hike around the Pugu Hills or to the major cattle market of Dar es Salaam. Arrangements are through the Pugu Hills Nature Centre. For directions to Pugu Hills see web site.

If you like to have a chillout evening, the Mediterraneo Lounge has a large collection of chill-out music. At the Mediterraneo Hotel & Restaurant Lounge you can enjoy the fantastic view of the Indian Ocean while sipping your favourite drink, and listening to the best lounge & chill-out music in Dar es Salaam. More in town and therefore somewhat less romantic but still beautiful, on the Peninsula, check out very attractive but expensive Coral Beach restaurant, right on the ocean, from where you can watch the sun set.

Masseer Try High Care Massage at the Slipway for a very professionally organized place. There are signs for lots of other massage and spa centres around town. Two places favoured by ladies in landcruisers are Lemon on Haile Selassie Road (next to George & Dragon pub) or the Spot on Chole Road (opposite the taxi stand).

Movies There are modern cinema halls like New World Cinema on Bagomoyo Rd. which hosts the annual European and Asian film festivals (☏ 255 22 277 1409) and others listed below. You can buy DVDs on every corner but beware, many are defective Chinese counterfeits, poorly produced, and/or lack English translation.

  • 1 Century Cinemax, Sam Nujoma Rd (inside Mlimani City Shopping Mall), ☏ 255-715-246-362, ✉. M-F 12:00-21:00, Sa Su 10:00-21:00. (Augustus 2019 opgedateer)
  • 2 Suncrest Cineplex, Julius K. Nyerere Rd. (inside Quality Centre Mall), ☏ 255-684-221-753. Daily 11:15-23:15. The largest cinema in Dar es Salaam, featuring full backrest reclining seating with footrests and snap-on trays for armrests (Augustus 2019 opgedateer)

Sport The Yacht Club on the Peninsula is a gorgeous place but requires membership fees. You can enter as someone's guest and swim (in safety) or boat. It, and other places around town, offer scuba-diving lessons. Gymkhana, on Gymkhana Road in town, has tennis courts and a nice golf course. Coco Beach is a public beach on the Peninsula which is very busy on weekends. Go any afternoon to see people relaxing, and eat local food. But don't walk on beach as muggings are too frequent. A few people surf here when waves swell a bit around the full moon. You can sometimes surf or kite surf at the beaches south of Dar, e.g. at Kasa Beach Hideaway (fantastic wide beach and surf-able waves in June). There's yoga three times a week (Mondays Golden Tulip Hotel, Thursday and Saturday at Dar Fitness Centre) and capoeira at 18:00 at the Little Theatre (beginners on Mondays, intermediate Wednesdays), and tae kwon do also at the Little Theatre, Wednesdays at 18:00. Kickboxing is also available.

Kultuur Read weekly 'What's Happening in Dar' and 'Advertising Dar' to get all the news of what's going on, including weekend get-away specials. There are always events like dance and music performances, artist openings at painting and photography galleries, movie festivals etc. Alliance Francaise,Goethe Institute, Iranian and Russian cultural centres offer special events along with some occasionally sponsored by embassies.

  • Graham, Londen. Mikadi Beach Lodge is 1 km from the Kigamboni Ferry and an excellent place to stay or enjoy the beach. Entrance is TSh 3000 but an overnight is recommended 

Koop

A crowded downtown street market

Banks & ATMs

All Stanbic Bank, FNB Bank, and Standard Charter Bank offer Mastercard/Visa ATM service. In addition, the Tanzanian banks CRDB and NBC Bank offer Visa service with their ATMs. These banks also offer Mastercard/Visa ATMs:

  • I&M Bank Mosque Street
  • EcoBank Sokoine Drive
  • Equity Bank Ohio Street
  • KCB Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road

Malls & supermarkets

  • Mlimani City Shopping mall. The largest shopping mall in Dar es Salaam.
  • Game Hypermarket, Plot 2 SamNujoma Road Ubongo, ☏ 255 222197800. 10:00-19:00. Game is owned by Wal-mart USA. (Augustus 2015 opgedateer)
  • City Mall, corner of Bibi Titi & Morgoro roads, ☏ 255-768-088066. 09:00-23:00. Has a large supermarket and a bank and lots of shops not far from downtown. (Maart 2018 opgedateer)
  • Aura Mall, Morogoro Road, ☏ 255-22-2774253. 07:00-23:00. Has a supermarket. (Maart 2018 opgedateer)

Kangas

For kangas (or khangas), colourful, sarong-like pieces of cloth with Swahili sayings along the bottom, try Kariakoo market or the cloth market on the streets around it. Check around south end of Jamhuri St., where there are many textile shops. Here you can also buy kitenge, twice the length of kangas and usually cut in half to form a complete outfit, for around TSh 4000 each. Try asking in here if you want something like a dress made to measure. Kariakoo is also a good place for fresh food. Watch out for pickpockets.

The wholesale textile markets are on Uhuru St. in the Mnazi Mmoja district near Kariakoo, although the number of people and the attention can be overwhelming for some visitors. It helps to speak Swahili, and if you can, go during the week rather than on Saturdays. It's a much more enjoyable experience on a weekday, since there are fewer people around you can chat with the sellers and there is less high-pressure haggling. The Uhuru Street sellers are wholesalers, so unless you feel you're being quoted a very inflated price, it is difficult to bargain.

  • Afro Fashion, Samora Avenue, Opposite Extelecom Building (Celtel Point) (Samora Avenue), ☏ 255 22 2124066, 255 784243735. 09:00-17:00. T-shirts, batiks, khanga, Masai material, kikoy, tye & dye clothings, arts & crafts, Masai beads, and other popular souvenirs. 

Carvings and crafts

Carvings and other touristy souvenirs can be found all over Dar. Remember that onderhandel is expected.

There is a fantastic craft market in Mwenge, the Mwenge Carvers' Market. Here you can watch many of the artists make the crafts that are sold throughout the country (although some crafts sold in Tanzania are imported from Kenya). Prices range from expensive to extremely cheap. There are many stalls selling similar things, and if you are savvy, you might be able to pit the vendors against each other. The perk of the Mwenge market is the sheer volume of crafts to choose from. If you like the style of something at a specific store (they tend to carry items made by one or two artists), and you have some time, you can meet the artist and have them custom make something for you. The market closes at dusk. Shopping around this time gets you the best deals.

There is a smaller market at Slipway, which is a good place to get Tinga Tinga paintings and large batiks as well.

Tinga-tinga paintings

Local paintings are often executed in a style unique to Tanzania, "tinga-tinga", named after the artist who founded the style, Edward Said Tinga Tinga. Some good places to find them are at the Slipway market, and in the alley off of Haile Selassie Road on the Peninsula. The alley is to the left of Shrijee's Supermarket – look for the art sellers on Haile Selassie Road, and the alley is on the opposite side of the road. There are also tailors, sandal-makers, and charity/craft/wholefood shops on this alley (not to mention the booze shop). The Tinga Tinga artists' collective itself is at the end of the alley, through a doorway, so don't get too distracted by the smaller art shops outside.

Fancy and imported goods

Mlimani City is good when you are feeling exhausted by the street markets, and homesick for the Cleveland suburbs.

The Mlimani City shopping complex has a supermarket and a Game department store, open for business seven days a week. Although it is a fair distance from the city centre, it can be reached by taking a Dalla Dalla or taxi to the Mwenge bus terminal, and walking approximately 19 minutes further past the craft market (see below).

If you run out of things to read, there are some surprisingly well-stocked branches of the English language bookshop called A Novel Idea. See the Books section a little further down for a list of stores.

Electronics and appliances

There is a good selection of electronics and appliance vendors on Samora Avenue.

Boeke

There are book stores near the Askari monument at Samora Ave & the Posta Road, selling mostly academic texts and school books.

  • A Novel Idea, Slipway, Oysterbay Shopping Centre, Shoppers Plaza, Steers fast food complex on Ohio Road, ☏ 255 22 601088. A local chain that sells a wide selection of imported English language books: novels, childrens' books, reference, non-fiction. A pleasant place to spend a few hours. 
  • Mlimani City has a bookstore as well.

Kariakoo

The close view of the Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam.
The bird's eye view of the Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam.

If you're looking for an authentic shopping experience, a visit to Kariakoo market, especially on Saturday morning, could be just the thing. Kariakoo is the cheapest market in Tanzania. If you want to buy cheap souvenirs, this is the place for you. If you're a Muzungu (i.e. white person) shop owners will try to charge you much more that is worth. But that will be cheaper than what you get in the city or everywhere else in Tanzania. General rules: African necklaces should not be bought for more than TSh 2000 (the correct price is TSh 1000 but you won't get that price easily), small drums should be bought for as much as TSh 4-5000 and soft stone products (hearts, plates, small animals, jewellery boxes) should not be purchased for more than TSh 10,000. In Kariakoo you can also find cool yet useful presents, like kerosene lamps or pans (as in pan and brush) made from used metal – look for ones with commercial logos printed all over - or a funnel made from a hair spray container. There are also nice baskets, stools, bowls etc. Warning: This is not for everyone. The market is baie crowded and for some the smells and noises can be overwhelming. If you're keen but hesitating, it might be best to find a Tanzanian friend or person familiar with the market to help you navigate around. Do not bring any valuables and only bring a small amount of money that you wish to spend, as pickpockets work the area and in the commotion your watch, cell phone, MP3 player, sunglasses and wallet can be expertly removed, or your nice leather handbag slashed with a razor. Even seasoned Kariakoo shoppers occasionally fall prey to these sophisticated teams of thieves.

Haggling: Haggling is expected when purchasing almost anything in Dar. Although it is true that most merchants quote much higher prices to tourists than locals, sometimes three times the price, negotiations should still be undertaken with respect and good humour. Don't expect to pay the same as a local and don't be insulted when you aren't. The reality is that you probably have more money in your pocket than many Tanzanians see in a year. This also applies to backpackers. Remember the extra dollar or two you paid for that carving will most likely be used to buy food for the family. None of these merchants are rich. If you think it's too expensive leave and look elsewhere, but don’t call them thieves.

Ilala Market

Mitumba is the Swahili word for second-hand stuff, the hand-me-downs of the developed world, and Ilala Market has some of the best and cheapest mitumba you can find in Tanzania. Sweaters, jeans, shoes, bags, etc. With an extra emphasis on that etc. Also you can find handcrafted jewelry (bracelets, anklets, earrings, and such) at good prices, making it a good place to buy simple gifts en masse. There's plenty of street food. Its stalls and kiosks are in tight, narrow quarters and it feels a bit claustrophobic, so it's not ideal for all travelers.

Tanzanite

When it comes to expensive souvenirs, Tanzania has cornered the market with a gemstone that can only be found (mined) in Tanzania, hence the name Tanzanite. Shops selling this exquisite blue stone are found in all major cities and towns, especially those popular with tourists like Zanzibar, Arusha and Dar. Your biggest problem will be knowing that what you're getting is the real thing and worth the money you're shelling out for it.

The rule of thumb is the darker the gem the more expensive it is. Light colored Tanzanite is genuine just not as sought after as the darker stones. But like all things there is much more to a stone's value than just its colour so do your homework if you plan on spending a lot on one of them.

Grading is on an alphabetical scale with AAA being the best and B being the lightest and cheapest. Expect to pay as much as US$450 per carat for AAA. If, like most visitors, you're new to this gem, buying from a reputable shop, such as Lothys at the Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski or Tanzanite Dream might be more expensive but you're assured of what you're getting. Nonetheless, there are several other good shops around Dar where you can get nice pieces or simply buy the gems and have them set back home. Like all things, negotiating is key.

Some reputable shops to buy best Tanzanite are Gem Point, Royal Jewellers, Queens Jewellers at Indiragandhi street, in the center of town.

If you are a serious Tanzanite buyer looking for quality and selection then you should definitely check out the Tanzanite Dream just outside the city centre on the Mataka road behind the fire station.

Eet

Due in part to the growth of the expatriate community and the increasing importance of tourism, the number of international restaurants has risen very rapidly. The city now offers a rich and internationalized diversity of cuisine, ranging from traditional Tanzanian Barbecue style options such as Nyama Choma (Roasted meat – served with rice or ugali) and Mishkaki (Shish kebab – usually barbecued and served with salt, hot peppers, chapati, fries, and rice on the side), and the long-established traditional Indian and Zanzibari cuisine, to options from all corners of the globe including Chinese, Thai, Turkish, Italian, and Japanese food. Restaurants like City Garden, Addis in Dar, and Best Bite are only a few of the most popular restaurants in Dar es Salaam. Even fast food restaurants like Steers and Subway now have prominent places in the restaurant sector of Dar es Salaam. People who prefer neither fast food or traditional restaurants buy their food from street vendors, who usually sell good food for very affordable prices. Samosas are common street food items within the city. Primary and secondary school students are usually more likely to buy food from street vendors than other age demographics.

$ = Cheap (TSh 1,000–5,000 for a meal for one)
$$ = Average (TSh 5,000–10,000)
$$$ = Moderate (TSh 10,000–20,000)
$$$$ = Expensive (TSh 20,000 )

Tanzanian

Traditional Tanzanian food can be had on almost any street. From grilled meats (mishikaki) to BBQ corn on the cob, and chips and eggs (chips mayai). If you're looking for something a little more sanitary, there are a number of small hotels and restaurants that serve a buffet style meal at lunch time which offers a variety of Tanzanian stews, deep fried fish and chicken, and vegetables. Some good choices:

  • Sammy'S Good Food, at Quality Center Mall, Pugu Road 1st Floor., ☏ 255 765726697. Serves Indian food, Chinese, pizzas, burgers and a lot more. So eat, relax and have fun on the way to airport. 
  • Summy's (aka "Street Chicken"), Jamhuri Street NE of Morogoro Road.. Grilled marinated chicken, mishkaki, Indian food. ($). 
  • City Garden, on Garden Avenue, SE side, between Ohio Street and Pemba Road.. Fine outdoor ambiance, extensive menu, affordable prices, fast service, free bread, real butter, coconut sauces, death by chocolate. ($$). 
  • New Africa Hotel, on the corner of Sokoine Drive and Maktaba/Azikiwe Street.. 
  • Chef's Pride, Chagga St.. A very popular local eatery with Tanzanian food, plus pizza and Indian. ($$). 
  • Royal Chef, on Lumumba Street at Morogoro Road.. Run by the same people as Chef's Pride but with a Zanzibar ambiance. ($$). 
  • Durban Hotel. Two streets past Royal Chef on the right. Excellent selection of Tanzanian, Chinese, and Indian dishes at reasonable prices. Excellent fish fresh daily. At night, however, single men may expect to be approached by prostitutes. ($). 
  • Local "hotelis" or restaurants can be found on just about every major street. Most serve ugali, rice or chapati with beans, meat or fish stews, and mishitaki (grilled kebabs).

For something even more upscale, try the Sunday brunch at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. The restaurant on the ground floor offers a wide variety of Western dishes but also includes several local favourites taken up a notch. It's not cheap, about TSh 30,000 per person, but if you're interested in trying Tanzanian cuisine without risking gastrointestinal complications, it's your best bet. The buffet contains all you can eat smoked salmon of the highest quality, among other delicacies.

Indian

A street market in Buguruni

City Center

  • Bimbis @ The Badminton Institute (Maratha Club) ($) multi-cuisine budget restaurant, near Elia complex, Zanaki Street, Kisutu, The restaurant is in central Dar, most nights it's busy with both ex-pats and Indians.
  • Retreat Restaurant ($) at the Pramukh Swami Street (Kisutu) near the Hindu temples, it serves only vegetarian dishes.
  • Upanga Club ($) on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road near Alliance Française (Upanga), is similar in style and cuisine to the Badminton Institute, and you also have to pay TSh 1,000 entrance as a non-member.
  • A Tea Shop ($) just off of Libya Street, has great kebabs other Indian snacks. Plus delicious chai. K Tea Shop is also good.
  • Alcove on Samora avenue is the place for you if you like Indian and Chinese food and especially if you're vegetarian.
  • Red Onion ($$) across Maktaba Street from the YMCA, in the Haidery Plaza building. Has a wide selection of Indian dishes and a nice rooftop dining area. Very cold beers.
  • Jambo inn Hotel on Libya street serving Indian, Chinese, English, BBQ, exotic seafood and fast food. A choice of 220 dishes in non-vegetarian and vegetarian and fresh juices available.

Peninsula and around

  • Aroma Coffee House on Chole Road first right after passing the double tree road on your left. Bagels available daily!
  • Anghiti ($$$) (near the US Embassy) on New Bagamoyo road just after the Kawawa intersection is excellent.
  • Copper Chimney, New Bagamoyo Rd, ☏ 255 22 270 1074. Also very good. 
  • Istana, Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, ☏ 255 22 761 1345, 255 786 264 858. Malaysian and pan-Asian, serves an excellent buffet; cuisines change per day of the week. Often booked by wedding parties, especially on weekends. 
  • Khana Khazana, New Bagamoyo Rd, ☏ 255 22 2771313. Offers excellent choice of Indian food. 

Chinese, Japanese & Southeast Asian

City Centre

  • Hong Kong Tai Yong Sun Restaurant, ☏ 255 22 2136622. Serves delicious and authentic Cantonese Chinese dishes. Experts of fresh seafood dishes in town, nice comfortable settings with fast and friendly service. 
  • The New Africa Hotel has a popular Thai restaurant on the roof. Some nights it serves all-you-can-eat buffet.
  • Oriental ($$$$) at The Kilimanjaro Hotel serves a variety of Japanese, Thai, Mongolian and Malaysian dishes. Still a good restaurant in town.

Skiereiland

  • Osaka ($$$$) off of Toure, serves Korean and Japanese, including very good sushi, look for the sign on the left when heading towards Sea Cliff.
  • Goong ($$$) serves authentic Korean food. On the first dirt road on the left going in to Slipway.
  • Azuma ($$$) at the Slipway. Sushi.
  • SweetEazy ($$$) at the Oyster Bay Complex on Toure Drive. Roof top as well as inside dining area. Live music some nights. Good bar.
  • Garden ($$$) on Haile Selassie, on way to Seacliff past the new large Shoppers grocery store. Large, outdoors, shaded with good menu and music and dancing Friday and Saturday
  • Thai Restaurant ($$$) on Chole Road. Large, outdoors, shaded with extensive menu. There is also a new Thai restaurant on Kaunda Drive just off of Bagomoyo Road. All dishes TSh 6,000.

Italiaans

City Centre

  • Oliveto ($$$$) at the Movenpick serves upscale Italian food with a bit of a twist.

Peninsula and surrounding

  • Saverio's ($$) has Italian-style pizza, pasta dishes and good calamari and gamberi (calamari and shrimps) fried dish.
  • Mediterraneo Hotel & Restaurant ($$$) You can find here a wide choice of Italian/Mediterranean dishes, homemade pasta and delicious seafood dishes, plus a view of the Indian Ocean. Around 30' by car from Dar es Salaam.
  • Zuane ($$$) Italian. Nice atmosphere, indoor (a/c) and outdoor (covered porch) seating in converted house with large garden. Good for family dinners or big groups. Excellent red snapper filet!

Zuane, actually, is the best Italian restaurant in Dar es Salaam. They serve pizzas as good as you can have in Italy, thanks to Cristian's (the Chef) ability, wood oven, choice of first quality food, and last, but not least, the best fresh mozzarella in Dar made in Tanzania! Pasta, meat dishes, and cakes are also delicious.

Ethiopian

  • Addis in Dar, Ursino Street, in the Regency Estates neighborhood, ☏ 255 713 266-299, 255 756 888-488. A superb little-known and out of the way restaurant is. This Ethiopian restaurant offers excellent food costing about Tsh 13,000 per dish. They serve chicken, beef, lamb and vegetarian dishes (mostly stews, but some come without sauce) on a bed of injera, a moist and springy Ethiopian flatbread. The decor is fantastic and the atmosphere is excellent as well, with a rooftop dining area. Try the Ethiopian honey wine before your meal and the beautifully-presented coffee after. Often fills up so book ahead particularly if you are in a group. ($$$). 
  • Rehovot Ethiopian Restaurant, Ali Bin Said, a side road off of Bagomoyo Road (Very close to Twiga Pub. You can see the sign for it on Bagomoyo Road, between Namanga/Kimweri and Haile Selassie), ☏ 255 713 764-908, 255 784 235-126. This is a new restaurant. Owned by an Ethiopia/Tanzanian couple. Really good food and simple but pleasant Ethiopian decor, in a kind of garden yard. We finished up with real Ethiopian spiced tea. They also sell Ethiopian clothes and played fantastic Ethiopian music on a good sound system. Teruwork used to cook at Addis in Dar. ($$). 

Middle-Eastern

St Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral
  • Al-Basha. The best middle-eastern food in Dar. They have two locations. City center on the corner of Morogoro and India Street and at the Mayfair Plaza in Mikocheni near the US Embassy. ($$). 
  • Nargila (difficult to reach by taxi), ☏ 255 756547754. Don't go for dinner – go for appetizers (hummus is great), the extensive drinks menu, hookahs and the belly dancer. Oysterbay, near the Ugandan High Commission (you must tell taxi this or he will never find it). Owned by an Israeli woman, apparently the place to go for all the Jewish holidays. ($$). 

Café and bistros

Food courts

SeaCliff Village en Slipway (peninsula), and Harbor View Suites Mall have multiple fast-food type restaurants in one place, and shopping. Limited menus of pizza, burgers, Indian, sandwiches, ice cream, etc.

Upscale

For upscale meals, visit the Dar es Salaam Serena (formerly Mövenpick, and the Royal Palm Hotel), the Holiday Inn, Kilimanjaro Hyatt Regency Hotel in the city centre.

All of these hotels offer excellent fixed-price breakfast buffets, which often include sparkling wine, and can be a good value if you are hungry or want to escape for a while.

  • Zens Bar & Restaurant, ☏ 255 22 278 0440 ext 126. Open every day from 06:30 to 23:00 in Mikocheni “B” at Exclusive Resort Opposite St. Laureate Int. School, Kwa Warioba, Msikiti street. 
  • Spurs SeaCliff Village. ($$$) Good burgers, steaks, Mexican food, salad bar (nothing particularly amazing, but quite possibly the only salad bar in Dar), milk shakes, ice cream desserts. Lots of wealthier families bring their (often noisy) children here, as there is a play area.
  • Karembezi Cafe Seacliff Village. ($$$) Good salads and soups as well as steaks, excellent fish platter which is for two people but can be shared by 3 if ordering other stuff as well. You have the Indian Ocean views and it can be very pleasant and sometimes windy. Service is good but can be slow over the weekend.
  • The Blues Bar & Restaurant (along Sam Nujoma Road at Mawasiliano Towers, Ground Floor), ☏ 255 22 212022, 255 787 254 754. International cuisine and variety of cocktails $$$. 

Begroting

  • Chef's Pride near the budget hotels in the Indian quarter. It caters mostly to tourists, but is very reasonably priced and has a good local menu.
  • Milap is a vegetarian Indian Restaurant with very cheap prices.
  • Subway near the YWCA is air-conditioned, and a nice treat if you're hankering for some food of a western nature. Try the BMT.
  • YWCA near the Cathedral, has a delicious and cheap canteen where you can order a traditional Tanzanian meal for under TSh 2,000.
  • YMCA the other side of the cathedral from the YWCA. Along the same lines as the YWCA but has a wider range, it does food in the evenings (the YWCA does not), and it serves alcohol in a pleasant garden (it's the only budget place in the city centre that does).
  • Steers Complex

But the best place to eat, both in terms of price and atmosphere, is on the street. Places to try include the corner of Morogoro road and Jamhuri street, or the large open space in front of the Dar Express bus company ticket office. Chipsi mayai (chips in an omelet) should be TSh 1000-1200.

Some great places to eat fresh, inexpensive, tasty local food outdoors, but under shade, where you will be served from vats are:

  • Chinese restaurant on the corner of Samora and Mirambo (it also serves more expensive Chinese food in the basement)
  • Holiday Out on Garden, just past the Southern Sun hotel which used to be called the Holiday Inn. There are three separate places serving food here.
  • Steers Out on Samora, just east of Steers.

All serve vegetarian (beans, rice, cooked bananas, greens, other) for around TSh 2000 or with meat (beef, chicken, lamb, fish) around Tsh 4000. The clientele is mainly young Tanzanians with office jobs, many of whom speak English. All three of these restaurants are a few minutes walk from Mirambo where there are many Embassies.

Drink

You should only drink bottled water. A 1.5-litre bottle will cost you TSh 1,000 in a store or on the street, depending on the brand (and TSh 2000 or more at restaurants), but you can also drink tap water if you've purified it with iodine tablets or boiled it (at least 3–5 minutes at a rolling boil). "Seepage" from the sewer pipes into the water pipes is quite common.

Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, en Safari (the latter being a stronger beer, 5.5% alcohol) are local beers and popular with Tanzanians and foreigners. These are typically TSh 2300-3000 apiece for 500-ml bottles in local spots, but can cost TSh 4000 or more at some bars and restaurants.

Imported beer available in Dar include Tusker, Ndovu, Stella Artois, Castle Lager, and Heineken. The African imports (Tusker, Ndovu) are not that much more expensive than local beers, but the European beers can be three to four times the price of domestics.

Konyagi is a vile-tasting, but popular, local gin, and its variant Konyagi Ice is comparable to hard lemonade and other sweet drinks.

Krest, bottled locally by Coca Cola, offer Club Soda, Tonic Water and Bitter Lemon drinks. Stoney Tangawizi (ginger ale but stronger in taste) is one of the more popular soda drinks. Sodas come in glass bottles and you'll usually be asked to return the bottle or pay extra to take it, but they don't usually like that.

All of the large hotels have full bars with air conditioning. Many offer 2-for-1 happy hour specials in the late afternoon/early evening.

City Centre

  • Florida Inn near the UN building by the ferry port, offers South African Castle (which Tanzanians insist on pronouncing "Kestel", which you will have to emulate, as they won't understand "Castle") on tap. Nice air conditioning, and a pool table and satellite TV upstairs.
  • New Protein Bar, down the street from Chef's Pride. Good food and cheap. Sidewalk seating. The only bar in the Indian section of Dar near the budget hotels. Beware of strangers who may approach you and strike up a conversation, eventually leading to an invitation to go to another venue. There have been incidents of tourists being drugged and robbed under this modus operandi.

Peninsula & around

  • Zens Bar & Restaurant Zens Bar has a wide selection of drinks in a tranquil atmosphere. It is in Mikocheni “B” at Exclusive Resort Opposite St. Laureate Int. School, Kwa Warioba, Msikiti street. 255 2202780440 ext.126
  • Q Bar, ☏ 255 22 211 2667, 255 754 282 474. Haille Selassie Road, Oysterbay area. A large bar and restaurant which can get crowded and noisy when major football games are shown on giant screens or on Friday night when there is live music. Daily drink specials. Notorious as a prostitute hangout in the evenings. Large crowd of locals and foreigners (usually men). 

Slaap

A traditional hut at the Village Museum

The cost of accommodation can vary from TSh 10,000 a night for very basic rooms to hundreds of dollars for the Holiday Inn Hotel. Die YWCA and the YMCA are the main place to stay and meet fellow backpackers. they fills up quickly.

Begroting

City Centre:

  • 1 Econo Lodge, Libya Street, ☏ 255 22-211 6948, ✉. Close to the Safari Inn, has very simple but clean single rooms with private bathroom for TSh 20,000 per night. 
  • 2 Holiday Hotel, Jamhuri Street. An old colonial-era building that has been managed by the same Indian family for three generations. Lot of character but a bit run down and the mattresses are sweaty. Singles with shared bath for around TSh 15,000, en suite doubles for TSh 25,000.. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • 3 Tamarine Guest House, Sofia Kawawa Street, ☏ 255222120233. Often fully booked. single from TSh 10,000, double from TSh 15,000. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • 4 Safari Inn, ☏ 255 22-2138101. Around Libya Street, has singles with private bathroom from TSh 20,000 per night with simple breakfast. The hotel has an Internet café, and there are restaurants nearby. 
  • 5 YMCA, Kivukoni, ☏ 255 22-213 5457. Single and double simple rooms. Rooms are cheaper if you are a resident of Tanzania, with a passport stamp to prove it. TSh 20,000-25,000. 
  • 6 YWCA, Maktaba St., ☏ 255 713-622797. Simple and clean hostel style hotel that is in a very noisy neighbourhood. YWCA offers single rooms with fans and shared bathrooms. All bookings get free breakfast, but the it's not that tasty! A good place for backpackers to stay in the city center. TSh 20,000. 

Elsewhere:

  • 7 CEFA Hostel, in Mikocheni B, on Old Bagamoyo Road. If you don't want to spend too much and get a clean room together with a good service, this hostel could serve you well. This hostel offers accommodation, including breakfast. The hostel is run by CEFA, an Italian NGO that helps finance its rural development projects in the inner part of the country with the proceeds. Very kind staff, Wi-Fi connection available free for guests, a wonderful terrace with view on the sea and the possibility to eat excellent Italian food for less than Tsh 9300. The place usually packs up quite quickly so it's better to book with some advance. Tsh 58125. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • Passionist Fathers House, ✉. In Mikocheni B near the CEFA hostel, [ 255 22] 27 80 144, TSh 35,000 for a single, TSh 50,000 for a double inclusive breakfast. Rooms have mosquito nets, showers, air conditioning, wireless internet connection and very friendly staff. They also have a safe car park. Mikocheni B is to the north of Dar es Salaam. 
  • Q-Bar and Guest House, ☏ 255 22 211 2667, 255 754 282 474, ✉. Haille Selassie Road, Oysterbay area. A little further out of town in the Oysterbay area. Q Bar and Guest House has very clean rooms starting at US$15, for a backpacker room. Downstairs a large bar and restaurant which can get crowded and noisy when major football games are shown on giant screens or on Friday night when there is live music. 
  • Transit Motel Ukonga, ☏ 255 22 2843300. Close to the Dar Es Salaam International Airport. Handy for guests with early departure flights. Small but clean houses with private showers, split ACs in each room. Rate from US$30 per room per night, B&B. 
  • Transit Motel Airport, ☏ 255 22 2842177. Also close to the Dar Es Salaam International Airport. Handy for guests with early departure flights. Clean houses with private showers, split ACs in each room. Rate from US$30 per room per night, B&B. 
  • New Topland Hotel, Morogoro Road Magomeni Mapipa Konondoni Dar. Check-in: middag, uitteken: middag. Double room with own bathroom. From TSh 30,000. (updated Jul 2016)
  • Moshi Hotel, Morogoro Road Manzese bridge Kinondoni Dar. Check-in: middag, uitteken: middag. Room with own bathroom. From TSh 35,000. (updated Jul 2016)
  • Fairasa Inn, Muheza Street Kariakoo Dar. Check-in: middag, uitteken: middag. Double room with own bathroom. From TSh 20,000. (updated Jul 2016)
  • Nicos Lodge, Njilima Road Morogoro Road Ubungo Dar. Check-in: middag, uitteken: middag. Double room with bathroom. From TSh 24,000. (updated Jul 2016)

Midde-reeks

There are plenty of expensive hotels in and around Dar but here are some modern hotels which are reasonably priced:

City Centre
  • 8 Peacock Hotel, Bibi Titi Mohammed St, ☏ 255 222114071. An air conditioned hotel with a small reception but some luxurious rooms. Overlooking Mnazi Mmoja Park. The hotel has a restaurant/bar with along with swimming pool, gym, and wireless internet access. Tsh 132525. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • Next door to the Peacock is the Starlight Hotel, which isn't luxurious but very secure.
  • Bellrose Hotel, Kaluta St Bridge Street (just off Samora Avenue and near the Zanzibar ferry station), ☏ 255 752491554. Multi-story hotel with a restaurant downtown. 
  • Rainbow Hotel On Morogoro Road just down the street from Bellrose Hotel. but a little cheaper and less upscale. Clean rooms. Rooms from Tsh 104625; high floor doubles (from Tsh 151125) have excellent harbor views. Second floor restaurant has good Indian meals. Roof deck with panoramic city views. Free Wi-Fi. Very friendly staff.
  • 9 Harbour View Suites, Samora Ave (close to J.M. Mall), ☏ 255 222124040, ✉. Harbour View Suites on Samora Avenue occupies the top floors of a modern office building. Rooms are large and very comfortable and have a fully fitted kitchen. Excellent breakfast for Tsh 17438. On the ground floor a well stocked supermarket, an Italian pizza and coffee house for take-outs and a subway sandwich shop. Internet access in all rooms and in the business centre. It has a fitness center, and a fine dining restaurant with a bar that is the only jazz club in the city. Tsh 204600. 
Upanga
Msasani Peninsula (and beyond)
  • 11 Seashells Millennium Hotel, Millennium Towers, Bagamoyo Road (next to Makumbusho Village Museum), ☏ 255 22 277 3400. (formerly Millennium Towers Hotel) 4-star hotel with a/c, breakfast, and internet access. Although this beautiful hotel has a swimming pool, a number of bars and restaurants, a small shopping mall right next door, and a cinema within walking distance, be warned that there is nothing else worth seeing or doing within 5 km, and traffic can get so bad at certain times of the day that going anywhere, especially by dalla dalla, requires Herculean patience, copious amounts of water, and a copy of War and Peace, which should be just about right for the ride to and from the hotel. Tsh 127875. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • Mediterraneo Hotel & Restaurant, is in Kawe about 15 km north of the city centre, overlooking the Indian Ocean. Rooms have: air conditions,television, safe locker in the room. The swimming pool is 10 m. from the beach, and there is a free Internet Point at the reception, and wireless access around the bar & the lounge area.
  • 12 Slipway, ☏ 255 22 260 0893. On the peninsula. Rooms for US$90. In a small complex of shops and restaurants. Tsh 218550. 
  • Pugu Hills Forest Reserve (12 km from Dar es Salaam airport), ☏ 255 754 565 498. A 6-hectare nature centre. There is a pool and hiking opportunities. The centre also has a 1 km nature trail on the premises. For overnight stay there are 4 lovely elevated bandas in the forested area which cost US$80-100 including breakfast for 2 persons. Camping with your own tent is possible for US$10 per person. 
  • 13 South Beach Resort, ☏ 255 22 282 0666. The South Beach Resort is situated in Kigamboni along the South Coast of Dar es Salaam, 8 km from the East Ferry Terminal. Amenities include a/c, a private balcony overlooking the Indian Ocean (every room), satellite tv, and in-room safes. Also swimming pool, 22 seater jacuzzi, pool tables, sheesha, sports and beach bars. Weekends offer great music and great atmosphere. Water Sports such as jet skiing and beach sports such as volleyball are also available. SBR also offers camping facilities and cabanas. Tsh 102300. 
  • Triniti, ☏ 255 755963686, ✉. A few minutes from downtown, you feel a total different vibe, mostly because of their magnificent garden. Next to the Ugandan Embassy. They have 12 rooms which vary from Tsh 75,000 (single), TSh 90,000 (double) or TSh 105,000 (en suite). All rooms include A/C, large and comfy bed, mosquito net, fridge, TV, free internet Wi-Fi all around the site and renovated bathrooms. 

Splurge

Dar also has its fair share of hotels which cater largely to foreigners traveling here for work. The rates for these hotels are typically near (or start slightly above) the maximum per diem accommodation rates for NGOs such as the United Nations or USAID. As with most things in Tanzania, there is often room for negotiation.

  • 14 Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro, 24,Kivukoni Rd, ☏ 255 764 701 234. On the harbour, in city centre, this luxury hotel offers rooms for US$225 and up. Great breakfast buffet, and a world class spa with Thai masseuses. TSh 369,675. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • 15 Southern Sun, Garden Ave, ☏ 255 22 213 7575. Part of the Tsogo Sun hotel chain. Botanical gardens on site. En suite rooms that are large and have mini-bars, safes, coffee makers, and free wifi. There are also two restaurants onsite. A bit far from city centre but still fine to walk during the day. avg US$180 (TSh 418,500). (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • 16 Serena Hotel, Ohio Road (at the edge of city centre, across from Barclays Bank), ☏ 255 22 211 2416. Het gasheer vir besoekende Afrika-hooggeplaastes (bv. Robert Mugabe) aangebied. Word gebruik om KLM- en British Airways-vliegbemanning te bemark. TSh 406,875. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • 17 Johari Rotana-toring, Sokoine-rylaan, ☏ 255 659070800. Dar Es Salaam se splinternuwe hoteltoring (vanaf 2019), oorkant die Zanzibar-veerboot en die Pspf Twin Towers-sentrum. Dakswembad, ervaring met haute-cuisine en 'n gladde glas-buitekant. Hierdie een gaan oor klas. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)
  • 18 Holiday Inn Dar Es Salaam, Azikiwe St., ☏ 255 222139250. In vergelyking met sommige van die ander hotelle in hierdie kategorie, is dit redelik ekonomies teen ongeveer TSh144,150 (2020). Mooi toring en ligging in die middestad. (Augustus 2020 opgedateer)

Msasani-skiereiland:

  • Sea Cliff Hotel. Dit het 'n pragtige swembad en gimnasium met see-uitsig. Dit bevat ook 'n buitepos van die uitstekende Alcove-restaurant, wat soortgelyke kos bedien as die middestad. Het 'n lieflike kroeg met 'n sprokiesuitsig oor die Indiese Oseaan.
  • [voorheen dooie skakel]Alexander se hotel. 
  • Goue tulp. Langs Toure-rylaan op pad na Sea Cliff. Lekker bistro aan die swembad. Word deur KLM gebruik om vlugbemanning te belê totdat hulle een keer siek geword het en die lugredery 'n fortuin gekos het aan die herskeduleringskoste.

As u uit die stad wil ontsnap, is daar 'n paar luukse hotelle net buite Dar. Net van die pad af na Bagamoyo, New Bagamoyo-pad, ongeveer 45 minute se ry vanaf die middestad, sonder verkeer natuurlik, is daar die White Sands Hotel. Sommige mense hou dalk van hierdie opsie, want daar is verskeie duikskole in en om die hotel.

Daar is ook goeie hotelle aan die Suidkus via die Kigamboni-veerboot. Die strande hier is beter as noord van die stad en het lang wit sand langs turkoois waters.

  • 19 Amani Beach Hotel, ☏ 255 82 41 00 33, 255 786 77 55 66, ✉. Ongeveer 30 km van Dar es Salaam af, tussen 'n gemiddelde prys en 'n uitskot, en die pryse begin vanaf US $ 167 per bungalow met slaapplek vir twee volwassenes en ontbyt ingesluit. Daar is slegs 10 strandbungalows, dus dit voel eksklusief en privaat en elke bungalow kyk uit oor die see met 'n groot terras en hangmat. Twee ekstra beddens kan teen 'n ekstra bedrag in die bungalow geplaas word. Baie fasiliteite is beskikbaar op die perseel, soos 'n tennisbaan, petanque, swembad en natuurwandelings, maar u moet perdry, masserings en dorpstap met 'n bietjie kennisgewing bespreek. Die beste ding aan Amani Beach Hotel is die omgewing - pragtige tropiese tuine met ape wat rondhardloop, visarende wat bo-op sweef, en daar broei selfs skilpaaie op die strand in die seisoen. 
  • 20 Ras Kutani, ☏ 255 22 2128485, 255 22 2134802, ✉. Dit is deel van die Selous Safari Company en is meer 'n safari-lodge op die strand as 'n hotel. Dit is binne maklike bereik van Dar es Salaam langs Amani-strand met 'n privaat landingstrook. Dit het 9 kothuise met 'n en suite-badkamer en 'n paar groter suites op die heuwel wat almal gemaak is met tradisionele materiaal. Dit is 'n baie rustige en heeltemal ontspannende plek met 'n byna verlate lang sandstrand voor. 

Bly veilig

ReiswaarskuwingWAARSKUWING: Regeringsamptenare in Dar es Salaam het bekende homoseksuele in hegtenis geneem deur 'anti-gay patrollies' en sosiale poste ondersoek. Homoseksualiteit is onwettig in Tanzanië, met die moontlikheid van lewenslange gevangenisstraf.
Regeringsadvies
(Inligting laas opgedateer Augustus 2020)

Tanzanië is een van die lande wat die minste bestuur word ter wêreld. Verkragtings en moorde word dikwels nie gerapporteer nie en daar is min data wat daarop dui hoe algemeen hierdie misdade voorkom. Gesinsgeweld en seksuele teistering, wat dikwels verder gaan as verbale kattekwaad, is baie algemeen. Buitelandse vrouestudente het verskeie verslae van seksuele aanranding en / of verkragting gedokumenteer. Hierdie gevalle word dikwels nie gerapporteer / onderrapporteer deur universiteite met studie in die buiteland in Tanzanië nie, en natuurlik ook deur die Tanzaniaanse owerhede self. Om snags alleen te stap buite die mees eksklusiewe gebiede (dink maar aan Oesterbaai, die Slipway, Sea Cliff, ens.) Is vir buitelanders uiters onmoontlik. Slipway Road was die tuiste van muggings aan die einde van 2015. Mans het 'n groot kans om oorval te word, en dat vroue oorval en / of seksueel aangerand word. Dar is dikwels baie swak belig. Die stad ervaar baie kragonderbrekings. Dit maak alleenstaande vroue besonder kwesbaar.

Die meeste reisigers wat kort tyd in Dar is, sal gelukkig nie hierdie uitdagings die hoof bied nie. Net so word die meeste uitgewekenes wat in Dar woon, goed genoeg gesekwestreer (met motors, veiligheidswagte, in luukse woonbuurte) om hulle nie oor hierdie soort dinge hoef te bekommer nie.

Verreweg die algemeenste misdade, en die grootste risiko vir die meeste reisigers, is diefstal en klein diefstal. Muggings kom baie gereeld voor, ook soms helder oordag op straat. Soms, maar nie altyd nie, word die slagoffer vervelig. Buitelandse studente aan die Universiteit van Dar es Salaam is op 'n kapmes punt gemoor. Dra nooit u beursie op enige plek wat maklik toeganklik is nie ('n rugsak, 'n buiteklep van 'n rugsak of beursie).

Verhoed:

  • loop op die strand (soos Cocoa Beach) terwyl u waardevolle artikels dra, aangesien baie van hierdie plekke onsigbaar van die pad af is. Dar kan 'n vriendelike plek wees, en u kan beslis 'n gemaklike tyd daar hê, maar vermy waardevolle artikels, aangesien u ongelukkig kan wees. U kan in die aand in die stad loop, maar wees versigtig wanneer dit donkerder word en u minder mense op straat sien. Dit is miskien beter om 'n taxi te neem. As u opvallend vreemd is, moet u onthou dat baie mense aanvaar dat u ryk is met groot hoeveelhede kontant en 'n maklike doelwit.
  • Parkeer op donker sektore op die strand (coco-strand) terwyl diewe en verslaafdes in die donker hurk en wag vir die onbewuste buitelander om te parkeer, skakel die enjin uit en laat die motor (om 'n mooi uitsig oor die Dar-nag vanaf die strand te hê) net om in groepe van 4-5 te kom steel soveel hulle kan (in die geval van 'n manlike buitelander). In die geval van 'n vroulike buitelander is dit 'n absolute 'nie te doen' nie.
  • As u op 'n plek sonder 'n beskerming parkeer, kan u die ligte of ander motoronderdele onttrek. Dit is nie ongewoon dat mense probeer om dinge deur oop vensters te steel, terwyl u wag vir ligte om te verander, of om oopgesluitdeure oop te maak en in te gaan of iets te vee nie! Sommige mense het verbygangers probeer om beursies van hul skote af te ruk terwyl hulle agter in 'n taxi by 'n kruising gesit het.

Daar is 'n groot polisiekantoor by Salendar Bridge op Ocean Road en ander polisieposte op verskillende ander plekke. As u nie die bestuursreëls volg nie (of soms selfs as u dit doen), spandeer u tyd en geld, of u die prys daarvan bespreek of meer formeel in die polisiekantoor. Die polisie hier vra gereeld hysbakke om plekke te kry, maar u is nie verplig om dit te neem as u ongemaklik voel nie. Daar is baie korrupsie in Tanzanië. Velkleur, omkoopgeld en verbintenisse met bekende elite in die stad hou nog steeds baie in.

Besoekers het berig dat hulle in die skare by die Posta daladala-staanplek in die skare gepak is. As u hier verby loop, is dit die beste om die pad oor te steek om die skare te vermy. As u 'n daladala kry, moet u bewus wees van u besittings, wees veral bewus van mense wat skielik voor u stop - dit word soms gedoen om u in te sluit terwyl iemand agter u deur die tasse gaan. Ander bekende sakkerf-werwe is die veerboot na Kigamboni (nie die Zanzibar-veerboot nie), die Mnazi Mmoja-dalastand, die snuistery op die Samora Av- en Kariakoo-mark. Daar is geen rede om hierdie gebied te vermy nie, wees net bewus van u besittings as u daar is, veral tasse. Die gebruik van skeermeslemmetjies om in sakke te sny om items te verwyder, is baie algemeen - en regtig irriterend.

As u beroof word, het u 'n paar opsies. Nie een van hulle is goed nie. U kan skree: "mwizi!" Dit beteken 'dief' in Swahili. As u dit op 'n druk plek doen, sal u heel waarskynlik 'n skare aanhits om te vorm. Die gepeupel kan die dief in die hoek hou en hom aanhou totdat die polisie opdaag. Hulle kan die dief ook baie sleg slaan, moontlik tot die dood toe. Diefstal hou groot risiko's in 'n kultuur waarin mense baie min materiële goed het. Die sosiale strawwe vir diefstal kan wrede slae of, in sommige gevalle, die dood wees. Weeg die waarde van u US $ 40-selfoon of beursie teen die moontlike gevolge van opskudding. As u op 'n oorvol plek is (soos byvoorbeeld die sentrum van Posta daladala in die middestad), sal u op die minste 'n reuse-toneel skep, waarskynlik veroorsaak dat iemand geslaan word en u moet 'n dag spandeer om die Dar es Salaam-polisiekantoor in snikhete, ondoeltreffende toestande. Baie praktieser om net uiters versigtig te wees met die manier waarop u u besittings dra, en om waardevolle artikels (dit wil sê alles wat u nie kan bekostig om te verloor nie) heeltemal te dra.

Wees versigtig wanneer u snags taxi's neem, veral as u alleen is, gebruik waar moontlik 'n bestuurder wat u ken of vra iemand om 'n taxi vir u te skakel. As u langer in Dar bly, probeer om die telefoonnommers van die eerste regverdige, skynbaar betroubare koekies te kry wat u teëkom. Hou aan om dit te gebruik. As u sonder 'n motor in Dar woon, sal dit u veiligheid verhoog. Om snags busse te neem en alleen in klein groepies (in veral groepe vroue, opvallende buitelanders of ander mense wat lyk soos 'maklike teikens') in slegte verligte gebiede te loop, is 'n uitstekende manier om die risiko te verhoog dat iets sleg gebeur (beker, verkragting). Verdeel taxi's indien moontlik. Sommige reisigers het potensieel gewelddadige muggies en / of verkragting noukeurig vrygespring, en ander was nie so gelukkig nie.

Oor die algemeen, hoe meer u uitstaan, hoe hoër sal u risikofaktor wees. Dit is moontlik om 'n wonderlike tyd in Dar te hê as u uself bewus maak van hierdie risiko's en daarvolgens aanpas. Gidsboeke verwaarloos baie inligting as dit by Tanzanië kom.

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Gaan volgende

  • Zanzibar: Daar is 'n veerboot na Zanzibar wat vyf keer per dag vertrek (07:00, 09:30, 12:30, 15:30, 16:00; kyk vir opdaterings). Die prys is VS $ 35 vir nie-inwoners en die veerboot duur ongeveer 2 uur. Kom vroeër by die terminale vir veiligheidsondersoeke en koop u kaartjie vooraf, veral as u naweke of vakansies reis. Alhoewel dit verbeter, moet u op die uitkyk wees vir touts, swendelary en sakkies in hierdie gebied. Om 'n kaartjie te koop, benodig u u paspoort. Koop u kaartjies slegs by die kaartvenster van die veerbootoperateur wat u gebruik, anders betaal u 'n kommissie.
Pasop vir die veerboot-bedrogspul: Daar kan 'n baie goed ontwikkelde bedrogspul aan die gang wees by die veerboot. Dit lyk asof die taxibestuurders die bedrogspul betree en sal u met opset na die verkeerde stand bring waar 'n bemanning van vriendelike leuenaars u tas sal help en verseker dat u op die regte plek is. Hulle vra US $ 35, maar die veerboot is 'n baie stadige boot wat goedere en voertuie sowel as mense neem en meer as 7 uur neem om aan te kom!
  • 'N Lekker daladala-daguitstappie is van die stad na Bagamoyo, ongeveer 90 minute lank noord van die stad. Die maklikste is om die geelstreepbus vanaf Mwenge te haal (sien #By_bus. Vanaf die standplaas in Bagamoyo kan u 'n bajaji (dink aan driewielgholfkarretjie) neem na historiese terreine, insluitende ruïnes uit die 13de eeu, 'n Duitse garnisoen uit die 19de eeu en 'n baie kleurvolle seekosmark op die strand. As u terug is na Dar es Salaam, spoor u u geluk aan as u baie na 17:00 vertraag.
  • Morogoro: Ongeveer drie uur vanaf Dar es Salaam kan 'n mens die NRO besoek APOPO in Morogoro (op pad na Mikumi National Parc). Hierdie organisasie het in 1998 begin om reuse rotte op te lei om landmyne in Mosambiek te verwyder en het ondersoek ingestel na die moontlike gebruik van hierdie goedkoop 'tegnologie' vir die opsporing van TB-patogene.
  • Mafia-eiland: Ongeveer 30 minute vlug vanaf Dar es Salaam binnelandse lughawe, bied die Mafia-eilande oudhede uit die 11de eeu, met sy riwwe, en is bekend vir uitstekende duik en snorkel.
Hierdie stadsgids vir Dar es Salaam het gids status. Dit bevat 'n verskeidenheid goeie, gehalte-inligting, insluitend hotelle, restaurante, besienswaardighede en reisbesonderhede. Dra asseblief by en help ons om dit 'n ster !