Northern TanzaniaShopping

Shopping in Northern Tanzania

  1. Craft Shop

    The Craft Shop with mostly carvings, and the large and unmissable Cultural Heritage is 12km west of town. Quality and selection here are good, although intermediaries get a fairly large cut of the (high) purchase prices.

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  2. A

    Rafiki Women’s Centre

    This unsigned place diagonally opposite Precision Air has a small but good array of crafts from Tanzania and Kenya. On Sundays, staff set up a display of crafts inside the New Mwanza Hotel between 9am and 1pm.

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  3. Ngaramtoni Market

    A colourful local-produce market is the Ngaramtoni Market, on Thursday and Sunday, 12km west of town, which draws Maasai from miles around.

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  4. Cultural Heritage

    Large and unmissable. Quality and selection here are good, although middlemen get a fairly large cut of the (high) purchase prices.

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  5. Tengeru Market

    The Tengeru Market takes place on Saturday, with a smaller market on Wednesday. It's 10km east of town along the Moshi road.

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  6. B

    Aminata Boutique

    Aminata Boutique, in the covered entry passage to Arusha Naaz Hotel, has textiles.

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  7. MaCo

    MaCo puts out a good map of Arusha, widely available around town.

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  8. Shoprite

    About 2km west of the town centre, with a large selection.

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  9. C

    Bookmark

    Reasonably well-stocked, including various Africa titles.

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  10. D

    U-Turn Grocery

    For self-catering, try U-Turn Grocery.

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