Slipway

Dar es Salaam


This waterfront shopping centre features upmarket boutiques plus a craft market, eateries, an ice-cream parlour and fine sunset views.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Dar es Salaam attractions

1. St Peter's Church

2.04 MILES

In addition to being almost always packed to overflowing during services, St Peter's is a helpful landmark showing the turn-off from busy Ali Hassan…

2. Nafasi Art Space

2.29 MILES

Aiming to be the leading contemporary art centre in Tanzania, Nafasi is a complex of studios housed in an old industrial warehouse in Mikocheni. Many…

3. Village Museum

2.5 MILES

This open-air museum features a collection of authentically constructed dwellings illustrating traditional life in various parts of Tanzania. Each house…

5. Botanical Gardens

4.49 MILES

Although in danger of disappearing beneath development, these botanical gardens provide an essential shady oasis in the city. They were established in…

6. Dar es Salaam Marine Reserve System

4.53 MILES

The uninhabited islands of Bongoyo, Mbudya, Pangavini and Fungu Yasini, just off the coastline north of Dar es Salaam, form this marine reserve system…

7. National Museum & House of Culture

4.59 MILES

The National Museum houses a copy of the famous fossil discoveries of zinjanthropus ('nutcracker man') from Olduvai Gorge, plus other archaeological finds…

8. Askari Monument

4.69 MILES

This bronze statue, dedicated to Africans killed in WWI, is now a favourite haunt of street touts and dubious moneychangers.