Zanzibar Town
This domed building, formerly the Peace Memorial Museum and now an archive, dates to 1925, when it was inaugurated as a memorial to the accords ending WWI…
Must-see attractions in Tanzania
Pemba
Hanging in trees just up from the port is a colony of Pemba flying foxes (a species of large bat usually found in forest areas). Despite their proximity…
Dar es Salaam
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…
Southeastern Tanzania
On the eastern edge of town is this pleasant swimming beach. It's in a partially sheltered cove dotted with the occasional baobab tree and lined with…
Central Tanzania
This mosque sits across the road from the Anglican church. Built in 1954 and used exclusively by Dodoma’s Ismaili Muslim community, it has a distinctly…
Central Tanzania
Funded by the toppled Libyan dictator and opened in 2010, the pink Gaddhaffi Mosque north of the centre is one of East Africa’s largest mosques. It can…
Selous Game Reserve
Here lies buried Frederick Courteney Selous, the British explorer and conservationist who was killed in the Selous during WWI, and after whom Selous Game…
Southeastern Tanzania
These ruins are opposite the jetty, on the B2 (main road). Nearby is a large, hollow baobab tree that was once used to keep unruly prisoners in solitary…
Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
Southern Highlands
At the eastern edge of town beyond Neema, this tranquil and well-tended cemetery contains the graves of the deceased from both world wars.
Central Tanzania
In an interesting swapping of styles, the domed Anglican church in the town centre looks like something straight out of the Middle East.
Mwanza
Mwanza has a Maasai Market, with a couple of dozen Maasai selling beaded jewellery and medicines on both sides of the footbridge.
Central Tanzania
West of the centre, the enormous Catholic cathedral has Roman-style mosaics showing some saints, including the Ugandan Martyrs.
Dar es Salaam
This bronze statue, dedicated to Africans killed in WWI, is now a favourite haunt of street touts and dubious moneychangers.
Central Tanzania
Next door to the Jamatkhana (Ismaili) Mosque, the Lutheran Cathedral is Dodoma's finest example of modernist architecture.
Central Tanzania
The latticed facade and tall green-domed towers of the mosque make it one of Dodoma's most imposing religious buildings.
Southeastern Tanzania
If you have time, make your way up Bismarck Hill, rising up behind the Old Boma, for some views.
Northeastern Tanzania
The architecturally intriguing St Anthony's Cathedral is set just back from the waterfront.
Northeastern Tanzania
The goal of this recently declared ‘park’ is to protect the local population of prehistoric coelacanth fish. The temporary headquarters are in Kigombe…
Zanzibar Town
Zanzibar's presidential palace was originally designed by British architect John Sinclair as the British Residency in 1903. Today it is not open to…
Central Tanzania
Even at the old price of Tsh500, this rather forlorn collection of rock samples and geological information wasn’t a big draw. If you’re a fanatical rock…
Northern Tanzania
This dusty and poorly curated collection of butterflies, birds and insects wouldn't be worth visiting were it not for the poachers' snares on display – a…
Zanzibar Town
Sitting quietly on Kaunda Rd, surrounded by decaying and overgrown gardens, Victoria Hall housed the legislative council during the British era. It's now…
Southern Highlands
Next to the police station, this rugged stone obelisk is a memorial to those who died in the Maji Maji Uprising between 1905 and 1907.
Zanzibar Town
It's no longer a working cinema, but the grand old Cine Afrique is an art deco gem and a significant landmark.
Zanzibar Town
A venerable landmark on the waterfront, and popular meeting spot for passengers taking boat rides.
