Exploring the Beauty of Bagamoyo : It is an obvious fact that Tanzania is blessed with a number of tourists’ attraction and destination for tourism activities. These attraction are found both at Tanzania mainland as well as Zanzibar. Tanzania mainland is blessed with marvelous wildlife attractions such as the beautiful wildlife and game reserves, attractive mountains like mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Meru, Rivers and Lakes with exciting features worth paying a visit like Lake Manyara and the Rivers located around Mount Kilimanjaro, and lastly historical attractions like the eye catching cave paintings as well as the Historical sites. Zanzibar is also blessed with a number of attractions, whereas Kilwa and Bagamoyo towns are the major destinations where you can enjoy paying a visit. Speaking of Bagamoyo, there are so many historical ruins to visit when having a tour to and this makes the safari to be the historical and unforgettable tour. The following are some of the best places to visit when having the tour to the east African coast, Bagamoyo that will make one’s tour fascinating, interesting and enjoyable.
Visiting the great ruins of Kaole; this is the place that existed since ancient time and it has the great connection with the ancient merchants that practiced commercial activities in the city. At Kaole, there are various historical ruins such as the Islamic mosque that was built since 13th century. Possibly, this is the oldest mosque that were used by the Muslims when they had a trade connection among the people of east Africa and that from other places such as the Arabs, Asians and the Chinese. The ruins of this mosque is one of the historical sites that has been attracting thousands of visitors to visit this place.
The Bagamoyo historical tour can further be highlighted as special and precious tour to see the great catholic mission, which is considered one of the first and foremost church of its kind in east Africa and its coastal areas. Then, the Kaole ruins having two ancient mosques which were built by the first Arabs and who managed to establish their local settlements at this small and historical town. Also the Bagamoyo historical tour is the tour to the Caravan Serai Museum which have been exhibited in the Bagamoyo town’s history and culture that was greatly focusing on the slave trade activities. Again, it is just the tour to the old fort, the building that was white washed and serving many roles and duties over several years
These are some of the great ruins and tourist attractions that attracts thousands of people to visit Bagamoyo city. Despite the fact that the city have the great wealth of ancient memories and documents the natives are taking it just for granted and none is seen as of worth as the visitors from other places can take them. Simply, they appear fascinating and attractive mostly to the visitors that may be the domestic visitors or the foreigners.
In case you are having some worries about transportation and moving from one place to the other while at Bagamoyo, then it is the least you can ever worry about. This is because there are many different ways you can use to get around while at Bagamoyo.
The various transportation options at Bagamoyo vary depending on the available budget, the time you need for travelling (like for ones on a very tight schedule with limited time while opt for a transport which is faster compared to the ones who are just on a leisure safari), and the nature of the place you want to travel. These factors leads us to about six major transport options while at Bagamoyo. Their description is as below:
Uber: There are local Uber ways of getting around. There are good Uber drivers who show you the routes, take you to any place you could want to go and help you do anything that you could want to do. Uber is among the modern transport facility at Bagamoyo, which employs the use of ultra-modern technologies such as merging google maps and GPS for locating costumers and respective routes. This is also the safest transportation means, since you can always have access to the Uber car you used, just in case anything unexpected happens like forgetting your luggage in the car or misplacing you gadgets, Exploring the Beauty of Bagamoyo
Taxi: for a taxi, you will have to pay $ 15 but the cost is not fixed you have to bargain a little bit. The taxi run from Airport to the accommodation place and within the entire city to anywhere you would wish to go.
Bajaji: The Bajaji’s are three-wheel vehicles where the driver sits in the front and there are raw seats at the back enough for three passengers. They are a little bit cheaper than a car. The cost of going around using Bajaji ranges from 2,000 – 5,000 Tanzanian shillings which are approximately 1 dollar to 2 dollars for a short distance drive of about 15 – 20 minutes, Exploring the Beauty of Bagamoyo
Bodaboda: This is travel by motorcycle. They are best for short distances around the streets. They cost about 2,000 Tanzanian shillings which are about 1 US dollar for moving from one street to another. It is an easy ride because you just sit at the back chilling while doing your things.
Daladala: This is the best transport if you want to experience the local cultures of Tanzania and see the people. It is cheap only 500 Tanzanian shillings which are less than even 1 US Dollar and you will have no to pay for your luggage.
Coach bus: these are used to travel from one city to another. The costs start from $ 15 onward and it depends on the city you are traveling to.
Having a tour to this city displays a remarkable, unforgettable and historical safari that will expose you to the great city of ancient historical ruins. This is just because venturing into this city which has been playing various historical issues and roles make a visitor to have the history to remember in the place and in the country as well.
