Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania and capital of the Dar es Salaam Region.
Dar es Salaam is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania and capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. It is located on the Swahili coast. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the fifth-largest in Africa. Dar es Salaam remains an important economic centre and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Experts predict that the city's population will grow to over 10 million before 2030.
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Worth seeing in and around Dar es Salaam
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Dar es Salaam
The University of Dar es Salaam is a public university located in Ubungo District, in the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London and became an affiliate of the University of East Africa in 1963, shortly after Tanganyika gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
9.1 km · university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 02Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium
Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, also known as Tanzania National Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miburani ward of Temeke District in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It opened in 2007 and was built adjacent to Uhuru Stadium, the former national stadium.
4.2 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03University of East Africa
The University of East Africa was established on 29 June 1963 and served Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda in the eastern African Great Lakes region. The university was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London.
9.4 km · university in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda · Wikipedia - 04Saint Joseph's Cathedral, Dar es Salaam
The Saint Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
900 m · Cathedral in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 05The Open University of Tanzania
The Open University of Tanzania is a distance learning public university in Tanzania and the largest by the number of students. It was established by an Act of Parliament No.
4 km · university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 06Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga is a diocese located in the city of Tanga in the ecclesiastical province of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.
1.8 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 07Ardhi University
Ardhi University also known as ARU is a public university located in Makongo in Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. It was established 28 March 2007, though it has been offering training for more than 60 years in different status.
9.3 km · public university in Tanzania · Wikipedia - 08Askari Monument
The Askari Monument or Dar es Salaam African Memorial in Kivukoni Ward in Ilala District of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is a memorial to the askari who fought in the British campaign against German forces in East Africa in World War I. It was unveiled in 1927. The monument is located at the centre of a roundabout on Samora Avenue at the perpendicular junction to Maktaba Street and Azikiwe Street, a place that reportedly also marks the exact centre of downtown Dar es Salaam.
1 km · monument in Dar es Salaam · Wikipedia - 09Hubert Kairuki Memorial University
The Hubert Kairuki Memorial University is a private medical university located in Mikocheni ward of Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is an accredited university recognized by the government Tanzania through the Tanzania Commission for Universities.
5.5 km · private medical university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Wikipedia - 10Uhuru Stadium
Uhuru Stadium is adjacent to the National Stadium in Miburani ward of Temeke District in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
4.5 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01National Museum
The national museum mainly shows photos and exhibitions on the development of human nature.
- 02Makumbusho Village Museum
All of the houses within the village were constructed in accordance with the types of houses built by various ethnic groups throughout Tanzania.
- 03Askari Monument
A monument dedicated to the Askari soldiers who fought in World War I.
- 04Zoological Gardens
US$20.
- 05Karimjee Hall
Former parliamentary building.
- 06Azania Front Lutheran Church
This well-known landmark in the centre of the city was built by German missionaries.
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Things to do
Massage 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).
- 01Century Cinemax
Sam Nujoma Rd (inside Mlimani City Shopping Mall), customercare@centurycinemax.net.
- 02Suncrest Cineplex
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Where to eat
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,…
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Getting to Dar es Salaam
- Airports
- Julius Nyerere (DAR), 10 km · Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ), 66 km
- Stations
- Port of Dar es Salaam, 2.6 km
- Zanzibar → Dar es Salaam74 km · quickest by ferry, 4h 22m · TSh11,180–37,870
- Arusha → Dar es Salaam479 km · quickest by air, 6h · TSh166,890–257,200
- Mwanza → Dar es Salaam853 km · quickest by air, 4h 46m · TSh195,220–302,680
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Dar es Salaam
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dar es Salaam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inLook for those marked POSTA, which is the main Post Office in the city centre next to the ferry terminal.
- Get inHitchhiking is uncommon, dangerous, and most drivers will expect some form of payment from foreigners.
- Get inThe BRT runs on dedicated lanes, bypassing traffic jams that slow down regular cars and minibuses (dala-dala).
- Get inPhase 1: Connects Kimara in the west to Kivukoni Ferry and Morocco, passing through the city centre (Posta).
- Get inTravellers can take a short taxi, ride-hail, or dala-dala from the airport to connect to the nearest BRT stops along Nyerere Road, then continue by BRT into the city centre or other destinations.
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Next door to Dar es Salaam
- Ilala Districtdistrict in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania3.6 km
- Temeke Districtdistrict in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania6.3 km
- Kinondoni Districtdistrict in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania2.8 km
- Kariakooward of Tanzania600 m
- Kigamboni Districtdistrict in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania4 km
- Ubungo Districtdistrict in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania8.8 km