Bagamoyo

Bagamoyo Tour Details

Bagamoyo was once the centre of slave and ivory trading. It was the last point reached by the caravans of slaves who arrived here for transportation to faraway places. Visit this attractive coastal town today which still bears the reminders of its past such as the fortified house where slaves were being kept while waiting for transportation and the tree under which they were being bought and sold.

About 75 kilometers toward the north of Dar es Salaam lies Bagamoyo, when the embarkation port for slaves from the hinterland, and later the principal German frontier capital. It is a position of impressive significance to world history, both as a section point for Arab and European missionaries, voyagers, and brokers in East and Central Africa and in the history of the notorious slave trade.

Luckily Bagamoyo is currently being considered for incorporation as one of the World Heritage locales, to monitor and secure the interesting Gothic and Afro-Arabic design in this seaside settlement saturated with history. Tourist attractions incorporate the Kaole remnants going back to the twelfth century thought to check one of the most punctual contacts of Islam with Africa; the Old Fort worked in 1860 for holding slaves for shipment to Zanzibar; the principal Roman Catholic Church in East Africa worked around 1868 utilized as a base to run a camp of around 650 liberated slaves; the German pioneer organization home office, the Boma, in the primary capital of German East Africa; the Mission Museum showing history of Bagamoyo; and the Livingstone Memorial Church among others. Bagamoyo white sand beaches are viewed as probably the best all in all of the East African coast.