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Capital city of Mwanza Region, Tanzania
Photo: Prof.Chen Hualin, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Mwanza is a city in Northwest Tanzania on the southern edge of Lake Victoria. Your main reason for coming here would likely be en route to Rwanda or Uganda. The city received some international attention after the controversial documentary Darwin's Nightmare, which is about the trade in the Nile Perch, centered in this city.
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A fascinating natural rock formation jutting out of Lake Victoria. Thousands of years of weathering have created the rounded granite rocks you see today. A statue of Prussian ruler Otto von Bismarck, who unified Germany and later became Chancellor, once stood here to mark German colonization of Tanzania. The statue was knocked into the lake by the British when they took over after WWI but in spite of the statue being gone for over 100 years, the name still stands.
Pizzas, as expected, and a breakfast that is the favorite of locals and travelers. Opens early, so it makes a good place to wait for the town come alive if you have arrived with the night ferry. 7AM-9PM daily.
Wide variety on the menu, local food, Chinese, and Indian dishes. TSh4000-8000. Open for lunch, then closed until dinner.
great little pastry shop with a restaurant. buffet breakfast .
Tunza Lodge is a beach resort on the shores of Lake Victoria. It offers sandy beaches, a bar and restaurant and weekend beach volleyball games on the sand. While the lake water is generally considered safer to swim in than areas closer to town, there is still a risk of schistosomiasis.
Fan rooms with own bathroom. free wifi.
Fan rooms with own bathroom. wifi
Fan rooms.
Dorm beds/single/double with outside bathroom.
dorm of 4 beds. double room with shared hot.water bathroom. double room with private hot water bathroom. free wifi. garden. restaurant. shared Kitchen.
double room with private bathroom, shared Lounge/kitchen.
bed in 4-bed dormitory. Budget double room.
large supermaeket.
large supermarket.
Reasonable price supermarket.
Has a Mastercard/Visa Card ATM.
Has a Mastercard/Visa Card ATM.
Has a no withdraw fee Mastercard Visa Card atm.
Has a Mastercard/Visa Card ATM.
mastercard visa card atm.
By bus
By train
Tanzania Railways has services from Dar es Salaam via Tabora several days a week, departing from Dar at 9PM. The trip to takes around 40 hours.
By boat
From Bukoba: After several years out of service, the refurbished ferry between Mwanza and Bukoba has resumed operation under the name MS New Victoria in June 2020.
Daladalas (public "buses") are a good, cheap way to get from the city to the surrounding areas. Costing only TSh300 for a trip, they are crowded, slow, and thrilling sometimes.
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