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Explore the city of Mwanza which can be arranged by the Wag Hill management.The trip will include a tour of Capri Point Peninsula to get a feel of the city and catch a glimpse of its rich history, with its many foreign influences (German, British, and Indian).The Bismark Rock makes a special landmark of the city of Mwanza,featuring a rock precariously balanced a top of a jumble of boulders,located in the waterfront by the Kamanga ferry harbor.The trip also includes visiting the Rock City Shopping Mall on the way, which is credited to be the largest mall in Tanzania.The mall features a children’s entertainment section, a large movie theater, a casino and supermarkets.Finally, the visitors can be taken to a top hill point owned by the Wag Hill management to see a breathtaking bird’s eye view of the entire city of Mwanza.
The Sukuma Museum is a community-based organization that promotes and celebrates the traditional and contemporary arts of the Sukuma culture. The Museum provides an interactive and educational environment where Sukuma elders teach younger generation traditional history and arts, and younger generations are encouraged to develop and expand creative voices and new Sukuma artistic trends.The Museum also welcomes visitors to workshops that provide training for those interested in learning the traditional arts of the Sukuma.The Museum is the only institution devoted to Sukuma culture and is the sole benefactor of objects from the ancient Sukuma chiefdoms and Dance societies.
The excursion includes a walking trip with a guide. Some of the features of the trip includes going to see the local stone quarry on the way. During the village tour, visitors can also interact with the local population, and observe the Swahili way of living.Water and beverages will be provided for the trip through the management.
Visit the village of Butiama, one of Tanzania’s leading historical and cultural destinations and the birthplace and burial location of Tanzania’s founding president, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere. Julius Kambarage Nyerere, considered to be the ‘Father’ of Tanzania, is one of Africa’s most renowned statesmen. A son of the chief of the small Zanaki tribe, he was born in 1922 in the village of Butiama, just few miles west of Lake Victoria.
Named as one of the ‘Seven New Wonders of the World,’ Serengeti National Park makes the largest national park in Tanzania, and makes a popular destination across the world due to the mighty wildebeest and zebra migration, taking place in May or early June. The national park is an array of wild animals and birds, some of which are only found in this part of the world. A natural habitat to the Big Four, along with a range of birds, reptiles and mammals, Serengeti makes a trip of a lifetime for adventure lovers. Serengeti is only a 2-hour drive from Mwanza. Wag Hill Lodge & Spa can arrange a day trip from Mwanza, if you are pressed for time, or spend a few more days to take full advantage of all the national park has to offer. Packed lunch or breakfast can be arranged on request along with beverages and a four-wheeler safari vehicle with an experienced guide.
Following Kenyatta Road to the south one passes Mwanza South Port with a dry dock and the terminal of the railway ferry to Jinja (Uganda). The road passes along the lake with a large fish processing factory and a nice view of Saanane Island. After climbing up at Butimba, at Nyegezi Corner the road leads to the Catholic St. Augustine University of Tanzania [SAUT], the largest private and the third largest university in Tanzania. In about three kilometers at a bend on the left is the old part of the university, Nyegezi Site. Continuing on the road one reaches Malimbe Campus, the part of the university with lecture halls, library, hostels, and a large open air cafeteria. Here one can have a rest and observe the busy student scene of nearly 12,000. The buildings lie under trees and thus gives the university a pleasant atmosphere.
About 40 kilometres North-East of Mwanza lies the village of Kayenze. Though in recent days Kayenze has turned into a calm fishing village, in the late nineteenth century the area used to be the most important port on the southern coast of Lake Victoria. The only remembrance of those days is the historical site of Kageye, just outside the village. The site is owned by the Sukuma Museum but in appearance not comparable with the museum just outside of Mwanza. This site was once the stage of slave trade, until in 1878 missionaries put slavery to an end. The site consists of a meadow with trees and a mixture of monuments, graves and remains from different areas can be found, such as remains of one of the oldest Sukuma chiefdoms, Arab establishments, remains of slave markets and graves of missionaries and travellers.
Ukerewe is a big island situated north of Mwanza in the Lake. Some locals refer to it as ‘little Zanzibar’, and it is truly a place to relax and unwind and watch the beautiful nature. There are wonderful beaches, idyllic small villages, rock formations, jungle/forest, wide open spaces, and green, hilly landscape. Don’t expect tour packages, museums, beach volley tournaments and big hotel resorts. Also, the ‘capital city’ of the Island Nansio is worth a visit. If you haven’t gone to smaller cities or villages, Nansio will give you an impression of this. It has a nice market and you can get most things there. There are some guest houses.