Kigoma Town Tour
Historically, the town was the final stop of the Central Line railway, built in the 20th century to transport agricultural goods from the African hinterland to the East African Coast. The ancient MV Liemba, built in 1913 by Germans, still plays up and down Lake Tanganyika between Kigoma and Mpulungu on the southern shores of the lake in Zambia, stopping at several villages and towns along the coast. There are both first, second and third class onboard.
Kigoma Town Tour on The bustling town of Kigoma is the regional capital of western Tanzania and a central port in the area. Located on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma is surrounded by rugged mountains and forests that make it a pleasing and beautiful location for a day tour.
During the tour you will also be taken to Ujiji where Dr. David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley met and “I presume” quoted in their greetings. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley claimed to have delivered the, now famous, line: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” The tour will take you to slave route where by the standing mango trees along the way is one of the remaining evidence of the trade. After that you will be taken to the oldest market at Ujiji.
The tour will take you to the port, railway station, district commissioners building and Catholic Church one of the remaining buildings by colonial era. The tour will take you to the Kigoma local market with the ending of visiting the fishing village of Katonga.
- Kigoma Town Tour ($75)
- Half day tour(4 trips or groups)
- Every day.
- Private tour taxi or vans with guide, entrance fee at Livingstone memorial and guiding fee inclusive.
- $75 per one person and additional of $20 for extra person. The maximum of 10 pax per group.
