Dar es Salaam - Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam (Haven miru v arabščini) je leta 1862 ustanovil sultan Seyyid Majid iz Zanzibar na mestu vasi Mzizima. Zgodovina Mzizima sega v čas, ko so se prebivalci Barawa začeli naseljevati in obdelovati območje okoli Mbwa Maji, Magogoni, Mjimwema, Gezaulole in Kibonde Maji Mbagara.

Na izvor Dar es Salaama je vplivalo nešteto sultanov, Nemcev in Britancev. Mesto se je začelo kot ribiška vas sredi 19. stoletja, zdaj je največje mesto Tanzanije in je postalo eno izmed njih Vzhodna AfrikaNajpomembnejša pristanišča in trgovska središča.

S čudovitim vzdušjem, mešanico afriških, muslimanskih in južnoazijskih vplivov, slikovitim pristaniščem, plažami, kaotičnimi tržnicami in zgodovinskimi zgradbami je vredno podaljšati bivanje po času med leti.

Dar es Salaam je Tanzanijafinančno in politično središče, kljub temu da je izgubil status prestolnice Dodoma leta 1973.

Razumeti

Banka Tanzanije ob zori

Dar es Salaam zagotovo ni na vrhu seznama krajev, ki jih lahko vidi večina obiskovalcev Tanzanije. Pogosto se je treba ustaviti na poti do Zanzibarja, severnega safari kroga ali doma, toda Dar ima svoj čar. Sprehodi po mestnem središču so odličen način za občutek kulture in trg Kariakoo je lahko zanimiv kraj za bolj pustolovske. Lahko je tudi dobro izhodišče za obisk nekaterih bližnjih krajev, kot so otoki Bagamoyo, Bongoyo in Mbudja, pa tudi za potapljanje ali globokomorski ribolov. Za tiste, ki iščejo kaj bolj humanitarnega, ima večina mednarodnih organizacij sedež v Daru in je lahko dobro izhodišče, če želite prostovoljno sodelovati.

Geografija

Večina obiskovalcev mesta Dar pripelje preko mednarodnega letališča Julius K. Nyerere, približno 10 km zahodno od središča mesta. Dar je položen in na vzhodu meji na Indijski ocean.

Podnebje

Dar es Salaam ima zelo vlažno podnebje in razmeroma stabilne temperature, tako ponoči kot poleti in pozimi. Najbolj suha in hladna sezona je od junija do začetka oktobra. Kratek dež poteka od novembra do februarja (zlasti decembra), dolg pa od marca do maja, sezona monsunov pa doseže vrhunec aprila. Temperature so visoke od novembra do maja, najvišje pa januarja.


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Med decembrom in februarjem se lahko v sušnem obdobju temperature dvignejo do sredine 30-ih (° C); zaradi visoke vlažnosti je lahko nelagodje zelo veliko. Zaščitite se pred soncem med opoldansko vročino in uporabite obilne količine kreme za sončenje.

Najboljši čas za obisk so: junij-september, po deževnem obdobju, z milejšimi temperaturami in nižjo relativno vlažnostjo.

Vstopi

Mednarodno letališče Julius Nyerere

Visa

Državljani držav Commonwealtha, razen če so državljani Združenega kraljestva, Kanade, Nigerije, Avstralije, Pakistana ali Indije, za vstop v Tanzanijo ne potrebujejo vizuma. Popotniki iz navedenih držav tukaj pred prihodom v Tanzanijo mora pridobiti vizum. Vendar pa lahko potniki iz večine držav, vključno z Združenim kraljestvom, Kanado, Nigerijo ali Indijo, ob prihodu dobijo vizum za plačilo 50 ameriških dolarjev (100 ameriških dolarjev za državljane ZDA). Pristojbino je treba plačati v gotovini in v ameriških dolarjih.

Za poslovne ali druge vrste vizumov lahko obstajajo druge zahteve. Preverite pri najbližjem tanzanijskem konzularnem oddelku.

Z letalom

  • 1 Mednarodno letališče Julius Nyerere (DAR IATA Prej znano kot mednarodno letališče Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere in mednarodno letališče Dar es Salaam) (10 km od središča mesta in 20 km od polotoka Msasani). Glavno letališče Tanzanije Mednarodno letališče Julius Nyerere (Q1411192) na Wikidata Mednarodno letališče Julius Nyerere na Wikipediji 

Večina velikih hotelov ponuja storitev prevoza in odvoza na zahtevo. Taksi od letališča do središča mesta vas bo stal TSh 30.000 z višjimi cenami ponoči. Bajaji vozila zaračunajo približno polovico cene običajne kabine. Ko gremo z letališča do glavne ceste, je a daladala postajališče, ki vas lahko poceni pripelje do mesta (POSTA, ki je glavna pošta v središču mesta poleg trajektnega terminala. Tudi avtobusi vozijo proti Mwenge ali Ubungo terminalov, če nameravate z avtobusom iti kam drugam. Avtostopi so redki, nevarni, večina voznikov pa bo od tujcev pričakovala plačilo.

Prihod na letališče in iz njega pogosto pomeni prometno nočno moro, zlasti okoli večerne konice (ki lahko traja tudi po 20:00). Med centrom mesta in letališčem je eno posebno križišče, ki se mu ni mogoče izogniti in je pogosto podprto več kot eno uro. Pustite si veliko več časa, kot se vam zdi primerno za potovanje; če prispete prezgodaj za prijavo na let, je nad terminalom prijetna restavracija, ki nudi dobro hrano in dobro pivo.

Dar es Salaam je postrežen mednarodno od:

Evropi avtor:

srednji vzhod in Azija avtor:

  • Turkish Airlines (Istanbul IST), 90 212 444 0 849, dnevni leti.
  • Emirati (Dubaj), 255 22 211 6100, Dnevni leti.
  • Oman Air (Muškat), direktni leti 3-krat na teden (petek, nedelja in sreda) in 4-krat na teden prek Zanzibar (Ponedeljek, torek, četrtek in sobota)
  • Qatar Airways (Doha), 255 22 284 2675, 1019, Mednarodno letališče Julius Nyerere, Dar es Salaam, Tanzanija, Dnevni leti.
  • Egypt Air (Kairo), 255 22 2136665, 4 leti na teden (ponedeljek, sreda, petek in nedelja). Ponuja najnižje cene izven Evrope, Amerike in Azije do Dar es Salaama preko Kaira. Član zveze Star Alliance.

Afriko avtor

In doma avtor:

Ti letalski prevozniki nudijo skoraj vsakodnevne storitve Dar es Salaam do vseh večjih mest, vključno Arusha, Mwanza, Mbeya, Zanzibar, Kilimandžaro in večina nacionalnih parkov.

Domači leti so pogosto pozno a na splošno zanesljiv.

Nakup vstopnic: Letalske vozovnice lahko kupite pri potovalnih agencijah ali v letalskih pisarnah. Pri nakupu vozovnic za domače lete s kreditno kartico bodo turistični agenti dodali provizijo v razponu od 3 do 6% cene vozovnice. Da bi se izognili pristojbini, vstopnice plačajte z gotovino. Pri nakupu vozovnic za mednarodne destinacije ni dodatnih stroškov.

Z vlakom

Železniška postaja Tazara

Dar es Salaam je središče vseh železniških potovanj v Tanzaniji. Načeloma v Dar tečeta dve vrstici. Tanzanijska železniška družba ima storitve iz Kigoma, Mpanda in Mwanza na zahodu, skozi središče Tanzanije, vključno s prestolnico Dodoma. Vendar pa so se na teh vlakih pojavila varnostna vprašanja. Turisti naj poizkušajo potovati v skupinah in / ali kupiti prvovrstno kabino. Priporočljivo je, da imajo vrata in okna zaklenjena, zlasti med spanjem. Vseskozi je mogoče skozi okna kupovati sveže sadje, jajca in druge predmete.

Druga vrstica je Tazara, med Dar in Kapiri Mposhi v Zambija, približno tri ure severno od prestolnice Lusaka. Vlaki so veliko lepši, čeprav ne pravočasno. Na svoji poti gre vlak skozi del ceste Rezervat divjadi Selous in skozi Mbeya. V vlaku so na voljo vizumi za Zambijo. To je lep, a počasen način potovanja, saj celotno potovanje traja dva dni.

Tisti, ki iščejo bolj veličasten način prihoda v Dar es Salaam, Rovos Rail ponuja potovanje z vlakom iz Cape Town vsaj 2-3 krat na leto. Dvotedensko potovanje predstavlja vrhunec luksuznih potovanj in vključuje postanke v divjadi in golf. Cene so pričakovane astronomske in se začnejo pri 12.000 ameriških dolarjih.

  • 2 Glavna železniška postaja. Na novo zgrajena osrednja železniška postaja od tu odhajajo vsi vlaki, ki jih vozi Tanzanijska železnica. (posodobljeno april 2021)
  • 3 Železniška postaja Tazara (Zahodni rob mesta ob Julius K. Nyerere Rd). Vsi vlaki na progi TAZARA odhajajo od tu. (posodobljeno april 2021)

Z avtobusom

Potovanje z avtobusom je na splošno zanesljivo, če izberete pravo podjetje. Lahko je nekoliko zastrašujoče, saj se zdi, da Tanzanijci hitreje prihajajo bolj kot varno („Mungu akipenda, tutafika“ - če Bog to želi, bomo prispeli).

  • 1 Terminal Ubungo (zahodno od mesta). Osrednja avtobusna postaja Dar es Salaama. Večina avtobusov odhaja od tu. Vožnja s taksijem od / do središča mesta vas bo pripeljala do približno 20.000 TSh, vendar je pogosto mogoče vzeti daladala od / do Posta za TSh 400 na osebo ali uporabite hitri prevoz od "Posta" do "Ubungo Terminal" za Tsh 650 na osebo. Stojnica je tik pred avtobusno postajo Morogoro Road in ljudje jih navadno z veseljem opozorijo, če vprašate. Čeprav je veliko izletov zunaj območja za prodajo vozovnic Ubunga, so večinoma neškodljivi. Če vas odvrnejo, prosite taksi, da vas za majhno doplačilo odpelje na postajo. Blagajne so tik pred postajo, čeprav jih lahko kupite iz avtobusa, če ste že vstopili. To je morda boljša ideja, ne glede na to, da ne morete ugotoviti stanja avtobusa od zunaj in niti, kako poln je avtobus (avtobusi bodo šli šele, ko bodo popolnoma napolnjeni). (posodobljeno junij 2019)
  • Moshi ali Arusha (8-11 ur, TSh 30.000). Vzemite eno izmed boljših avtobusnih družb (npr. Modern Coast express, Dar Express ali Kilimandžaro Express). Še eno podjetje Kraljevski trener je morda še boljša možnost. Avtobusi so zelo prijetni, imajo klimatsko napravo (med delom), kopalnico in zaradi varnosti vozijo s hitrostjo 80 km / h. Kazalo Royal Coach je v središču mesta v bližini Econolodge: avtobusi od tu odhajajo tudi zgodaj zjutraj, čeprav nato na glavni avtobusni postaji čakajo vsaj eno uro.

Nekatere cenejše linije vozijo z avtobusi, ki so izjemno dotrajani in neprijetni, se bodo zelo dolgo polnili in se bodo verjetno morali pogosteje ustavljati na poti, ob predpostavki, da sploh pridejo. Potovanje z avtobusi ponoči ni dovoljeno, zato večina avtobusov, razen tistih do bližnjih mest, odpelje zgodaj zjutraj.

Med potovanjem z avtobusom naj bodo ves čas s seboj dragocenosti in vrečke, ki vsebujejo dragocenosti. Nenavadno je, da se vrečke, nameščene na polici nad glavo, med postankom ukradejo iz avtobusa, še posebej, če je potnik stopil iz avtobusa.

Včasih trdijo, da za bolj senčna avtobusna podjetja trdijo, da delajo ali prodajajo vozovnice za uglednejša avtobusna podjetja. Najbolje je, da najdete blagajno uglednega avtobusnega podjetja v vrsti pisarn tik pred avtobusno postajo. Vstopnice ni treba rezervirati vnaprej, vendar je dobro, da to storite v času visokih potovanj (velika noč, božič). Poskrbite tudi, da bo na vozovnici napisan pravi datum.

Cene taksijev iz Ubunga so najvišje znotraj stojnice, kjer je precej močan kartel (podoben letališču). Vedno pa obstajajo tudi taksiji zunaj stojnice, s katerimi se je mogoče dogovoriti za boljše cene. Če se dogovorite s toutom in ne neposredno z voznikom (ki sedi v avtu), bo cena vključevala provizijo za tout. Na vaš pogajalski položaj bodo vplivale stvari, kot so vreme, čas dneva, promet, koliko drugih taksijev obstaja, ali se lahko pogajate v Kiswahiliju, ali imate veliko vreč itd. Ko začnete hoditi do stojala daladala, lahko pokažete resno se pogajate - če dejansko odidete tja in vzamete dala, boste res prihranili denar.

  • 2 Avtobusna postaja Mwenge. Tu lahko najdete avtobuse /daladalas se usmerimo po obalni cesti proti Bagamoyo (1½-2 ure, TSh 2.200). Cene taksijev do središča mesta so v bistvu enake kot za Ubungo. Taksi do Ubungo stane 10.000 TSh, do letališča 30.000 TSh, vendar so tudi pogoste daladalas. Pot do letališča vas bo verjetno popeljala čez obe Ubungo in Buguruni ki sta sicer razvpita območja zastojev in bosta z zamudo potovala. 

Moj čoln

  • 3 Trajekt Zanzibar. Tu so trajekti do in od Zanzibar odhod in prihod. Pazite na prevare pri nakupu trajektnih vozovnic. Glej Zanzibar: Vstopite z ladjo za podrobnosti. 35 USD. 

Z avtom

Glej Tanzanija: Vstopite z avtom.

Obiti

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Peš

Dar es Salaam pred mrakom

Sprehod po osrednjem Daru je lep način za ogled mesta in verjetno najboljši način za obisk. Na splošno vas bodo ljudje pustili pri miru, razen občasnega pozdrava. V Daru ni veliko pločnikov, zato bodite previdni, ko hodite po prometnih cestah.

S kolesom

Kolesarjenje po Daru je mogoče, lahko pa je težko in strašljivo. Kolesarjenje bi vam moralo biti prijetno v zastojih, kjer je kolesar pogosto nizko v prehranjevalni verigi. Tanzanijci imajo malo potrpljenja med vožnjo in v mislih je vsako vozilo, ki je manjše od njihovega, odgovorno za ustavljanje s poti. Kolesarjenje na polotoku Msasani je manj slabo kot v bolj urbanih območjih. Nosite čelado in izpopolnite svoje obrambne kolesarske veščine.

UWABA, združenje kolesarjev Dar, združuje kolesarje, da bi lobirali za boljše (ali katere koli) kolesarske steze, prometno varnost in izboljšali podobo kolesarjenja. Kolesarjenje je povezano z revnimi ljudmi, ki si ne morejo privoščiti motornega prevoza, Tanzanijci srednjega razreda pa se pritožujejo, da bo njihov ugled trpel, če jih bodo videli na kolesu.

Nekatere lokalne turistične skupine ponujajo vodniške kolesarske ture po mestu. To je dober način, da se oddaljujete in komunicirate z domačini. Podjetje, ki v Daru ponuja kolesarske ture, je Afriroots - organizirajo "Dar Reality Tours" in nedeljske ture, ki vključujejo okusno kosilo. Prijavite se na nedeljske ture prejšnji četrtek. Njihov e-poštni naslov je [email protected]

Za podeželsko kolesarsko potovanje Naravni center Pugu Hills, 12 km od mednarodnega letališča (0754 565 498), je dobra priložnost, vendar morate priti s svojim kolesom in rezervirati, če nameravate kraj obiskati.

Z avtom

Najem avtomobila je mogoče organizirati v večini hotelov. Tanzanijci vozijo po levi. Kot v mnogih državah v razvoju je tudi v Daru vožnja lahko stresna, težka in nevarna. Poleg luknj se morajo vozniki pomeriti z agresivnimi taksiji in dalla-dallasi (glej spodaj), slabimi vozniškimi sposobnostmi po zahodnih standardih, velikimi luknjami, nepokritimi jaški, malo uličnih luči ponoči in tatovi, ki odstranijo zunanji del vašega vozilo, ko ste ustavljeni na semaforju. Med deževno sezono se morate premikati tudi po cestah, prekritih z vodo, ki lahko skrijejo globoke luknje in okoli Tanzanijcev, ki se v prometu trudijo, da bi se umaknili dežju, pogosto z majhnimi otroki. Na koncu bi morali vožnjo v Daru prepustiti tistim z vozniškimi izkušnjami v državah v razvoju.

Izbira vozila

  • Če se vozite samo v Daru, se lahko odločite za limuzino, ki bo cenejša na bencin in lažje parkirati. Še vedno boste morali iti počasi, ko se peljete po sekundarnih cestah, od katerih mnoge niso zaprte.

Vožnja po mestu

  • Darino mestno jedro je izjemno preobremenjeno M-Ž 09: 00-18: 00. Semaforjev je malo, ulice pa so zelo ozke. To je pes-jesti-pes, zato so žaljive vozne spretnosti nujne, saj vas nihče ne bo pustil mimo, če boste samo sedeli in čakali na znakih postankov. Ulice so natrpane s parkiranimi in premikajočimi se avtomobili, terenci, tovornjaki, skuterji in zelo mišičastimi moškimi, ki vlečejo noro preobremenjene vozičke. Ljudje lahko preživijo ure, zataknjeni v zastojih, zlasti okoli tržnice Kariakoo.
  • V središču mesta je nekaj krožišč, ki jih domačini imenujejo "keeplefties", ker so menili, da je napis, ki voznikom svetuje, naj ob vstopu v krožišča držijo levo, ime tega fascinantnega izuma Mzungu. Mzungu je svahili beseda za "bele" tujce. Ni slabšalno; bolj po vzoru, da belca imenujemo "kavkaški".
  • Ko parkirate na ulici v Daru, poiščite mesto za parkiranje, nato zaklenite vrata in pojdite. Ko se vrnete, se bo za plačilo obrnil na vas parkirišče v rumenem fluorescentnem jopiču. Pristojbina znaša 300 Tsh za eno uro. Spremljevalec vam mora izročiti vozovnico ali pa bo že na vašem vetrobranskem steklu. Ne zapustite brez plačila, če je na vetrobranskem steklu vstopnica, ker bo spremljevalec prisiljen nadoknaditi manjkajoči denar in verjetno v najboljšem primeru zasluži le 3000 Tsh na dan.

Avtomobilski trki so redki, vendar odpiranje vrat ali skakanje skozi odprta okna za krajo dragocenosti ni. Okna naj bodo zaprta, vrata pa zaklenjena. Pojavila so se poročila o tatovih, ki si na semaforjih prizadevajo za zlate in srebrne uhane in jih preprosto iztrgajo. Ko se tatovi ustavijo na semaforju ali parkirajo na lokacijah brez nadzora, je znano, da tatovi kradejo ogledala, obloge, rezervne pnevmatike in vse, kar ni vgravirano s številko registrske tablice, pritrjeno na telo vozila. Pazljivo izberite mesta za parkiranje in ne puščajte dragocenosti na očeh. Spremljevalcu lahko ponudite majhno napotnico za ogled vašega vozila, TSh 500-1000, ali pa poiščite varovano parkirišče, še posebej, če vozilo zapustite čez noč. Hoteli imajo pogosto takšna parkirišča.

Nevarnosti in sitnosti

  • Tanzanijci vozijo zelo hitro in ne bodo oklevali pri prehitevanju v slepi krivulji ali celo takrat, ko so vozila, ki prihajajo. Vedno bodite pozorni.
  • Število pijanih voznikov, udeleženih v resnih prometnih nesrečah, se je močno povečalo. Čeprav obstajajo zakoni proti vožnji pod vplivom, se tako kot mnogi drugi zakoni slabo izvajajo, zlasti ponoči. Bodite previdni, ko vozite ponoči in okoli priljubljenih nočnih žarišč.
  • Kadarkoli v Dar potuje dostojanstvenik ali visoki državni uradnik, bo policija ustavila promet v vse smeri, da bo pot od njihove odhodne točke do cilja jasna. To lahko povzroči izjemno dolga čakanja in resne prometne zastoje, ki se lahko odpravijo v nekaj urah. Ne glede na to, ali vozite ali se vozite s taksijem, se prepričajte, da ste upoštevali pogoste cestne blokade, ki bi lahko zlahka prištele eno uro do potovanja do letališča.
  • Če ste udeleženi v nesreči s pešcem, se odpeljite do najbližje policijske postaje in jim svetujte. Ne zapustite svoje vozilo in poskusite rešiti situacijo, tudi če ste prepričani, da niste krivi vi. Tanzanijci so nekateri najlepši ljudje, ki jih boste srečali v Afriki, vendar je znano, da zadeve, tako kot večina Afričanov, vzamejo v svoje roke. To je v veliki meri posledica njihovega nezaupanja v policijo in prepričanja, da kdor ima denar, npr. bogati tujci, se lahko rešijo problema.

S taksijem

Dar es Salaam riva

Uber deluje v Dar es Salaamu, tudi z letališča, in je poceni in varnejši od drugih taksijev. Prepričajte se, da sta voznik in registrska tablica enaka tisti, ki ste jo rezervirali, in bi morali biti v redu.

Razen Uberja v Dar es Salaamu ni uradnih taksi družb niti kontaktnih centrov, ki bi bili dosegljivi 24 ur na dan (ali kadar koli). Taksisti niso povezani z nobenim prevoznikom v javnem prometu (sami poslujejo), vendar jih ureja vlada. Poiščite bele registrske tablice in številko taksija, narisano ob strani. Taksiji imajo tudi uradne račune. Avtomobili imajo prepoznaven lak in vedno ostanejo parkirani na določenih mestih po mestu (v velikem številu), nekateri tudi ponoči, vendar jih je mogoče doseči le prek osebnih mobilnih telefonov. Cena taksija ni določena.

Ponoči so taksiji še vedno na voljo, vendar ostajajo na svojih običajnih vogalih po mestu, vendar jih je mogoče doseči le prek osebnih mobilnih telefonov. Ker večina ulic zunaj središča mesta (in tudi znotraj) nima popolnoma nobenega vira svetlobe, je popolnoma priporočljivo, da se ne sprehajate do tistih kotičkov, kjer taksiji ponoči ostanejo, potem to pomeni nezanesljivo storitev, le če taksist s katerim se običajno obrne turist, ali lahko ponoči dobi storitev, zato tvega, da se zatakne v najetem stanovanju ali še huje na kateri koli lokaciji v mestu (še posebej, če ni priljubljena nočna destinacija).

Pred začetkom potovanja se je treba dogovoriti za ceno, sicer bo cena precej višja, ko pridete do cilja. Vozniku ni običajno dajati napotkov. Čeprav je veliko prijaznih in poštenih voznikov, bodo nekateri poskusili svojo srečo in vsem, ki so videti premožno, ponudili nesramno ceno. Tudi če v bližini ne vidite drugega taksija, se s tem ne strinjajte. Za vogalom bo zagotovo še en taksi. Povsem praktično je začeti hoditi v smeri, v katero želite iti. Našli ga boste ob cesti ali pa se boste peljali mimo. Avtomobili v lasti voznikov so pogosto vzdrževani na visoki ravni; gladko klimatizirano potovanje po Daru je povsem mogoče, če poznate pravega voznika!

Če nameravate najeti taksi za daljšo pot, preverite kakovost pnevmatik, ki so pogosto zelo obrabljene.

Ne oklevajte in povejte vozniku, naj upočasni. "Pole Pole" v svahiliju.

Do / od letališča do / od središča mesta - cena je okoli 30.000 TSh. O tem se je včasih mogoče dogovoriti, zlasti če plačujete v ameriških dolarjih.

V / iz središča mesta na / s polotoka Msasani - naj teče približno TSh 7.000, pogosteje TSh 10.000.

Za majhno premijo si lahko rezervirate taksi za ves dan. To je priročno, če obiščete številne kraje in nakupujete. Morali bi ga dobiti za 60.000 TSh.

Avtor avtorickshaw (Bajaj)

Majhna trikolesna indijska vozila so priljubljena, saj stanejo približno polovico enakovredne cene vožnje s taksijem in lahko potujejo ob cestah, kadar jih zaprejo neizogibni zastoji. Imajo sloves precej nevarnih, nekateri vozniki pa so videti premladi za vozniško dovoljenje. Na sedež za voznikom lahko sedijo do tri osebe.

Z minibusom (daladala)

Najpogostejša oblika javnega prevoza v Daru so minibusi, imenovani "daladale". Ti minibusi vozijo po določenih poteh, pri čemer sta začetna in končna točka jasno označena na sprednji strani vozila. Na glavnih postajah (Ubungo, Posta, Mwenge) se dalade z vsake poti ustavijo, da poberejo potnike na istem postajališču na postaji. Lepo je prositi nekoga, da je našel daladalo, ki jo iščete, prodajalci časopisov in telefonskih kartic so pogosto v veliko pomoč.

Zunaj Dara in na poteh, ki vodijo iz mesta v manjše kraje zunaj njega, so daladale pogosto stari, natrpani enoprostorci.

Čeprav imajo danes večine glavnih ulic določena avtobusna postajališča, lahko pogosto skočite in izstopite kjer koli na poti, tako da preprosto zavpijete »ven«: »Šuša!”(Izgovorjeno SHOO-sha).

Njihova priljubljenost je posledica njihove razpoložljivosti in nizkih stroškov (približno TSh 400 na vožnjo. To se razlikuje glede na pot, daljše vožnje, kot so Posta do Mombasa, so TSh 600. Cena je navedena na zunanji strani daladale, običajno narisana na vrata). Vendar se bodo vozniki kopičili v čim večjem številu ljudi, klimatske naprave ni, nekateri vozijo kot manijaki in splošno stanje vozil je slabo, pri čemer se mnogi pogosto pokvarijo na poti. Toda popotniki ne bi smeli oklevati in jih uporabili za potovanje. Pazite na žeparje, ko vstopite in zapustite prenatrpana vozila. Razen zgodaj dneva se Daladale pogosto spreminjajo (več kot večina restavracij / duk (trgovin)), zato je pravzaprav pogosto dober kraj za razdelitev bankovcev za 10.000 TSH.

Pomaga, če poznate malo kiswahilija in vsaj malo poznate mesto, ko uporabljate daladale. Če poskušate priti do središča mesta, skočite na katero koli označeno daladalo Posta. Vsi gredo na osrednjo pošto na Maktaba / Azikiwe St. Ker so ponavadi zelo gneče, bi morali varovati svoje stvari. To še posebej velja, če ste na velikih avtobusnih postajah, kot je Mwenge.

Vkrcanje na daladale na postajah v mestnem središču (Posta, Kariakoo) je konkurenčno podjetje v času večerne naglice. Ljudje se bodo povzpeli na okna avtobusa, da bodo vstopili prej in dobili sedež. Pametno je, da se v času konice, od 16.30 do 18.30, popolnoma izognete središču mesta.

Če veliko ljudi čaka na določeno daladalo (kot je priljubljena pot Ubungo do Posta) in se je treba prebiti, če samo počakate na naslednjo, ne boste imeli težav z vstopom in morda celo posedite se! Enako se bo zgodilo na vašem cilju (Ubungo, Posta, Mwenge, ...) in včasih bodo ljudje začeli vstopati v avtobus že nekaj postankov pred vašim ciljem, da bi dobili sedež za pot nazaj. Če opazite tako, izstopite in prehodite preostale, da ne boste mogli izstopiti iz avtobusa.

Žeparji delajo na oddaljenih terminalih daladala po sončnem zahodu. Zavedajte se svojih žepov, še posebej pri vstopu v avtobus. Če vstopate iz Mwengeja ali Ubunga, ta merilnik zavesti obrnite navzgor.

Najboljši del uporabe sistema daladala je, da domačini pogosto začnejo prijateljske pogovore in so vam vedno pripravljeni pomagati s svojim kiswahilijem. Potovanje z daladalo je lahko zelo prijetno, če ste na pravi poti.

Z motornim taksijem (bodaboda)

Čeprav ni tako pogost kot Bajajs, obstaja veliko motornih taksijev, imenovanih "bodaboda" (slišati je mogoče tudi "pikipiki", to samo pomeni motocikel). Cenik so celo cenejši od Bajajsa, zaradi velikosti pa vas lahko v času prometnih konic (ki jih je v Daru skoraj ves dan) precej hitreje pripeljete do cilja s cikcakanjem med avtomobili. Sedite za voznikom; vendar ni običajno, da se z rokami držite ob strani voznika, ampak se držite za prtljažnik za vami.

Čeprav so bodabode poceni in učinkovite, so tudi zelo nevarne. Drugi vozniki so zaradi majhnosti redko pozorni nanje in njihova navada cikcakanja med vozili lahko privede do nevarnih situacij. Čeprav imajo ponavadi čelade zase, redko zgodi, da bodabade obdržijo rezervne čelade za potnike. Če ga zahtevate, vam lahko dajo svojo čelado, vendar tega ne bodo nikoli ponudili prostovoljno.

S primestnimi železnicami

Skozi mesto potekata dve primestni železniški progi. Ena proga poteka 25 km med železniškima postajama Mwakanga in Tazara. Druga poteka 20 km med železniško postajo Ubungo-Maziwa in City. Obe liniji obratujeta od 05: 00-11: 00 in 15: 00-18: 00, sredi dneva pa ne obratujeta.

Vstopnice so ne prodajajo na vlaku, vendar jih je mogoče zlahka kupiti na postaji ali prek 2000 prodajnih avtomatov po vsem mestu. Cene vozovnic (november 2012) so 400 TSh za odrasle in 100 TSh za odrasle, veljajo za vsako posamezno potovanje (ne glede na razdaljo), vendar brez prestopov.

Glej

Moški hrestač, 1,75 milijona let stara lobanja v Narodnem muzeju
  • 1 Narodni muzej, 5 Shaaban Robert St., ☏ 255712562397. 9: 30-18: 00 vsak dan. Narodni muzej prikazuje predvsem fotografije in razstave o razvoju človeške narave. Treba si je ogledati lobanjo Hrestača (starega 1,75 milijona let) in zasedbo še starejših (3,6 milijona let) stopinj laetoli. Poiščite tudi botanični vrt na drugi strani avenije Samora. Narodni muzej Tanzanije (Q1960827) na Wikipodatih Narodni muzej Tanzanije na Wikipediji 
  • 2 Muzej vasi Makumbusho, ☏ 255 222700437. Od 9.00 do 18.00 vsak dan. Vse hiše v vasi so bile zgrajene v skladu z vrstami hiš, ki so jih zgradile različne etnične skupine po Tanzaniji. Plesne predstave Ngoma potekajo ob določenih dneh od 14.00 do 18.00. 
  • 3 Spomenik Askari. Spomenik posvečen vojakom Askari, ki so se borili v 1. svetovni vojni Spomenik Askari (Q3862643) na Wikipodatih Spomenik Askari na Wikipediji 
  • 4 Zoološki vrtovi. 20 USD. Živalski vrt Dar es Salaam (Q16954216) na Wikidata Dar es Salaam Zoo na Wikipediji 
  • 5 Dvorana Karimjee. Nekdanja stavba parlamenta. Še vedno v uporabi za seminarje. 
  • 6 Aterovska luteranska cerkev. To dobro znano znamenitost v središču mesta so zgradili nemški misijonarji. Lutheran Church of Azania Front (Q3631413) na Wikipodatih Luteranska cerkev Azania Front na Wikipediji 

Plaže

  • Javni park Ocean Road, vzhodno od Narodnega muzeja in Hiše kulture, ni preveč navdušujoč s tem, kako se glavna kanalizacijska črta mesta izliva v ocean ravno tam z vonjavami.
  • Hotel Bahari Beach je približno 20 km severno od mesta Dar es Salaam vzdolž ceste New Bagamoyo. Hotel ne-gostom zaračuna majhno ceno.
  • Trajekt Kigamboni
    Kigamboni znan tudi kot "Južna plaža", je čez kanal od trajekta Zanzibar. Na drugo stran lahko pridete s trajektom, ki ni enak kot za Zanzibar. Izogibajte se fotografiranju na trajektu ali na terminalih, tudi obzorja. Trajekt je v skladu s strogim pravilom "brez fotografij", varnostniki pa so potnike, celo turiste, prisilili, da izbrišejo popolnoma nedolžne panoramske slike. Trajektna postaja je severno od trajekta Zanzibar mimo hotela Kilimanjaro Kempinski blizu glavne ribarnice. Stopite na trajekt, ki stane 100 TSh. Prehod traja približno 5 minut. Ko pridete čez, lahko najamete taksi, ki vas popelje do plaž, do katerih je večina dostopna skozi različne hotele ob obali. Vse javne plaže so bile prodane razvijalcem. Hoteli, kot je Sunrise, bodo zaračunali 5000 TSH štartnine. 3.000 TSh vam vrnejo v obliki kuponov za hrano. Večina hotelov je od trajekta oddaljena približno 5 km in do tja bi morali priti za 10.000–15.000 TSh, odvisno od vaših pogajalskih sposobnosti. Obstajajo tudi daladale, ki vodijo do plaž.

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Za odličen enodnevni izlet se odpravite na Otok Bongoyo. Bongoyo je majhen, nenaseljen otok tik ob obali. Čoln do Bongoya odpelje iz Mashua Waterfront Bar & Grill na Slipway, vrhunski prodajalni in tržnicah na polotoku Msasani, severno od Dar es Salaama. Taksi iz središča mesta bi vam moral voziti 8000 TSh. Prva ladja zapusti ob 09:30, druge pa ob 11:30, 13:30 in 15:30, z najmanj štirimi osebami. Trajekt je stal 25.000 Tsh, kar vključuje povratno potovanje in 10 USD za pristojbino za morski park. Povratni trajekti so ob 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, zadnji pa odpelje okoli 16:30. Na otoku je majhna restavracija, kjer strežejo raznoliko hrano in pijačo (kozice na žaru, ribe in čips, jajca in čips, pivo). Druga možnost je nakup hrane v supermarketu Shrijee's na Slipwayu. Lahko se sprostite, ne da bi vas skrbelo, da vam bo kdo ukradel stvari na Bongoyo. Odpravite se na pohod po otoku, potapljanje z masko v čistih vodah na jugozahodu otoka (na otoku lahko najamete opremo za potapljanje z masko za 6000 TSh na komplet na dan) ali pa se sprostite pod povojem na plaži. Bandas so 5000 TSh, stol pa stane 1500 TSh na dan. Konec tedna se prepričajte, da pridete na prvi trajekt, če želite bando, v soboto in nedeljo je zelo zaseden. Ko se vrnete, lahko v več restavracijah Slipway dobite sladoled ali obrok in si ogledate sonce. Na trgu si lahko ogledate tudi slike Tinga Tinga in druge obrti. Sprehodite se proti jugu (proti hotelu Doubletree) od glavnega dela priključkov mimo ladjedelnice in poiščite številne cenejše tržne stojnice.

Plaža Kigamboni

Mbudya Island is a smaller island just north of Bongoyo. To visit, take a taxi or bajaji to the White Sands Hotel, near Kunduchi. Two-way tickets can be purchased for TSh 10,000 per person, with a minimum of 4 people per boat, and there is an additional TSh 10,000 park fee when you get to the island. The popular side of the island has beaches, bandas, a small bar, and a food pavilion (though the menu is very limited). Beers go for about TSh 3,000. There is also a somewhat nicer, though more expensive, bar on the northern end of the beach. The rest of the island is mostly rough cliff face, which can make for some interesting hiking, though this is not advised if you don't have good shoes and dependable balance (the rocks are very sharp and scrambling is sometimes required). The last boats back to White Sands leave between 16:30 and 17:00, though you can stay a bit longer if you are willing to take a smaller, overcrowded boat back to the Sea Breeze hotel, which is south of White Sands.

For a great excursion in the city to see the "real Dar," you should do an "Investour." Investours runs microfinance poverty tours, and you get to meet and talk to local entrepreneurs, see the Mwenge woodcarvers market in a behind-the-scenes experience, and even have a local Tanzanian lunch with some of the craftsmen. Your fee is then used as an interest-free microfinance loan given to the entrepreneur of your choice—out of the ones you met during the day. Most people come to Dar without experiencing the true aspects of the city: abject poverty and the desire of most individuals from all over Tanzania to strike it big here. It is an important cultural part of Dar es Salaam, and an Investour should definitely be something you consider to do.

At Slipways, the Waterfront Bar and Grill is decent and is open long hours, but the best dining experience is on The Terrace, which generally opens around 19:00 on weeknights and 18:00 on weekends. The coffee shop next to The Terrace served pretty good food (and excellent coffee) as well.

There are quite a number of night clubs in Dar es Salaam. Probably the most popular in City Centre is Bilicanas, which is lively and sometimes not quite as full of prostitutes as the other clubs. It is popular with locals and ex-pats alike. Music is varied, depending on the night, from local to Congolese to dance to hip-hop. (The place goes nuts when they play the cheesy songs.) California Dreamers is another nearby club, but it is too full of prostitutes to recommend. There are numerous other smaller clubs that can be fun, but harder to get to. On the Peninsula, Sweeteazy has great live bands, sometimes with their own dancers every Thursday (and Saturday?) evenings. There is always a mixed Tanzanian/expat crowd dancing. Cover charge is TSh 10,000 but if you have supper there it's free!

Hiking is possible in the Pugu Hills, some 12 km west of the airport. Villagers can assist as guide for a hike around the Pugu Hills or to the major cattle market of Dar es Salaam. Arrangements are through the Pugu Hills Nature Centre. For directions to Pugu Hills see web site.

If you like to have a chillout evening, the Mediterraneo Lounge has a large collection of chill-out music. Pri Mediterraneo Hotel & Restaurant Lounge you can enjoy the fantastic view of the Indian Ocean while sipping your favourite drink, and listening to the best lounge & chill-out music in Dar es Salaam. More in town and therefore somewhat less romantic but still beautiful, on the Peninsula, check out very attractive but expensive Coral Beach restaurant, right on the ocean, from where you can watch the sun set.

Sporočilo 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).

Filmi There are modern cinema halls like New World Cinema on Bagomoyo Rd. which hosts the annual European and Asian film festivals (☏ 255 22 277 1409) and others listed below. You can buy DVDs on every corner but beware, many are defective Chinese counterfeits, poorly produced, and/or lack English translation.

  • 1 Century Cinemax, Sam Nujoma Rd (inside Mlimani City Shopping Mall), ☏ 255-715-246-362, ✉. M-F 12:00-21:00, Sa Su 10:00-21:00. (posodobljeno avgust 2019)
  • 2 Suncrest Cineplex, Julius K. Nyerere Rd. (inside Quality Centre Mall), ☏ 255-684-221-753. Daily 11:15-23:15. The largest cinema in Dar es Salaam, featuring full backrest reclining seating with footrests and snap-on trays for armrests (posodobljeno avgust 2019)

Šport The Yacht Club on the Peninsula is a gorgeous place but requires membership fees. You can enter as someone's guest and swim (in safety) or boat. It, and other places around town, offer scuba-diving lessons. Gymkhana, on Gymkhana Road in town, has tennis courts and a nice golf course. Coco Beach is a public beach on the Peninsula which is very busy on weekends. Go any afternoon to see people relaxing, and eat local food. But don't walk on beach as muggings are too frequent. A few people surf here when waves swell a bit around the full moon. You can sometimes surf or kite surf at the beaches south of Dar, e.g. at Kasa Beach Hideaway (fantastic wide beach and surf-able waves in June). There's yoga three times a week (Mondays Golden Tulip Hotel, Thursday and Saturday at Dar Fitness Centre) and capoeira at 18:00 at the Little Theatre (beginners on Mondays, intermediate Wednesdays), and tae kwon do also at the Little Theatre, Wednesdays at 18:00. Kickboxing is also available.

Kultura Read weekly 'What's Happening in Dar' and 'Advertising Dar' to get all the news of what's going on, including weekend get-away specials. There are always events like dance and music performances, artist openings at painting and photography galleries, movie festivals etc. Alliance Francaise,Goethe Institute, Iranian and Russian cultural centres offer special events along with some occasionally sponsored by embassies.

  • Graham, London. Mikadi Beach Lodge is 1 km from the Kigamboni Ferry and an excellent place to stay or enjoy the beach. Entrance is TSh 3000 but an overnight is recommended 

Nakup

A crowded downtown street market

Banks & ATMs

All Stanbic Bank, FNB Bank, and Standard Charter Bank offer Mastercard/Visa ATM service. In addition, the Tanzanian banks CRDB and NBC Bank offer Visa service with their ATMs. These banks also offer Mastercard/Visa ATMs:

  • I&M Bank Mosque Street
  • EcoBank Sokoine Drive
  • Equity Bank Ohio Street
  • KCB Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road

Trgovski centri in supermarketi

  • Mlimani City Shopping mall. The largest shopping mall in Dar es Salaam.
  • Game Hypermarket, Plot 2 SamNujoma Road Ubongo, ☏ 255 222197800. 10:00-19:00. Game is owned by Wal-mart USA. (posodobljeno avgust 2015)
  • City Mall, corner of Bibi Titi & Morgoro roads, ☏ 255-768-088066. 09:00-23:00. Has a large supermarket and a bank and lots of shops not far from downtown. (posodobljeno mar 2018)
  • Aura Mall, Morogoro Road, ☏ 255-22-2774253. 07:00-23:00. Has a supermarket. (posodobljeno mar 2018)

Kangas

For kangas (or khangas), colourful, sarong-like pieces of cloth with Swahili sayings along the bottom, try Kariakoo market or the cloth market on the streets around it. Check around south end of Jamhuri St., where there are many textile shops. Here you can also buy kitenge, twice the length of kangas and usually cut in half to form a complete outfit, for around TSh 4000 each. Try asking in here if you want something like a dress made to measure. Kariakoo is also a good place for fresh food. Watch out for pickpockets.

The wholesale textile markets are on Uhuru St. in the Mnazi Mmoja district near Kariakoo, although the number of people and the attention can be overwhelming for some visitors. It helps to speak Swahili, and if you can, go during the week rather than on Saturdays. It's a much more enjoyable experience on a weekday, since there are fewer people around you can chat with the sellers and there is less high-pressure haggling. The Uhuru Street sellers are wholesalers, so unless you feel you're being quoted a very inflated price, it is difficult to bargain.

  • Afro Fashion, Samora Avenue, Opposite Extelecom Building (Celtel Point) (Samora Avenue), ☏ 255 22 2124066, 255 784243735. 09:00-17:00. T-shirts, batiks, khanga, Masai material, kikoy, tye & dye clothings, arts & crafts, Masai beads, and other popular souvenirs. 

Carvings and crafts

Carvings and other touristy souvenirs can be found all over Dar. Remember that barantanje is expected.

There is a fantastic craft market in Mwenge, the Mwenge Carvers' Market. Here you can watch many of the artists make the crafts that are sold throughout the country (although some crafts sold in Tanzania are imported from Kenya). Prices range from expensive to extremely cheap. There are many stalls selling similar things, and if you are savvy, you might be able to pit the vendors against each other. The perk of the Mwenge market is the sheer volume of crafts to choose from. If you like the style of something at a specific store (they tend to carry items made by one or two artists), and you have some time, you can meet the artist and have them custom make something for you. The market closes at dusk. Shopping around this time gets you the best deals.

There is a smaller market at Slipway, which is a good place to get Tinga Tinga paintings and large batiks as well.

Tinga-tinga paintings

Local paintings are often executed in a style unique to Tanzania, "tinga-tinga", named after the artist who founded the style, Edward Said Tinga Tinga. Some good places to find them are at the Slipway market, and in the alley off of Haile Selassie Road on the Peninsula. The alley is to the left of Shrijee's Supermarket – look for the art sellers on Haile Selassie Road, and the alley is on the opposite side of the road. There are also tailors, sandal-makers, and charity/craft/wholefood shops on this alley (not to mention the booze shop). The Tinga Tinga artists' collective itself is at the end of the alley, through a doorway, so don't get too distracted by the smaller art shops outside.

Fancy and imported goods

Mlimani City is good when you are feeling exhausted by the street markets, and homesick for the Cleveland suburbs.

The Mlimani City shopping complex has a supermarket and a Game department store, open for business seven days a week. Although it is a fair distance from the city centre, it can be reached by taking a Dalla Dalla or taxi to the Mwenge bus terminal, and walking approximately 19 minutes further past the craft market (see below).

If you run out of things to read, there are some surprisingly well-stocked branches of the English language bookshop called A Novel Idea. See the Books section a little further down for a list of stores.

Electronics and appliances

There is a good selection of electronics and appliance vendors on Samora Avenue.

Knjige

There are book stores near the Askari monument at Samora Ave & the Posta Road, selling mostly academic texts and school books.

  • A Novel Idea, Slipway, Oysterbay Shopping Centre, Shoppers Plaza, Steers fast food complex on Ohio Road, ☏ 255 22 601088. A local chain that sells a wide selection of imported English language books: novels, childrens' books, reference, non-fiction. A pleasant place to spend a few hours. 
  • Mlimani City has a bookstore as well.

Kariakoo

The close view of the Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam.
The bird's eye view of the Kariakoo market in Dar es Salaam.

If you're looking for an authentic shopping experience, a visit to Kariakoo market, especially on Saturday morning, could be just the thing. Kariakoo is the cheapest market in Tanzania. If you want to buy cheap souvenirs, this is the place for you. If you're a Muzungu (i.e. white person) shop owners will try to charge you much more that is worth. But that will be cheaper than what you get in the city or everywhere else in Tanzania. General rules: African necklaces should not be bought for more than TSh 2000 (the correct price is TSh 1000 but you won't get that price easily), small drums should be bought for as much as TSh 4-5000 and soft stone products (hearts, plates, small animals, jewellery boxes) should not be purchased for more than TSh 10,000. In Kariakoo you can also find cool yet useful presents, like kerosene lamps or pans (as in pan and brush) made from used metal – look for ones with commercial logos printed all over - or a funnel made from a hair spray container. There are also nice baskets, stools, bowls etc. Warning: This is not for everyone. The market is very crowded and for some the smells and noises can be overwhelming. If you're keen but hesitating, it might be best to find a Tanzanian friend or person familiar with the market to help you navigate around. Do not bring any valuables and only bring a small amount of money that you wish to spend, as pickpockets work the area and in the commotion your watch, cell phone, MP3 player, sunglasses and wallet can be expertly removed, or your nice leather handbag slashed with a razor. Even seasoned Kariakoo shoppers occasionally fall prey to these sophisticated teams of thieves.

Haggling: Haggling is expected when purchasing almost anything in Dar. Although it is true that most merchants quote much higher prices to tourists than locals, sometimes three times the price, negotiations should still be undertaken with respect and good humour. Don't expect to pay the same as a local and don't be insulted when you aren't. The reality is that you probably have more money in your pocket than many Tanzanians see in a year. This also applies to backpackers. Remember the extra dollar or two you paid for that carving will most likely be used to buy food for the family. None of these merchants are rich. If you think it's too expensive leave and look elsewhere, but don’t call them thieves.

Ilala Market

Mitumba is the Swahili word for second-hand stuff, the hand-me-downs of the developed world, and Ilala Market has some of the best and cheapest mitumba you can find in Tanzania. Sweaters, jeans, shoes, bags, etc. With an extra emphasis on that itd. Also you can find handcrafted jewelry (bracelets, anklets, earrings, and such) at good prices, making it a good place to buy simple gifts en masse. There's plenty of street food. Its stalls and kiosks are in tight, narrow quarters and it feels a bit claustrophobic, so it's not ideal for all travelers.

Tanzanite

When it comes to expensive souvenirs, Tanzania has cornered the market with a gemstone that can only be found (mined) in Tanzania, hence the name Tanzanite. Shops selling this exquisite blue stone are found in all major cities and towns, especially those popular with tourists like Zanzibar, Arusha and Dar. Your biggest problem will be knowing that what you're getting is the real thing and worth the money you're shelling out for it.

The rule of thumb is the darker the gem the more expensive it is. Light colored Tanzanite is genuine just not as sought after as the darker stones. But like all things there is much more to a stone's value than just its colour so do your homework if you plan on spending a lot on one of them.

Grading is on an alphabetical scale with AAA being the best and B being the lightest and cheapest. Expect to pay as much as US$450 per carat for AAA. If, like most visitors, you're new to this gem, buying from a reputable shop, such as Lothys at the Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski or Tanzanite Dream might be more expensive but you're assured of what you're getting. Nonetheless, there are several other good shops around Dar where you can get nice pieces or simply buy the gems and have them set back home. Like all things, negotiating is key.

Some reputable shops to buy best Tanzanite are Gem Point, Royal Jewellers, Queens Jewellers at Indiragandhi street, in the center of town.

If you are a serious Tanzanite buyer looking for quality and selection then you should definitely check out the Tanzanite Dream just outside the city centre on the Mataka road behind the fire station.

Jej

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, hot peppers, chapati, fries, and rice on the side), and the long-established traditional Indian and Zanzibari cuisine, to options from all corners of the globe including Chinese, Thai, Turkish, Italian, and Japanese food. Restaurants like City Garden, Addis in Dar, and Best Bite are only a few of the most popular restaurants in Dar es Salaam. Even fast food restaurants like Steers and Subway now have prominent places in the restaurant sector of Dar es Salaam. People who prefer neither fast food or traditional restaurants buy their food from street vendors, who usually sell good food for very affordable prices. Samosas are common street food items within the city. Primary and secondary school students are usually more likely to buy food from street vendors than other age demographics.

$ = Cheap (TSh 1,000–5,000 for a meal for one)
$$ = Average (TSh 5,000–10,000)
$$$ = Moderate (TSh 10,000–20,000)
$$$$ = Expensive (TSh 20,000 )

Tanzanijski

Traditional Tanzanian food can be had on almost any street. From grilled meats (mishikaki) to BBQ corn on the cob, and chips and eggs (chips mayai). If you're looking for something a little more sanitary, there are a number of small hotels and restaurants that serve a buffet style meal at lunch time which offers a variety of Tanzanian stews, deep fried fish and chicken, and vegetables. Some good choices:

  • Sammy'S Good Food, at Quality Center Mall, Pugu Road 1st Floor., ☏ 255 765726697. Serves Indian food, Chinese, pizzas, burgers and a lot more. So eat, relax and have fun on the way to airport. 
  • Summy's (aka "Street Chicken"), Jamhuri Street NE of Morogoro Road.. Grilled marinated chicken, mishkaki, Indian food. ($). 
  • City Garden, on Garden Avenue, SE side, between Ohio Street and Pemba Road.. Fine outdoor ambiance, extensive menu, affordable prices, fast service, free bread, real butter, coconut sauces, death by chocolate. ($$). 
  • New Africa Hotel, on the corner of Sokoine Drive and Maktaba/Azikiwe Street.. 
  • Chef's Pride, Chagga St.. A very popular local eatery with Tanzanian food, plus pizza and Indian. ($$). 
  • Royal Chef, on Lumumba Street at Morogoro Road.. Run by the same people as Chef's Pride but with a Zanzibar ambiance. ($$). 
  • Durban Hotel. Two streets past Royal Chef on the right. Excellent selection of Tanzanian, Chinese, and Indian dishes at reasonable prices. Excellent fish fresh daily. At night, however, single men may expect to be approached by prostitutes. ($). 
  • Local "hotelis" or restaurants can be found on just about every major street. Most serve ugali, rice or chapati with beans, meat or fish stews, and mishitaki (grilled kebabs).

For something even more upscale, try the Sunday brunch at the Kilimanjaro Hotel. The restaurant on the ground floor offers a wide variety of Western dishes but also includes several local favourites taken up a notch. It's not cheap, about TSh 30,000 per person, but if you're interested in trying Tanzanian cuisine without risking gastrointestinal complications, it's your best bet. The buffet contains all you can eat smoked salmon of the highest quality, among other delicacies.

Indijski

A street market in Buguruni

City Center

  • Bimbis @ The Badminton Institute (Maratha Club) ($) multi-cuisine budget restaurant, near Elia complex, Zanaki Street, Kisutu, The restaurant is in central Dar, most nights it's busy with both ex-pats and Indians.
  • Retreat Restaurant ($) at the Pramukh Swami Street (Kisutu) near the Hindu temples, it serves only vegetarian dishes.
  • Upanga Club ($) on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road near Alliance Française (Upanga), is similar in style and cuisine to the Badminton Institute, and you also have to pay TSh 1,000 entrance as a non-member.
  • A Tea Shop ($) just off of Libya Street, has great kebabs other Indian snacks. Plus delicious chai. K Tea Shop is also good.
  • Alcove on Samora avenue is the place for you if you like Indian and Chinese food and especially if you're vegetarian.
  • Red Onion ($$) across Maktaba Street from the YMCA, in the Haidery Plaza building. Has a wide selection of Indian dishes and a nice rooftop dining area. Very cold beers.
  • Jambo inn Hotel on Libya street serving Indian, Chinese, English, BBQ, exotic seafood and fast food. A choice of 220 dishes in non-vegetarian and vegetarian and fresh juices available.

Peninsula and around

  • Aroma Coffee House on Chole Road first right after passing the double tree road on your left. Bagels available daily!
  • Anghiti ($$$) (near the US Embassy) on New Bagamoyo road just after the Kawawa intersection is excellent.
  • Copper Chimney, New Bagamoyo Rd, ☏ 255 22 270 1074. Also very good. 
  • Istana, Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, ☏ 255 22 761 1345, 255 786 264 858. Malaysian and pan-Asian, serves an excellent buffet; cuisines change per day of the week. Often booked by wedding parties, especially on weekends. 
  • Khana Khazana, New Bagamoyo Rd, ☏ 255 22 2771313. Offers excellent choice of Indian food. 

Chinese, Japanese & Southeast Asian

City Centre

  • Hong Kong Tai Yong Sun Restaurant, ☏ 255 22 2136622. Serves delicious and authentic Cantonese Chinese dishes. Experts of fresh seafood dishes in town, nice comfortable settings with fast and friendly service. 
  • The New Africa Hotel has a popular Thai restaurant on the roof. Some nights it serves all-you-can-eat buffet.
  • Orientalski ($$$$) at The Kilimanjaro Hotel serves a variety of Japanese, Thai, Mongolian and Malaysian dishes. Still a good restaurant in town.

Peninsula

  • Osaka ($$$$) off of Toure, serves Korean and Japanese, including very good sushi, look for the sign on the left when heading towards Sea Cliff.
  • Goong ($$$) serves authentic Korean food. On the first dirt road on the left going in to Slipway.
  • Azuma ($$$) at the Slipway. Sushi.
  • SweetEazy ($$$) at the Oyster Bay Complex on Toure Drive. Roof top as well as inside dining area. Live music some nights. Good bar.
  • Vrt ($$$) on Haile Selassie, on way to Seacliff past the new large Shoppers grocery store. Large, outdoors, shaded with good menu and music and dancing Friday and Saturday
  • Thai Restaurant ($$$) on Chole Road. Large, outdoors, shaded with extensive menu. There is also a new Thai restaurant on Kaunda Drive just off of Bagomoyo Road. All dishes TSh 6,000.

Italijansko

City Centre

  • Oliveto ($$$$) at the Movenpick serves upscale Italian food with a bit of a twist.

Peninsula and surrounding

  • Saverio's ($$) has Italian-style pizza, pasta dishes and good calamari and gamberi (calamari and shrimps) fried dish.
  • Mediterraneo Hotel & Restaurant ($$$) You can find here a wide choice of Italian/Mediterranean dishes, homemade pasta and delicious seafood dishes, plus a view of the Indian Ocean. Around 30' by car from Dar es Salaam.
  • Zuane ($$$) Italian. Nice atmosphere, indoor (a/c) and outdoor (covered porch) seating in converted house with large garden. Good for family dinners or big groups. Excellent red snapper filet!

Zuane, actually, is the best Italian restaurant in Dar es Salaam. They serve pizzas as good as you can have in Italy, thanks to Cristian's (the Chef) ability, wood oven, choice of first quality food, and last, but not least, the best fresh mozzarella in Dar made in Tanzania! Pasta, meat dishes, and cakes are also delicious.

Etiopski

  • Addis in Dar, Ursino Street, in the Regency Estates neighborhood, ☏ 255 713 266-299, 255 756 888-488. A superb little-known and out of the way restaurant is. This Ethiopian restaurant offers excellent food costing about Tsh 13,000 per dish. They serve chicken, beef, lamb and vegetarian dishes (mostly stews, but some come without sauce) on a bed of injera, a moist and springy Ethiopian flatbread. The decor is fantastic and the atmosphere is excellent as well, with a rooftop dining area. Try the Ethiopian honey wine before your meal and the beautifully-presented coffee after. Often fills up so book ahead particularly if you are in a group. ($$$). 
  • Rehovot Ethiopian Restaurant, Ali Bin Said, a side road off of Bagomoyo Road (Very close to Twiga Pub. You can see the sign for it on Bagomoyo Road, between Namanga/Kimweri and Haile Selassie), ☏ 255 713 764-908, 255 784 235-126. This is a new restaurant. Owned by an Ethiopia/Tanzanian couple. Really good food and simple but pleasant Ethiopian decor, in a kind of garden yard. We finished up with real Ethiopian spiced tea. They also sell Ethiopian clothes and played fantastic Ethiopian music on a good sound system. Teruwork used to cook at Addis in Dar. ($$). 

Srednje vzhoden

St Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral
  • Al-Basha. The best middle-eastern food in Dar. They have two locations. City center on the corner of Morogoro and India Street and at the Mayfair Plaza in Mikocheni near the US Embassy. ($$). 
  • Nargila (difficult to reach by taxi), ☏ 255 756547754. Don't go for dinner – go for appetizers (hummus is great), the extensive drinks menu, hookahs and the belly dancer. Oysterbay, near the Ugandan High Commission (you must tell taxi this or he will never find it). Owned by an Israeli woman, apparently the place to go for all the Jewish holidays. ($$). 

Café and bistros

Food courts

SeaCliff Village in Navoz (peninsula), and Harbor View Suites Mall have multiple fast-food type restaurants in one place, and shopping. Limited menus of pizza, burgers, Indian, sandwiches, ice cream, etc.

Upscale

For upscale meals, visit the Dar es Salaam Serena (formerly Mövenpick, and the Royal Palm Hotel), the Holiday Inn, Kilimanjaro Hyatt Regency Hotel in the city centre.

All of these hotels offer excellent fixed-price breakfast buffets, which often include sparkling wine, and can be a good value if you are hungry or want to escape for a while.

  • Zens Bar & Restaurant, ☏ 255 22 278 0440 ext 126. Open every day from 06:30 to 23:00 in Mikocheni “B” at Exclusive Resort Opposite St. Laureate Int. School, Kwa Warioba, Msikiti street. 
  • Spurs SeaCliff Village. ($$$) Good burgers, steaks, Mexican food, salad bar (nothing particularly amazing, but quite possibly the only salad bar in Dar), milk shakes, ice cream desserts. Lots of wealthier families bring their (often noisy) children here, as there is a play area.
  • Karembezi Cafe Seacliff Village. ($$$) Good salads and soups as well as steaks, excellent fish platter which is for two people but can be shared by 3 if ordering other stuff as well. You have the Indian Ocean views and it can be very pleasant and sometimes windy. Service is good but can be slow over the weekend.
  • The Blues Bar & Restaurant (along Sam Nujoma Road at Mawasiliano Towers, Ground Floor), ☏ 255 22 212022, 255 787 254 754. International cuisine and variety of cocktails $$$. 

Proračun

  • Chef's Pride near the budget hotels in the Indian quarter. It caters mostly to tourists, but is very reasonably priced and has a good local menu.
  • Milap is a vegetarian Indian Restaurant with very cheap prices.
  • Podzemna near the YWCA is air-conditioned, and a nice treat if you're hankering for some food of a western nature. Try the BMT.
  • YWCA near the Cathedral, has a delicious and cheap canteen where you can order a traditional Tanzanian meal for under TSh 2,000.
  • YMCA the other side of the cathedral from the YWCA. Along the same lines as the YWCA but has a wider range, it does food in the evenings (the YWCA does not), and it serves alcohol in a pleasant garden (it's the only budget place in the city centre that does).
  • Steers Complex

But the best place to eat, both in terms of price and atmosphere, is on the street. Places to try include the corner of Morogoro road and Jamhuri street, or the large open space in front of the Dar Express bus company ticket office. Chipsi mayai (chips in an omelet) should be TSh 1000-1200.

Some great places to eat fresh, inexpensive, tasty local food outdoors, but under shade, where you will be served from vats are:

  • Kitajska restavracija on the corner of Samora and Mirambo (it also serves more expensive Chinese food in the basement)
  • Holiday Out on Garden, just past the Southern Sun hotel which used to be called the Holiday Inn. There are three separate places serving food here.
  • Steers Out on Samora, just east of Steers.

All serve vegetarian (beans, rice, cooked bananas, greens, other) for around TSh 2000 or with meat (beef, chicken, lamb, fish) around Tsh 4000. The clientele is mainly young Tanzanians with office jobs, many of whom speak English. All three of these restaurants are a few minutes walk from Mirambo where there are many Embassies.

Pijte

You should only drink bottled water. A 1.5-litre bottle will cost you TSh 1,000 in a store or on the street, depending on the brand (and TSh 2000 or more at restaurants), but you can also drink tap water if you've purified it with iodine tablets or boiled it (at least 3–5 minutes at a rolling boil). "Seepage" from the sewer pipes into the water pipes is quite common.

Kilimandžaro, Serengeti, in Safari (the latter being a stronger beer, 5.5% alcohol) are local beers and popular with Tanzanians and foreigners. These are typically TSh 2300-3000 apiece for 500-ml bottles in local spots, but can cost TSh 4000 or more at some bars and restaurants.

Imported beer available in Dar include Tusker, Ndovu, Stella Artois, Castle Lager, and Heineken. The African imports (Tusker, Ndovu) are not that much more expensive than local beers, but the European beers can be three to four times the price of domestics.

Konyagi is a vile-tasting, but popular, local gin, and its variant Konyagi Ice is comparable to hard lemonade and other sweet drinks.

Krest, bottled locally by Coca Cola, offer Club Soda, Tonic Water and Bitter Lemon drinks. Stoney Tangawizi (ginger ale but stronger in taste) is one of the more popular soda drinks. Sodas come in glass bottles and you'll usually be asked to return the bottle or pay extra to take it, but they don't usually like that.

All of the large hotels have full bars with air conditioning. Many offer 2-for-1 happy hour specials in the late afternoon/early evening.

City Centre

  • Florida Inn near the UN building by the ferry port, offers South African Castle (which Tanzanians insist on pronouncing "Kestel", which you will have to emulate, as they won't understand "Castle") on tap. Nice air conditioning, and a pool table and satellite TV upstairs.
  • New Protein Bar, down the street from Chef's Pride. Good food and cheap. Sidewalk seating. The only bar in the Indian section of Dar near the budget hotels. Beware of strangers who may approach you and strike up a conversation, eventually leading to an invitation to go to another venue. There have been incidents of tourists being drugged and robbed under this modus operandi.

Peninsula & around

  • Zens Bar & Restaurant Zens Bar has a wide selection of drinks in a tranquil atmosphere. It is in Mikocheni “B” at Exclusive Resort Opposite St. Laureate Int. School, Kwa Warioba, Msikiti street. 255 2202780440 ext.126
  • Q Bar, ☏ 255 22 211 2667, 255 754 282 474. Haille Selassie Road, Oysterbay area. A large bar and restaurant which can get crowded and noisy when major football games are shown on giant screens or on Friday night when there is live music. Daily drink specials. Notorious as a prostitute hangout in the evenings. Large crowd of locals and foreigners (usually men). 

Spi

A traditional hut at the Village Museum

The cost of accommodation can vary from TSh 10,000 a night for very basic rooms to hundreds of dollars for the Holiday Inn Hotel. The YWCA and the YMCA are the main place to stay and meet fellow backpackers. they fills up quickly.

Proračun

City Centre:

  • 1 Econo Lodge, Libya Street, ☏ 255 22-211 6948, ✉. Close to the Safari Inn, has very simple but clean single rooms with private bathroom for TSh 20,000 per night. 
  • 2 Holiday Hotel, Jamhuri Street. An old colonial-era building that has been managed by the same Indian family for three generations. Lot of character but a bit run down and the mattresses are sweaty. Singles with shared bath for around TSh 15,000, en suite doubles for TSh 25,000.. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • 3 Tamarine Guest House, Sofia Kawawa Street, ☏ 255222120233. Often fully booked. single from TSh 10,000, double from TSh 15,000. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • 4 Safari Inn, ☏ 255 22-2138101. Around Libya Street, has singles with private bathroom from TSh 20,000 per night with simple breakfast. The hotel has an Internet café, and there are restaurants nearby. 
  • 5 YMCA, Kivukoni, ☏ 255 22-213 5457. Single and double simple rooms. Rooms are cheaper if you are a resident of Tanzania, with a passport stamp to prove it. TSh 20,000-25,000. 
  • 6 YWCA, Maktaba St., ☏ 255 713-622797. Simple and clean hostel style hotel that is in a very noisy neighbourhood. YWCA offers single rooms with fans and shared bathrooms. All bookings get free breakfast, but the it's not that tasty! A good place for backpackers to stay in the city center. TSh 20,000. 

Elsewhere:

  • 7 CEFA Hostel, in Mikocheni B, on Old Bagamoyo Road. If you don't want to spend too much and get a clean room together with a good service, this hostel could serve you well. This hostel offers accommodation, including breakfast. The hostel is run by CEFA, an Italian NGO that helps finance its rural development projects in the inner part of the country with the proceeds. Very kind staff, Wi-Fi connection available free for guests, a wonderful terrace with view on the sea and the possibility to eat excellent Italian food for less than Tsh 9300. The place usually packs up quite quickly so it's better to book with some advance. Tsh 58125. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • Passionist Fathers House, ✉. In Mikocheni B near the CEFA hostel, [ 255 22] 27 80 144, TSh 35,000 for a single, TSh 50,000 for a double inclusive breakfast. Rooms have mosquito nets, showers, air conditioning, wireless internet connection and very friendly staff. They also have a safe car park. Mikocheni B is to the north of Dar es Salaam. 
  • Q-Bar and Guest House, ☏ 255 22 211 2667, 255 754 282 474, ✉. Haille Selassie Road, Oysterbay area. A little further out of town in the Oysterbay area. Q Bar and Guest House has very clean rooms starting at US$15, for a backpacker room. Downstairs a large bar and restaurant which can get crowded and noisy when major football games are shown on giant screens or on Friday night when there is live music. 
  • Transit Motel Ukonga, ☏ 255 22 2843300. Close to the Dar Es Salaam International Airport. Handy for guests with early departure flights. Small but clean houses with private showers, split ACs in each room. Rate from US$30 per room per night, B&B. 
  • Transit Motel Airport, ☏ 255 22 2842177. Also close to the Dar Es Salaam International Airport. Handy for guests with early departure flights. Clean houses with private showers, split ACs in each room. Rate from US$30 per room per night, B&B. 
  • New Topland Hotel, Morogoro Road Magomeni Mapipa Konondoni Dar. Prijava: opoldne, preveri: opoldne. Double room with own bathroom. From TSh 30,000. (posodobljeno julij 2016)
  • Moshi Hotel, Morogoro Road Manzese bridge Kinondoni Dar. Prijava: opoldne, preveri: opoldne. Room with own bathroom. From TSh 35,000. (posodobljeno julij 2016)
  • Fairasa Inn, Muheza Street Kariakoo Dar. Prijava: opoldne, preveri: opoldne. Double room with own bathroom. From TSh 20,000. (posodobljeno julij 2016)
  • Nicos Lodge, Njilima Road Morogoro Road Ubungo Dar. Prijava: opoldne, preveri: opoldne. Double room with bathroom. From TSh 24,000. (posodobljeno julij 2016)

Srednji razred

There are plenty of expensive hotels in and around Dar but here are some modern hotels which are reasonably priced:

City Centre
  • 8 Peacock Hotel, Bibi Titi Mohammed St, ☏ 255 222114071. An air conditioned hotel with a small reception but some luxurious rooms. Overlooking Mnazi Mmoja Park. The hotel has a restaurant/bar with along with swimming pool, gym, and wireless internet access. Tsh 132525. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • Next door to the Peacock is the Starlight Hotel, which isn't luxurious but very secure.
  • Bellrose Hotel, Kaluta St Bridge Street (just off Samora Avenue and near the Zanzibar ferry station), ☏ 255 752491554. Multi-story hotel with a restaurant downtown. 
  • Rainbow Hotel On Morogoro Road just down the street from Bellrose Hotel. but a little cheaper and less upscale. Clean rooms. Rooms from Tsh 104625; high floor doubles (from Tsh 151125) have excellent harbor views. Second floor restaurant has good Indian meals. Roof deck with panoramic city views. Brezplačen brezžični internet. Very friendly staff.
  • 9 Harbour View Suites, Samora Ave (close to J.M. Mall), ☏ 255 222124040, ✉. Harbour View Suites on Samora Avenue occupies the top floors of a modern office building. Rooms are large and very comfortable and have a fully fitted kitchen. Excellent breakfast for Tsh 17438. On the ground floor a well stocked supermarket, an Italian pizza and coffee house for take-outs and a subway sandwich shop. Internet access in all rooms and in the business centre. It has a fitness center, and a fine dining restaurant with a bar that is the only jazz club in the city. Tsh 204600. 
Upanga
Msasani Peninsula (and beyond)
  • 11 Seashells Millennium Hotel, Millennium Towers, Bagamoyo Road (next to Makumbusho Village Museum), ☏ 255 22 277 3400. (formerly Millennium Towers Hotel) 4-star hotel with a/c, breakfast, and internet access. Although this beautiful hotel has a swimming pool, a number of bars and restaurants, a small shopping mall right next door, and a cinema within walking distance, be warned that there is nothing else worth seeing or doing within 5 km, and traffic can get so bad at certain times of the day that going anywhere, especially by dalla dalla, requires Herculean patience, copious amounts of water, and a copy of War and Peace, which should be just about right for the ride to and from the hotel. Tsh 127875. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • Mediterraneo Hotel & Restaurant, is in Kawe about 15 km north of the city centre, overlooking the Indian Ocean. Rooms have: air conditions,television, safe locker in the room. The swimming pool is 10 m. from the beach, and there is a free Internet Point at the reception, and wireless access around the bar & the lounge area.
  • 12 Navoz, ☏ 255 22 260 0893. On the peninsula. Rooms for US$90. In a small complex of shops and restaurants. Tsh 218550. 
  • Pugu Hills Forest Reserve (12 km from Dar es Salaam airport), ☏ 255 754 565 498. A 6-hectare nature centre. There is a pool and hiking opportunities. The centre also has a 1 km nature trail on the premises. For overnight stay there are 4 lovely elevated bandas in the forested area which cost US$80-100 including breakfast for 2 persons. Camping with your own tent is possible for US$10 per person. 
  • 13 South Beach Resort, ☏ 255 22 282 0666. The South Beach Resort is situated in Kigamboni along the South Coast of Dar es Salaam, 8 km from the East Ferry Terminal. Amenities include a/c, a private balcony overlooking the Indian Ocean (every room), satellite tv, and in-room safes. Also swimming pool, 22 seater jacuzzi, pool tables, sheesha, sports and beach bars. Weekends offer great music and great atmosphere. Water Sports such as jet skiing and beach sports such as volleyball are also available. SBR also offers camping facilities and cabanas. Tsh 102300. 
  • Triniti, ☏ 255 755963686, ✉. A few minutes from downtown, you feel a total different vibe, mostly because of their magnificent garden. Next to the Ugandan Embassy. They have 12 rooms which vary from Tsh 75,000 (single), TSh 90,000 (double) or TSh 105,000 (en suite). All rooms include A/C, large and comfy bed, mosquito net, fridge, TV, free internet Wi-Fi all around the site and renovated bathrooms. 

Splurge

Dar also has its fair share of hotels which cater largely to foreigners traveling here for work. The rates for these hotels are typically near (or start slightly above) the maximum per diem accommodation rates for NGOs such as the United Nations or USAID. As with most things in Tanzania, there is often room for negotiation.

  • 14 Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro, 24,Kivukoni Rd, ☏ 255 764 701 234. On the harbour, in city centre, this luxury hotel offers rooms for US$225 and up. Great breakfast buffet, and a world class spa with Thai masseuses. TSh 369,675. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • 15 Southern Sun, Garden Ave, ☏ 255 22 213 7575. Part of the Tsogo Sun hotel chain. Botanical gardens on site. En suite rooms that are large and have mini-bars, safes, coffee makers, and free wifi. There are also two restaurants onsite. A bit far from city centre but still fine to walk during the day. avg US$180 (TSh 418,500). (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • 16 Serena Hotel, Ohio Road (at the edge of city centre, across from Barclays Bank), ☏ 255 22 211 2416. Gostil je afriške dostojanstvenike (npr. Robert Mugabe). Uporablja se za letalske posadke KLM in British Airways. TSh 406.875. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • 17 Stolp Johari Rotana, Sokoine Drive, ☏ 255 659070800. Popolnoma nov hotelski stolp Dar Es Salaama (od leta 2019), nasproti trajekta Zanzibar in središča Pspf Twin Towers. Strešni bazen, vrhunska kulinarika in elegantna steklena zunanjost. Ta je namenjen le pouku. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)
  • 18 Holiday Inn Dar Es Salaam, Azikiwe St, ☏ 255 222139250. V primerjavi z nekaterimi drugimi hoteli v tej kategoriji je to dokaj varčno samo približno TSh144.150 (2020). Lep stolp in lokacija v centru mesta. (posodobljeno avgust 2020)

Polotok Msasani:

  • Hotel Sea Cliff. Vključuje čudovit bazen in telovadnico s pogledom na morje. Vključuje tudi postojanko odlične restavracije Alcove, kjer strežejo hrano, podobno tisti v središču mesta. Ima čudovit bar s pravljičnim pogledom na Indijski ocean.
  • [prej mrtva povezava]Aleksandrov hotel. 
  • Zlati tulipan. Po Toure Drive na poti do Sea Cliff. Lep bistro ob bazenu. KLM ga je uporabljal za razporejanje letalskih posadk, dokler enkrat ni zbolel in letalskemu prevozniku stalo bogastvo pri reprogramiranju stroškov.

Če želite pobegniti iz mesta, je tik pred Darjem nekaj vrhunskih hotelov. Tik ob cesti do Bagamoyo, Nova Bagamoyo cesta, približno 45 minut vožnje od središča mesta, brez prometa seveda, je Hotel White Sands. Nekaterim bo ta možnost všeč, saj je v hotelu in okoli njega več šol potapljanja.

Na južni obali je tudi nekaj dobrih hotelov s trajektom Kigamboni. Tukaj so plaže boljše kot severno od mesta in imajo dolge prostore belega peska ob turkiznih vodah.

  • 19 Hotel Amani Beach, ☏ 255 82 41 00 33, 255 786 77 55 66, ✉. Približno 30 km od Dar es Salaama in med srednjo ceno in razburjenostjo se cene začnejo od 167 ameriških dolarjev za bungalov, v katerem lahko spijo dve odrasli osebi in vključuje zajtrk. Obstaja le 10 bungalovov na plaži, zato se zdi povsem ekskluziven in zaseben, vsak bungalov pa gleda na ocean z veliko teraso in visečo mrežo. Za manjše doplačilo je v bungalovu mogoče namestiti dve dodatni ležišči. V sklopu nastanitve je na voljo veliko zmogljivosti, kot so teniško igrišče, petanka, bazen in sprehodi v naravi, vendar boste morali z malo najave rezervirati jahanje, masaže in sprehode po vasi. Najboljše pri hotelu Amani Beach je okolje - čudoviti tropski vrtovi z opicami, ki tečejo naokoli, ribji orli se dvigajo nad glavo in v sezoni se na plaži valijo tudi želve. 
  • 20 Ras Kutani, ☏ 255 22 2128485, 255 22 2134802, ✉. To je del podjetja Selous Safari Company in je bolj safari na plaži kot hotel. Dar es Salaam je zraven plaže Amani z zasebnim pristaniščem zlahka dosegljiv. Ima 9 hišic z lastno kopalnico in nekaj večjih apartmajev na hribu, narejenih iz tradicionalnih materialov. To je zelo mirno in popolnoma sproščujoče mesto s skoraj zapuščeno dolgo peščeno plažo spredaj. 

Ostani varen

Opozorilo o potovanjuOPOZORILO: Vladni uradniki v Dar es Salaamu so aretirali znane homoseksualce s strani "proti-gejevskih patrulj" in pregledali objave na družbenih omrežjih. Homoseksualnost je v Tanzaniji nezakonita, z možnostjo dosmrtnega zapora.
Vladna potovalna svetovanja
(Podatki so bili nazadnje posodobljeni avgusta 2020)

Tanzanija je ena najmanj nadzorovanih držav na svetu. O posilstvih in umorih pogosto ne poročajo, malo podatkov pa kaže, kako pogosta so ta kazniva dejanja. Nasilje v družini in spolno nadlegovanje, ki pogosto presegata verbalno klicanje mačk, sta izjemno pogosta. Tuje študentke so dokumentirale več poročil o spolnem nasilju in / ali posilstvu. O teh primerih univerze s tujimi programi v Tanzaniji pogosto ne poročajo / premalo poročajo in seveda tanzanijske oblasti same. Nočna hoja zunaj najbolj ekskluzivnih predelov (pomislite na zaliv Oyster, priključek, morska pečina itd.) Je za tujce izjemno odsvetovana. Slipway Road je bil kraj ropov ob koncu leta 2015. Moški imajo veliko možnosti, da jih oropajo, ženske pa da jih oropajo in / ali spolno zlorabijo. Dar je pogosto zelo slabo osvetljen. Mesto doživlja veliko izpadov električne energije. Zaradi tega so osamljene ženske še posebej ranljive.

Večina popotnikov, ki so v Daru na kratkem bivanju, se na srečo ne bo srečala s temi izzivi. Podobno je večina izseljencev, ki živijo v Daru, dovolj dobro zaseženih (z avtomobili, varnostniki, v luksuznih soseskah), da jim ni treba skrbeti za to.

Daleč najpogostejša kazniva dejanja in največja nevarnost za večino popotnikov bodo kraje in drobne tatvine. Muggings se pojavljajo zelo pogosto, tudi včasih na ulici sredi belega dne. Včasih, vendar ne vedno, se žrtev zlomi. Tuje študente na univerzi v Dar es Salaamu so mačete oropali. Nikoli ne nosite denarnice kamor koli zlahka dostopnega (zadnji žep, zunanji pokrov nahrbtnika ali torbice).

Izogibajte se:

  • hodi po plaži (kot je Cocoa Beach), medtem ko nosi dragocenosti, saj je veliko teh krajev s ceste nevidno. Dar je lahko prijazen kraj in tam se zagotovo lahko prijetno zabavate, vendar se izogibajte prenašanju dragocenosti, saj morda nimate sreče. Zvečer se lahko sprehodite po mestu, a ko se stemni in na ulici opazite manj ljudi, bodite zelo previdni. Morda bi bilo bolje vzeti taksi. Če ste opazno tuji, ne pozabite, da bo marsikdo domneval, da ste bogati in nosite velike količine gotovine in da ste lahka tarča.
  • Parkiranje na temnih predelih na plaži (kokosova plaža), ko tatovi in ​​odvisniki počivajo v temi in čakajo, da neznanec tuje parkira, ugasne motor in pusti avto (da ima s plaže lep pogled na noč Dar) le da pridejo v skupinah po 4-5, da ukradejo, kolikor je le mogoče (v primeru moškega tujca). V primeru tujk je to absolutno "ne delati".
  • Če parkirate na mestu brez varovala, obstaja resna nevarnost, da boste odstranili luči ali druge avtomobilske dele. Nenavadni so primeri, ko ljudje poskušajo ukrasti stvari skozi odprta okna, medtem ko čakate, da se luči zamenjajo, ali odprejo odklenjena vrata in vstopijo ali nekaj potegnejo! Nekateri ljudje so mimoidočim poskušali vzeti torbice iz naročja, medtem ko so sedeli na zadnjem delu taksija v križišču.

Na mostu Salendar Bridge na Ocean Roadu je večja policijska postaja in druga policijska mesta v drugih krajih. Če ne upoštevate vozniških pravil (ali včasih tudi, če jih upoštevate), boste zapravili čas in denar, se z njimi pogovorili o njihovi ceni ali bolj formalno na policijski postaji. Policija tukaj redno zahteva dvigala, da bi prišla do njih, vendar vam jih ni treba odpeljati, če se počutite nelagodno. V Tanzaniji je veliko korupcije. Barva kože, podkupnine in povezave do znanih elit v mestu še vedno močno vplivajo.

Obiskovalci so poročali, da so jih na stojnici Posta daladala v množicah spravili v žep. Če hodite mimo tega, je najbolje, da prečkate cesto, da se izognete gneči. Če dobivate daladalo, se zavedajte svojega imetja, še posebej se zavedajte ljudi, ki se nenadoma ustavijo pred vami - to se včasih naredi, da vas blokirajo, medtem ko nekdo za vami gre skozi vaše torbe. Druga znana krajišča žeparjev so trajekt do Kigambonija (ne trajekt Zanzibar), stojnica Mnazi Mmoja dala, stojnice z nakitom na Samora Av in tržnica Kariakoo. Nobenega razloga ni, da bi se izognili tem območjem, samo zavedajte se svojega premoženja, ko ste tam, zlasti torb. Uporaba britvic za rezanje v vrečke za odstranjevanje predmetov je zelo pogosta - in res moteča.

Če ste oropani, imate nekaj možnosti. Nobena od njih ni dobra. Lahko zavpiješ, "mwizi!" To v svahiliju pomeni "tat". Če boste to storili v prenatrpanem kraju, boste zelo verjetno podtaknili mafijo. Množica bi lahko tatu zaprla in ga pridržala, dokler ne pride policija. Tudi tatova bi lahko zelo močno pretepli, morda do smrti. Kraja pomeni veliko tveganje v kulturi, kjer imajo ljudje zelo malo materialnih dobrin. Socialne kazni za krajo so lahko brutalno pretepanje ali v nekaterih primerih smrt. Stehtajte vrednost svojega mobilnega telefona ali torbice v višini 40 ameriških dolarjev glede na morebitne posledice razburjenja. Če ste v prenatrpanem kraju (na primer v centru mesta Posta daladala, na primer), boste vsaj ustvarili orjaško sceno, verjetno povzročili, da nekoga pretepejo, in morali preživeti en dan, ko se ukvarjate z dari Policija v Salaamu v vročem stanju, neučinkovite razmere Veliko bolj praktično samo, da bodite izredno previdni pri tem, kako nosite svoje stvari, in se izogibajte nošenju dragocenosti (torej vsega, česar si ne morete privoščiti, da bi ga izgubili).

Bodite previdni, ko vzamete taksi ponoči, še posebej, če ste sami, če je mogoče, uporabite voznika, ki ga poznate, ali prosite nekoga, naj za vas pokliče taksi. Če ostanete dlje časa v Daru, poskusite dobiti telefonske številke prve poštene, na videz zaupljive kabine, s katerimi se srečate. Še naprej jih uporabljajte. Če živite v Daru brez avtomobila, bo to močno povečalo vašo varnost. Z avtobusi ponoči in hojo po slabo osvetljenih območjih sami ali v majhnih skupinah (zlasti žensk, opaznih tujcev ali drugih ljudi, ki bi lahko izgledali kot "lahke tarče") je odličen način za povečanje tveganja, da se kaj slabega zgodi (krade, posilstva). Razdeljeni taksi, kadar je to mogoče. Nekateri popotniki so se izognili potencialno nasilnim ropanjem in / ali posilstvom, drugi pa niso bili tako srečni.

Na splošno velja, da bolj kot izstopate, višji bo vaš dejavnik tveganja. V Daru se lahko čudovito zabavate, če se zavedate teh tveganj in se temu primerno prilagodite. Ko gre za Tanzanijo, vodiči zanemarjajo veliko informacij.

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Vendar pa vsa podjetja za mobilne telefone ponujajo vsaj 3G internetne storitve, zaradi česar internetne kavarne hitro preidejo na vrsto pisalnih strojev in karbonskega papirja.

BBC World Service oddaja v svahiliju in angleščini na frekvenci 103,3 MHz.

Pojdi naprej

  • Zanzibar: Obstaja trajekt do Zanzibarja ki odpelje petkrat na dan (07:00, 09:30, 12:30, 15:30, 16:00; preverite, ali so na voljo posodobitve). Cena za nerezidente znaša 35 USD, trajekt pa traja približno 2 uri. Prispejte prej na terminal za varnostne preglede in vstopnico kupite vnaprej, še posebej. ko potujete ob vikendih ali praznikih. Čeprav se izboljšuje, bodite pozorni na napotke, prevare in žepe na tem področju. Za nakup vstopnice potrebujete potni list. Vozovnice kupite samo v okencu vozovnic trajekta, ki ga boste uporabljali, sicer boste plačali provizijo.
Pazite na prevaro s trajekti: Na trajektnem pristanišču se lahko dogaja zelo dobro razvita prevara. Zdi se, da so taksisti v prevari in vas bodo namerno odpeljali do napačne kabine, kjer vam bo posadka prijaznih lažnivcev pomagala s torbo in zagotovila, da ste na pravem mestu. Plačajo 35 ameriških dolarjev, a trajekt je zelo počasen čoln, ki vozi blago in vozila, pa tudi ljudi in prispe čez 7 ur!
  • Lep enodnevni izlet daladala je od mesta do Bagamoyo, približno 90 minut hoje severno od mesta. Najlažje je ujeti avtobus z rumenimi črtami iz Mwengeja (glej #Z avtobusom. S stojnice v mestu Bagamoyo lahko z bajaji (pomislite na 3-kolesni voziček za golf) pridete do zgodovinskih krajev, vključno z ruševinami iz 13. stoletja, nemškim garnizonom iz 19. stoletja in zelo pisano tržnico morskih sadežev na plaži. Ko se vrnemo v Dar es Salaam, si boste potisnili srečo, če boste zamudili veliko čez 17:00.
  • Morogoro: Približno tri ure od Dar es Salaama lahko obiščete nevladno organizacijo APOPO v Morogoro (na poti do narodnega parka Mikumi). Ta organizacija se je leta 1998 začela usposabljati za orjaške podgane za odstranjevanje kopenskih min v Mozambiku in začela preiskovati potencialno uporabo te poceni "tehnologije" za odkrivanje patogenov TB.
  • Mafijski otok: Približno 30-minutni let z domačega letališča Dar es Salaam na Mafijskih otokih gostijo starine, ki segajo v 11. stoletje, njegove grebene in znane po odličnem potapljanju in potapljanju z masko.
Ta vodnik po mestu Dar es Salaam ima vodnik stanje. Vsebuje vrsto dobrih in kakovostnih informacij, vključno s hoteli, restavracijami, znamenitostmi in podrobnostmi o potovanju. Prosimo, prispevajte in nam pomagajte, da to naredimo zvezda !