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ENTERTAINMENT:

Tanga is a very relaxed city. There are few venues where you can eat 'nyama choma' and dance. Club La Casa Chica is the most modern disco in Tanga town. Tanga Hotel, and other venues around Chuda area tend to have live music.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS:

Town Tour



Visit among the old buildings, which were constructed at the period of German Rule: Clock Tower, Court House, St. Anthony Cathedral, Tanga Library, Railway Station, alternatively, visiting to the Swahili Quarters Mwakidira.

Tongoni ruins: It is believed that the settlement around this area was established around 10th century by Alli Bin Sultan Hassan the same person who established settlement  around Kilwa. The ruins have two remnants of wells , a mosques and about 40 m tombs some of them with pillars. Persian inscription found at at the tombs would suggest some sort of contacts between Tongoni and Persian people.

Pangani
(Ushongo beach)


The name Pangani owes to the river that runs through northern part of the Historical Town. Pangani is a very old town, it is believed to be established  before 6th Century BC and played an important role during the slave trade era; It was a trading port dealing mainly with slaves and ivory. Several historical sites in and around the town serve as reminders for the strong Arabic influence and the later German, British colonial era in Tanganyika

Nowadays it is mainly a fishing town  with a lot of coconut trees, providing nice beaches for quiet vacation. Pangani is situated about 50km south of Tanga on the mouth of River Pangani that flows from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Attraction: Pangani Falls, a water fall that provides electricity for Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Moshi.  Pangani River hosts birds and crocodiles. Maziwi Island is a nature reserve which provides ground for snorkeling opportunity and dolphins tour. Walking tour in the town to see some of old buildings that are more than 200 years old, Visits to a former slave labor camps and slave market site

Amboni Caves:These are natural limestone underground caves formed during the natural Jurassic age around 150 millions ago. There are 10 caves, with fascinating chambers, the longest is about 900m long. One of the caves is used for guided tours, some are up to 13 meters high.  They form the most extensive cave system in East Africa. The caves have  religious significance to the local people who pray and make offerings in one of the shrines. The caves are very dark inside and potentially lethal.  There have been reports of fatalities incidents when people made the tour unguided. Several stories about the cave are told on the cave tours. There is for example the story of two European ex-army officers. After World War II they tried to explore the caves, with heavy equipment and accompanied by a dog. They never returned, but their dog was found a few months later outside another cave. The dog was identified by its ID tag. What makes the story a spooky legend is the place where the dog was found: 400km away at the foothills of Mt Kilimanjaro.

Amani Forest Nature Reserve
(usambara mounts)



Amani is one of the latest Nature Reserve   established by the government to protect flora and fauna of  east Usambara.  It harbors some of the animals  only seen in Usambara such as Nduk eagle owl. It was first established in 1902 as an agriculture research station by the Germans, and  was turned into a nature reserve in 1997.  Amani Botanical gardens,  the second largest botanical garden in the world lies in this reserve. Today the area continues to play a significant part in medical research  hosting the Amani Medical Research Centre . The Nature Reserve  has now been turned into an eco tourism attraction with greater emphasis on walking and hiking. It is located in Tanga region.

Mkwaja Saadani

National Park. It has been recently upgraded from game reserve

to become the 13th National park in Tanzania. Saadani is Tanzania's only coastal wildlife sanctuary, the national park transformed from old Saadani Game Reserve, Wami River Delta and the South Mkwaja Ranch, which was bought in 1997 and donated to the Tanzanian government. The park has now the total area of  almost 1,000 sq. kilometers. It is located 50 kilometers north of Bagamoyo Town. Mkwaja Saadani National Park contains a distinctive and rare habitats, (unique in East Africa) is the beach with salt grass flats along the Indian Ocean.

At least 24 species of  large mammals are found here, including the rare Roosevelt sable antelope, furthermore the beach areas contain one of the last significant East African breeding beaches in  for the green turtle.

Walking  and hiking through the forestry. Well-established walking routes are present. While walking you have an opportunity to see black and white colobus, blue monkey, and the nature's main attraction,  Nduk eagle owl, a specie found only in Amani. You will also see nine species of African violet garden flowers and colorful butterflies some of them found only in Usambara . Other birds include green headed oriole, Amani sunbirds, Uluguru violet backed, forest warbler . To sum up the area has wonderful birds, butterflies, animals and plants some of them found only in this area.

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