Money exchange
by georeiser
Changing your money into Tanzanian Shilling (TSH) is easy in Dar es Salaam. There are many exchange offices in the city, but the rate is varying between the different offices. Expect a slightly lower rate at the airport, so don't change all your money here.
Take a look at the photos and see you will get a better rate if you have 100 & 50 USD notes than smaller notes. Traveller cheques has a terrible bad rate, so don't change it here.
There are lot of places to...
by Geeque
There are lot of places to visit from Gymkhana club if you wanna play Golf, National Museum,Karimjee hall, University of Dar es salaam, Kunduchi Beach, Oysterbay beach and a lot of pubs. It depends with what you are into. I miss clubbing especially Club Billicanas,Mambo Club and Slipway. Most of them are Open till down and you'll get your freak on with the latest in Hip hop, Reggae and Ndombolo.
Using mobil phone in Dar es Salaam
by georeiser
The mobile phone works great in the Dar es Salaam (October 2008). The connection is good. But the roaming price for a foreign SIM card is expensive.
Buy a Tanzanian SIM card in one of the many phone shops here. You can recieve calls without credit, so it doesn't cost you anything. It's also cheap to buy credit. The country code is +255.
Go to q-bar, it is awesome at...
by nolindstrom
Go to q-bar, it is awesome at friday and saturday nights. Also try to go to bagamoyo and sleep over in a cheap guest house there, 'bagamoyo beach resort' is good for the economy. All nights, it is warm, drinks are cheap and the atmosphere is very friendly, just enjoy all nights, cause they are the best times in Dar
DAR ES SALAAM
Most tourists...
by SirRichard
DAR ES SALAAM
Most tourists pass through Dar just to take the boat to Zanzibar. In fact, when you arrive by bus/train all the taxis ask you: Zanzibar? Ferry? We stayed less than a day. In the afternoon went to take a walk by Sokoine Drive, by the sea.
Some historyDar Es Salaam ('haven of peace') was only a small port until the German East Africa Company established a station there in 1887, though it was founded in 1862 by the sultan of Zanzibar on the site of the village of Mzizima. As starting point for the Railroad to Lake Victoria, it has been capital of German East Africa (1891-1916), of Tanganyika (1961-64), and later on of Tanzania.
National Museum: Here you can find the 1,750,000-year-old hominid skull discovered by Mary Leakey at Olduvai Gorge in 1959. At the end of Sokoine Ave.