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Livingstone
Club , Bagamoyo, Tanzania
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| Room
Types |
High
Season (US$)
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Low
Season (US$) |
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SINGLE ROOM |
70 |
70 |
| DOUBLE
ROOM |
100 |
100 |
| Location |
| The
Club is located on the Eastern African coast at 2 Km from the centre
of the adjacent colonial town of Bagamoyo, at 70 Km North of Dar
Es Salaam, just opposite Zanzibar Island.In this exclusive area,
still unknown to tourism, there exist other low level hotel structures.
The Livingstone Club is, at the moment, the only resort on the Tanzanian
coastable to satisfy the demanding taste of guests accustomed to
European good standard ccommodations.Bagamoyo area is not equipped
for night-life, anyway all the sports activities, entertainment,
folk shows are Proposed by the Club. A holiday At Bagamoyo is highly
suitable for people fond of nature and of authentic Africa not yet
influenced by progress and mass tourism. It offers the charming
tmosphere of small open air markets, tropical fragrances and the
traces of a past tormented by the slave trade and the dominions
of various civilisations, which is so incisive that we still perceive
its magic
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| Accommodation
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Surrounded
by a luxuriant tropical garden, there are 40 comfortable rooms
made up in ten brick bungalows,with the typical makuti roof (interlaced
coconut leaves), located in a gorgeous tropical garden. Each room
(for two or three people) has a brick ceiling and covers an area
of about 50 m² included the wide veranda; it is provided
with air conditioned, fridge, ceiling fan, safebox, bathroom with
shower and hot water, orthopaedic mattresses, telephone. The furniture,
which exalts the local taste and tradition, is composed of ancient
tester beds with mosquito nets and other esteemed handicraft wooden
accessories. There is a murales "tinga-tinga" and the
floor is with wood inlay. Laundry service is provided. Diving
Center The Club has a diving centre with a school managed by qualified
trainers who can issue international diving patents (PADI Excursion
There are numerous excursions organised to Bagamoyo and its surroundings,
by land and by water: Coral atoll: every morning a boat outing
to the coral atoll is scheduled, there it is possible to practise
diving and snorkelling, or simply enjoy the beach. Kaole ruins:
Kaole is a picturesque fisher village located at about 5 km, south
of Bagamoyo. Immersed in the rich vegetation characterised by
mangoes, coconut and sausage trees, these mosque and tomb remains,
some of which date back to the 13th century, are the oldest evidences
of the Arab settlement in Eastern Africa. Bush tour: excursions
in the surroundings of Bagamoyo. In the African suggestive bush
characterised by baobabs and cashew-trees, there is a characteristic
local village where it is possible to see daily pastoral and country
life scenes. Bagamoyo tour: a visit to the ancient buildings and
ruins of the 19th century when Bagamoyo was the capital of the
German East Africa Company. The catholic mission is the oldest
in this area and seat of an important museum on the slave liberation
and the explorers Burton, Livingstone, Stanley and Spike who lived
here and organised their expeditions to the interior. After this
a tour in the town centre with the possibility to do some shopping
at the fruit and spice market, and at the picturesque fish market
on the beach. Ruvu river: in about 30 minute drives through the
bush our guests reach the Ruvu river banks. From here they embark
and begin their going up the river, sailing along the mangrove
forest and its marvellous ecosystem. They can meet hippopotamuses,
crocodiles and any kind of birds. Mlingotini: is a quiet village
on the beach where the fishermen build, their characteristic boats
called ngalawa (canoes with an equa liser) by carving
the mango trunks. Sometimes it is possible to attend the propitiatory
rites of a mwganga (a forest doctor or wizard).Mbegani
lagoon: after a picturesque 30 minute bus trip our guests reach
the landing-stage. Then they sail inside the splendid Mbegani
lagoon, among desert and uncontaminated small islands and mangrove
channels rich in avifauna. Bagamoyo theatre: a visit to the Chuo
Cha Sanaa, the most important art school of Eastern Africa. The
theatre is an impressive African style construction, its roof
represents the three peaks of the Kilimangiaro mount. Here our
guests will attend a dance or folk music lesson and on the beach
beside the theatre it will be interesting to see the students
of the wood carving school at work. Mass at the ancient mission:
every Sunday morning ourguests can be present at the catholic
Mass: suggestive African and Latin chants are usually sung following
the tune of traditional music and sounds ngoma Bagamoyo
in mountain bike: a guided bike tour in the streets of Bagamoyo
and its outskirts to very suggestive places both along the coast
and inside the bush. An obliged stop: the small coloured spice
and fruit markets. If requested, it is possible to visit the nursery
school and the hospital structure of Bagamoyo.
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