Beach Holidays in Kilwa
Discover unspoilt beaches where beauty meets calm and serene settings. Whether
it’s a ruin or historical tours, cultural excursions, deep sea fishing, scuba diving, sunset
cruise, snorkling or just sipping cocktails, Kilwa has everything special for you, your family,
friends etc. Its a perfect place for beach leisure and activities. The town Kilwa as
such is divided into three different towns. Kilwa Kivinje, Kilwa Masoko and
Kilwa Kisiwani with Songo Mnara and Sanje Ya Kiti. Kilwa Masoko is
however the least interesting history wise, but the
modern town right now, and centre of operations
as well as location of all modern day
facilities. The others are the
places to go for historical
reasons.
Kilwa is a fascinating and hardly ever visited area approximately 150km south
of Dar es Salaam. Kilwa was in the 19th Century an Arabian slave and ivory trading town, where
caravans started off into the African interior. It was an Islamic community and became one
of the major trading routes and one of the most powerful cities on the East African Coast.
Towards the end of the century the German colonial government built a fort and extended
the town.
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