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Mwanza City Tours Day Trips, Tanzania: Mwanza, known as the “Rock City” on Lake Victoria, is a premier gateway for exploring the Lake and the western Serengeti. Mwanza is the second-largest city in Tanzania. The city offers excellent day trips, ranging from city-based cultural walking tours, scenic boat excursions, and adventurous wildlife safaris.
Our day tour from Mwanza, Tanzania includes:
Mwanza Day Tours & Excursions
1. Wildlife Safaris & National Parks
✓ Half Day Mwanza, Kassa Zoo Tour: Located near Kisesa/Isangijo
✓ Full-day Serengeti National Park Safari: A full-day excursion into the world-famous park
✓ Full-day Boat Trips to Rubondo Island: Focused on exploring the island’s waters and shoreline
✓ 1-Day Saanane Island National Park: Visit the rocky island park located within Mwanza city limits
✓ Rubondo Island National Park Full Day Tour: Features guided forest walks, boat safaris, and birdwatching to see chimpanzees, elephants, giraffes, and sitatungas
2. Lake Victoria Boat Excursions & Fishing
✓ 1-Day Tour of Kwatunza Beach Land: Visit to the popular Tunza Beach Resort
✓ 1 to 2 Hours Lake Victoria Sunset Cruise: Departing late afternoon to watch the sunset
✓ Half-day or Full-day Mwanza Lake Victoria Boat Safari: General exploration of the lake
✓ Mwanza Half-day & Full-day Fishing Excursions: Fishing alongside local fishermen on Lake Victoria
✓ 1-Day Mwanza Lake Victoria Boat Trips: Includes sunset cruises, fishing excursions, or island-hopping to lesser-known islets
✓ Sunrise /sunset cruise by speed boat: To fully appreciate the beauty and serenity of Mwanza, take a sunset or sunrise boat ride on Lake Victoria. Wag Hill Lodge offers an authentic dhow cruise experience on Lake Victoria. The ride lasts approximately one hour during sunset or sunrise and can comfortably accommodate up to 18 people.
Inclusions: The cruise typically includes exploring the waters while enjoying a stock of soda and water.
3. Cultural & Historical Heritage
✓ 1-Day Visits to the Sukuma Museum: Tour of the Bujora Cultural Centre
✓ 1–2 Hours Rock Art Sites Tour: Visit ancient rock art, relax, and take photos
✓ Mwanza 1-Day Nyerere Mausoleum and Museum Tour: Dedicated history tour
✓ 3 to 6 Hours Mwanza Historical Walking & Driving Tour: General historical overview of the area
✓ 1-Day Mwanza Tour of St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT): Educational and institutional tour
✓ Half-day to Full-day Butiama Village Tour: Visit the birthplace and burial site of Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere
✓ Ukerewe Island Full Day Trip: Features scenic biking, cultural village walks, and historic sites on the largest island in the lake
✓ 1-Day Mwanza Maasai Market Tour: Visit local Sukuma and Maasai communities and experience their culture and artisan crafts
4. City Tours, Hiking & Culinary Adventures
✓ Mwanza City Tour: Visit Capri Point, Bismarck Rock, City Mall, and hill viewpoints
✓ Mwanza Half-day City Tour: Focuses on the rocky landscape, lake shores, and local life
✓ 1-Day Mwanza Market Tour & Cooking Class: General market exploration and culinary lesson
✓ Mwanza Half Day Exploration of Jiwe Kuu (The Dancing Rocks): Hiking and views (1-2 hours)
✓ 1-Day Mwanza’s Rocky Neighborhoods Hiking Adventure: Active hiking tour through the rocky terrain
✓ 1-Day Balili Hill Range Walk/Drive: Hiking excursion providing expansive views of the Serengeti plains and Lake
✓ 1-Day Mwanza Kamanga Ferry Tour: A combo tour visiting Bismarck Rock, Saanane Island, Bujora, and Capri Point
✓ Mwanza Fish Market and Cooking Class Tour: Morning or afternoon sessions combining market visits with cooking
✓ 1-Day Mwanza (“Rock City”) Samaki Corner & City Center Tour: Focus on the city center vibe and famous fish roundabout
5. Nightlife & Entertainment
✓ Mwanza Sunset Swim and Nightlife Tour: 16:00 to 19:00 Hours.
✓ Nightlife at Club Elevate (Malaika Beach Resort): Live performances from 18:00 until late.
Mwanza City Tours Day Trips Tanzania explores the city of Mwanza – the major Tanzanian port on Lake Victoria and a major centre of economic activities in the region. Lake Victoria borders the country’s East African neighbors – Uganda to the northwest and Kenya to the northeast.
Mwanza is a good base for exploring nearby Rubondo Island National Park and the western Serengeti. Rubondo Island National Park offers pleasant day hikes and birdwatching along the lakeshore.
The city is known for unusual rock formations, such as Bismarck Rock near the Kamanga Ferry Terminal. In the center of town are colonial buildings, such as the crumbling hilltop Dr. Robert Koch’s House.
Mwanza’s proximity to the western Serengeti makes it a necessary stop for visitors who want to experience a less-bust part of the park and see the Serengeti’s magic without the parade of safari vehicles and seasonal crowds.
The Mwanza Region is home to four tribes: the Wasukuma, Wakerere, Wakara, and Wazinza. Mwanza city’s Makongoro Road is named after a prominent Sukuma chief who controlled the area in the late 1800s.
Mwanza is also the centre of the Sukuma tribe, the largest tribe in Tanzania, who have inhabited and farmed the region for centuries. Cultural tourism programmes to their local villages and farms can be arranged through African Spice Safaris.
Mwanza City Tours Day Trips Tanzania
Saanane Island National Park 1 Day Tour – Tanzania
Saanane Island National Park 1 Day Tour is a full day tour of Saanane National Park + picnic lunch in Mwanza. Saanane National Park situated on an island in Lake Victoria. The park is easy and quick to reached by boat from Mwanza. It is located 2 kilometers Southwest of Mwanza city centre and is accessed by a short boat ride for about 5 minutes from Park Offices, on the mainland. Park Offices are easily accessed about 15 minute’s short walk from the City Centre.
Mwalimu Julius Nyerere’s Home, Mausoleum & Memorial Museum – Tanzania
Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere Museum tour is located at Butiama village – the birth and burial place of the Father of The nation in, Butiama District, Mara Region in Tanzania. It hosts items connected to Mwalimu Julius Nyerere`s lifetime. They include those which he: received during the struggle for his country's independence, was given as gifts during his presidency, personally used in his farm in his home village of Butima and received as he was stepping down from the presidency in 1985.
Mwanza Sunset Boatride on Lake Victoria – Tanzania
Mwanza Sunset Boatride on Lake Victoria begins with a pick up from your hotel and a drive through local villages to a wonderful restaurant at the beach with a spectacular views of Lake Victoria. After the sunset cruise follows a delicious dinner (home farmed chicken or freshly caught tilapia fish or a vegetarian dish). Up to 5 drinks are included (water, juices, sodas, beer). Mwanza sunset boat cruise trip on Lake Victoria includes return road transfers from your hotel, dinner and drinks
Mwanza Town City Tour – Tanzania
Mwanza City Tour departs from your hotel at 800 Hours for the Bujora Village to visit the Sukuma Museum to learn about the traditions and culture of the largest tribe in Tanzania. Next you take a boat trip on Lake Victoria for sightseeing and bird watching en route to the Saa Nane National Park. Enjoy the island’s impressive rocky vantage points with a spectacular view of Mwanza City. Sundowners are included. End the day by returning to your hotel for the night.
Serengeti National Park Day Trip from Mwanza – Tanzania
Serengeti National Park Day Trip from Mwanza 1 day safari itinerary: Mwanza – Serengeti – Mwanza: leave Mwanza town early in the morning 0500 Hours with picnic breakfast and lunch and drive for 2 hours to Serengeti Ndabaka gate. Begin your safari gamedrive from western corridor to Central Serengeti. Stop at picnic for lunch in the Serengeti. After lunch proceed on a game drive from central Serengeti making your way back to back to Ndabaka gate as you head back to Mwanza town.
Balili Hill Range Excursions from Mwanza – Tanzania
Balili Hill Range Day Excursions are tours to Balili Mountain, located right outside Bunda town – a 2 hour drive from Mwanza, in the direction of Butiama and Musoma – only a few kilometers away (15 minutes drive) from the Ndabaka gate of the Serengeti National Park. Bunda is a 20 minutes drive to the shores of Lake Victoria. The rooftop of the hills provides great expansive view of Bunda town, Lake Victoria, and the Serengeti endless plain. You can choose a 1 or 2 hour walk or drive up the hill.
Sukuma Museum Bujora Cultural Center Day Tour
Sukuma Museum Bujora Cultural Center Day Tour is a tour in Mwanza to Bujora Cultural Center is an ideal place for relaxation and learning the Sukuma cultural life. Bujora is located about 18 km East of Mwanza off Musoma/ Serengeti Ndabaka gate road. The center is committed to promote, celebrate and integrate traditional life and contemporary life of the Sukuma people. Your visit includes royal pavilion, traditional homestead, archives, botanic garden, Sukuma traditional dancers etc.
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