Bagamoyo Accommodation
The town of Bagamoyo was
one of the most important trading ports on the East
African coast and the penultimate stop of slave and
ivory caravans travelling on foot from Lake Tanganyika
on their way to Zanzibar. Missionaries active in
abolishing the slave trade made Bagamoyo, whose name
means ‘bury my heart’ in KiSwahili, a centre of their
activities.


These days, Bagamoyo is now a centre for dhow sailboat
building on the Tanzanian coast. A quiet village with a
few German colonial buildings still standing, In the
past, the town of Bagamoyo was one of the most important
trading ports on the entire East African coast. Its port
was the penultimate stop of slave and ivory caravans
that travelled on foot all the way from Lake Tanganyika.
Once the caravans reached Bagamoyo, the slaves and ivory
were shipped by dhow to Zanzibar, where they were then
dispatched all over the world. These days, Bagamoyo is a
centre of dhow building in the region and along the
Tanzanian coast.