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Large surface of the site is dominated with assemblages of later Acheulean lithics culture such as hand axes, cleavers, scrapers, and cores.

Olduvai Gorge is an exceptionally rich archaeological site, preserving one of the best records of human evolution history spanning nearly two (2) million years ago. The site has yielded abundant human, animal fossils and stone artefacts preserved in…

Kaole ruins is located about five (5) kilometers South East of Bagamoyo. The ruins, once a prosperous Arab town holds the remains of the first settlement of the Arab foreigners in Bagamoyo. Some of the structures at the site includes house ruins,…

A historic town with historic architecture which preserves the blending history of eighteenth and nineteenth-century cultures between foreigners and indigenous African people. The town consists of Arabic, Indian and European historic buildings…

Map of Bagamoyo Conservation area with land use plan and buffer zone.

Historic site with historic buildings, the site was established by Holly Ghost Fathers Missionaries in 1868 as the first missionary station along the interior of East African coast. It is from here whereby Christianity was established, consolidated…

Tower of the first Roman Catholic Church in East Africa (German East Africa) built from 1868 - 1870s. In 1874 the body of Dr. Livingstone was laid in this tower after his death in Zambia for the malaria, and the tower was named after him (Dr.…

This museum in Bagamoyo Historic Town has a small display documenting the slave trade. The museum is in one of the historic building that was used a guest house for slave trade dealers during the 19th century. The displays in the museum include…

Swahili site with 16th century Mosque and Tombs dates 18th - 19th Century all built by coral stones, lime mortal and mangrove pole. Chinese porcelains still intact in some tombs.

Kolo painting of 3 figures in headdresses