Mwanza is the second largest city in northwest Tanzania located on the shores of Lake Victoria. The guide provides information about transportation, food, entertainment, communication, weather, tourism, maps, location, and the local Sukuma people and their culture in Mwanza. Transportation options include daladala buses, bodaboda motorcycles, ferries, and taxis. Popular local foods include chips mayai, wali samaki, and ugali nyama. Entertainment can be found at night clubs, hotels, beaches, and resorts. Communication is easy using the recommended Airtel network. The climate is coolest from June to October and warmest from December to March with two ra

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2. EP GUIDE for 2014____________________________________________

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4. In this guide you are going to find about:
oTransportation
o Food
oEntertainment
oCommunication
oWeather
oTourism
oMap
oLocation
oPeople and culture

5. Transportation____________________________________
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•While in Mwanza there are many are
many ways to travel. You have no trouble
to make your movements at any time of
the day.
•Here are the most popular and easy you
can use to get in, move around and get out
of Mwanza.
i) Daladala ( City buses)
You can border a daladala from a point
to another point with a fare of 400/=
within the city.
ii) Bodaboda (Motorcycle)
The minimum fare
for a bodaboda is
1000/= within the
city.
iii) Kivuko (Ferry)
The fare for the ferry is
800/= for short trips
and ranges between
4000= to 30000/= for
long trips.
iv) Taxi
The minimum cost
for a taxi within the
3000/=

6. Food_________________
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•There are a lot of food types in Mwanza
that you will eat and enjoy to the
maximum.
•It’s your own preference that will guide
you to choose what kind of food to eat at
a time. See the table below:
ITEM QUANTITY PRICE
Breakfast
package
Food
choice+cup of
tea
1500/=
Lunch
package
One plate 3000/=
Water 0.5 liter 500/=
Beer A bottle 2000/=
Soda 350ml 500/=
•Popular food in Mwanza
Chips Mayai
Wali Samaki
Chips Samaki
Mshikaki
Ugali Nyama

7. Entertainment_________________________________
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If you want to get entertained in Mwanza
there are many beautiful places to go. There
are clubs, beaches, hotels and very attractive
places. Night clubs
Hotels
Boating
Beach resorts
We assure you to have fun to
the maximum for all the time
that you are going to be here.

8. Communication______________________________________
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•We know that it is very important for you to
communicate while you’re here. There are many
network companies available in Mwanza and they
dearly perform to the maximum in meeting their
customers demands.
•We recommend you to use Airtel as the best
choice for us and its services are really affordable.
•You don’t have to worry on how you will get your
SIM card done, our EP buddies will be there to
assist you.

9. Weather
•Tanzania’s climate displays marked
regional differences because of the
country’s widely varying topography.
In general, the coolest months are from
June to October and the warmest months
are from December to March.
•Throughout much of the country there
are two rainy seasons. The masika (long
rains) fall from mid-March through to May,
with rains virtually every day, although
seldom for the whole day.
The mvuli (short rains) fall during
November, December and sometimes into
January.
•Concerning humidity is Mwanza also a
very friendly town. Because of the
relatively high location above sea level
(1.134 m) is the humidity normal (medium
dry) and vary from 50 - 65% throughout
the year.
Weather Graphics
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10. Tourism______________________
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•There are a lot of places you can go for
tourism while you are in Mwanza.
•These places includes museums, national
parks, attractions and many more.
The Bismarck Rocks
Saa Nane Isaland
Bujora Sukuma Museum
•More will be recommended for you
when you are here.

11. Map_______________
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In this document we have included a map
that shows the most important parts in the
city.

12. Location_____________________
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•Mwanza is the second largest city
situated in northwest Tanzania. The city
acts as a port on the shores of Lake
Victoria. The capital of Mwanza region,
Mwanza is a commercial region in
Tanzania.
•The geographical location of Mwanza
is such that the weather remains
favorable all throughout the year. The
beautiful Tanzanian city is surrounded
by awe-inspiring landscape features.
The Bismarck Rocks are wonderful to
look at with large deposits of granite.
The Victoria Lake in the backdrop
enhances the beauty of Mwanza.
•Mwanza Airport is close to the main
city and there are daily flights from Dar
es Salam by Air Tanzania.
Location of Mwanza from the map

13. People and Culture
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•The native people of Mwanza are Sukuma people who are mostly found
in the Lake zone.
•An ordinary Sukuma tribe people are giant and powerful on external
appearance also they have smoothly blackish colour on their skins. Always
they occupy for agriculture and pastoralist these are traditional works
although they are participating with other activities.
•Their major food are strongest stiffporrifge which prepared by
Maize,sorghum and cassavas flour and they eat it with curd ,cook or roast
of livestock meat and vegetables .As other tribe Wasukuma have
traditional attires .all the time without season they like to dressing for
wrap-up through their bodies with green colors sheets, this the color of
sheets is special attires for females.Beside males are prefering further to
wrap-up the sheet of blue wish color .these are traditional attires for the
Sukuma tribe.At the usually condition is not easy to see them in their
tradition attires, when they move out of their provinces as you look Maasi
throughout in east Africa.
•When agricultural season attaining Wasukuma have adjust the traditional
dance troops for purpose of encourage and to provide high energy for
each family occasion they are digging.