Tourism

 There is a lot of vey interesting tourist sites in the Lake zone, game reserves and national parks worth visiting. Some of the areas are :  1. Makongoro Clinic Building /Old Ruin? Mwanza Municipality
2. Nyanza ya Bagikuru A place where Queens were bathed 
3. Nyashana Mountain - A place where discoverer Speke stood for the first time to see lake Victoria
4. Kayenze Port -A place where 1st white men who came to Mwanza were killed
5. Old Boma -A place where prominent persons gathered to listen to the only Radio in Mwanza by then
6. Utemini (Lords Palace) -A place were chiefs stayed when they came to Mwanza for conslations with the colonial Administrator
7. Water Department Offices -1st prison in Mwanza
8. Central Bank front yard -The tree where people were hanged
9. Mwanza Club -First whitemans club in Mwanza
10. Regional Commissioners Hill -German Route/Rest Camp
11. State House -First Colonial rest House in Mwanza
12. Nyamadoke Farmers Bridge, -here there are Sukuma traditional things (mambo ya kale)
13. Saanane Island -Game reserve 
14. Kijereshi camp -National Park in Magu District
15. Rubondo Park -Game reserve in Geita District
16. Uhuru Park -A place where there are sukuma traditional houses and beds in (Nyegezi) Mwanza Municipality
17. Bismark rocks -A place where Born Bismarck (German) rested when arrived in Mwanza
18. Stones -Interesting stones Mwanza City on the way to Igoma via Sahwa
19. Foot Prints- Foot prints of Mwanamalundi at Ilemela in Mwanza City
20. Memorial sites- Sukuma cultural/memorial sites at Bujora
21. Recreation/sports centre -A place where chiefs met in Malya
22. Nyakuberega -A dancing stone/rock ;a stone which if instructed to dance for visitors it dances so well but only if instructed by the local traditional leader at Ukara Island in Ukerewe District
23. Kayange bands -Rocks/stones near the Lake where there are foot prints of chief Kayange in Ukerewe

Habari

Mv Spice Islander

Built in 1967 as Marianna for an unknown owner,^[2][3] she was later sold to Theologos P. Naftiliaki, Piraeus, Greece.^[2] In 1988,^[3] Marianna was sold to Apostolos Shipping and renamed Apostolos P. She was later sold to Saronikos Ferries and placed in service on the Piraeus - Aegina - Angistri route.^[2]
In 2005, Apostolos P was registered to Hellenic Seaways. In 2007,^[2] she was sold to Makame Hasnuu, Zanzibar, Tanzania.^[3] and renamed Spice Islander I.^[4] On 25 September 2007, Spice Islander I was off the coast of Somalia when she experienced engine problems due to contaminated fuel. After the alarm had been raised via Kenya, USS Stout from Combined Task Force 150 was sent to her aid.^[5] The ship was on a voyage from Oman to Tanzania and was not carrying any passengers. USS James E. Williams also responded. Stout provided the ship with 7,800 US gallons (30,000 l; 6,500 imp gal) of fuel and supplied the ten crew with food and water. After her engines were restarted, she resumed her voyage to Tanzania
At 21:00 local time (19:00 UTC) Spice Islander I sailed from Unguja for Pemba Island. She was reported to have been carrying in excess of 800 passengers.^[4] Her capacity was 45 crew and 645 passengers.^[2] At around 01:00, (local time) on 10 September (23:00, 9 September UTC) Spice Islander I sank between Zanzibar and Pemba. Of those on board, 612 were rescued, with 40 of them suffering serious injuries. At least 200 people were killed.^[