Thursday, September 29, 2011

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

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