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Kiroyera Tours brings together local Coffee Farm with UK Strawberry Farm!

Kiroyera Tours is committed to the local community in Kagera and is always looking at ways to bring tourists into the region to help support local farmers, craftswomen and tradesmen. Mary and her team have established relationships with several small holder vanilla and coffee farms to host tourists who are interested in visiting their farms. […]

Celebrate Christmas on a Lake Victoria cruise!

VENUE: on board MV Serengeti DATE: 25th December 2015 TIME: Leaving Bukoba port at 12 noon and returning at 1800 hours ENTERTAINMENT: Live Band, Music and Dance; Nyama Choma, Christmas plays; Fire Dancers; Children’s Face Painting; Panoramic views of Lake Victoria and its Islands plus much more! FEE: TZS 25,000/-Ordinary, 35,000/- for VIP and 15,000/- […]

UN World Tourism Day successful celebrations in Bukoba!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating United Nations World Tourism Day last month! A day of productive round table talks on tourism development, community prize givings, local craft stalls and traditional song and dance groups all made this important day in world tourism so very special. The guest of honor at the […]

Emin Pasha memorial stone unveiled in Bukoka on World Tourism Day 2015

Bukoba traces its roots back to 1890, when Emin Pasha (Eduard Schnitzer), a German doctor, naturalist and administrator, arrived on the western shores of Lake Victoria to help establish a German foothold in the African Great Lakes region. The area became known as German East Africa and included what are now Burundi, Rwanda, and […]