Bukoba

A view of Bukoba.

Bukoba is in Northwest Tanzania.

Understand

Bukoba is a bustling town on Lake Victoria.

Get in

By plane
  • 🌍 Bukoba Airport (BKZ  IATA). There are daily flights from Mwanza by Auric Air or Precision Air. (updated Feb 2019)

By bus
  • From the Uganda border to Bukoba takes about one hour by bus.
  • There are daily buses from Kampala (7 hours). To Bukoba from Masaka in Uganda is 172 km.
  • There are daily buses from Mwanza (7 hours).
  • There are also a buses coming from Kigoma (13 hours).

By ferry
  • There is a ferry, MV Victoria, which departs from Bukoba to Mwanza at 9PM 3 times a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday. The 2nd class sleeper fare is TSh 23,500 per person, and the trip takes about 10 hours.

Get around

See
A church in Bukoba.

Do

Buy
  • NBC Bank. Has a Visa Card ATM. (updated Aug 2016)
  • CRCB Bank. Has a Visa Card ATM (updated Aug 2016)

Eat
  • New Rose Cafe, Jamhuri Street. M-Sa. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. (updated Aug 2016)

Drink

Sleep
  • Bukoba Co-op Hotel, Shore road, ☎ +255 28-2221251. Check-in: noon, check-out: noon. Fan single/double rooms with own bathroom. TSh 25,000/30,000. (updated Aug 2016)
  • Kiroyera Campsite, Shore Road, ☎ +255 784-568276. Camping with own or hired tent. On beach and has a restaurant. US$5/7. (updated Aug 2016)

Connect
  • 4 Ways Internet cafe, kashozi Road. 7AM-6PM. TSh 1000 a hour. (updated Aug 2016)

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