Kilwa Kisiwani World Heritage Site

Interesting tour

Well preserved ruins. Get the permit from the TAWA office in Kilwa and they will organise you a guide. We had Athuman and he was very knowledgeable. It was a really interesting tour, didn't realise ho...

Exceptional archaeological site in beautiful setting

Exceptional. I study history and archaeology, so I was very pleased to get a thorough visit of this exceptional site. Kilwa Kisiwani is extremely well preserved and was the most important swahili sett...

Kilwa Minted Its Own Currency in the 11th -14th Century

Kilwa Kisiwani was occupied from the 9th to the 19th centuries by Oman Sultans and Persian merchants and is the United Nations Education and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site, locat...

An Amazing Place, but...

..it depends on you as to whether you think the effort of getting there was justified by the experience of visiting the ruins You don't get many historic places like this in the world today without...

Amazing ruins

the ruins and their setting within the island are marvellous. the mosques, tombs and fort evoke a lost world