The New Palm Tree Village Hotel in Bagamoyo

 The New Palm Tree Village offers a variety of guest rooms that are comfortable and luxurious, they will make you feel like you never want to leave. You will wake up every morning with a breathtaking view of the clear blue ocean. Go to bed every evening with the soothing sound of the gentle crashing waves. Our guest rooms will make you want to come back again and again, they are perfect for a romantic getaway or a quick business trip.  Everything you need will be available to you. You will have all the comforts of home with new surroundings of a lush paradise.


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Green Park Village in Bagamoyo, TZ

I recently stayed at the Green Park Village Resort in Bagamoyo, TZ. The rooms were huge! This place has all of the comforts of the United States. There was a huge mango tree that had a branch span of 75 feet. The rooms have air conditioning and flat screen tvs. There is also a large projection screen in the dining area. Check out there site here. Be sure and ask for 'Slim" and tell him that Gene sent you. ;)

The New Palm Tree Hotel and Conference Center

I recently visited the beautiful white sand beaches of Bagmoyo, Tanzania. I stayed at the New Palm Tree Village Resort. The accommodations were great. I enjoyed swimming in the large swimming pool after taking a long walk on the beach. I would highly recommend this hotel especially if you are traveling with children.

The Paradise Hotel and The Oceanic Hotel in Bagamoyo Burns Down

I used to enjoy going to the Paradise Hotel in Bagamoyo to dine at the lunch buffet. On my last visit I was shocked to see upon pulling up to the hotel that it had been burned to ground. After searching the internet I found the following details:

"The historic Tanzanian town of Bagamoyo lost its two tourist hotels to fire on the 23rd of March as the Paradise Holiday Resort and neighboring Oceanic Bay Hotel were destroyed by fire.  Eyewitnesses said workers and guests at the hotels could only look on helplessly as fire ravaged the buildings for over three hours before dying down because there was nothing more to burn. Dense smoke could be seen rising high up into the clear sky from the site.

The fire started in the kitchen of the Paradise Holiday Resort, according to the front office manager, Mr Godfrey Runyungu.

He said the building in which the kitchen and restaurant were located caught fire after a gas tank exploded.

"The fire started around at ten in the morning, and was so fierce that the entire building was reduced to ashes in only 20 minutes. Strong winds from the ocean made things more complicated as fire spread to other buildings," he said, adding that nobody was injured.
The historic Tanzanian town of Bagamoyo lost its two tourist hotels to fire on the 23rd of March as the Paradise Holiday Resort and neighbouring Oceanic Bay Hotel were destroyed by fire.  Eyewitnesses said workers and guests at the hotels could only look on helplessly as fire ravaged the buildings for over three hours before dying down because there was nothing more to burn. Dense smoke could be seen rising high up into the clear sky from the site.

The fire started in the kitchen of the Paradise Holiday Resort, according to the front office manager, Mr Godfrey Runyungu.

He said the building in which the kitchen and restaurant were located caught fire after a gas tank exploded.

"The fire started around at ten in the morning, and was so fierce that the entire building was reduced to ashes in only 20 minutes. Strong winds from the ocean made things more complicated as fire spread to other buildings," he said, adding that nobody was injured.

The Dar es Salaam Fire Brigare was notified of the blaze at 11.54am, and the first fire engine reached the scene of accident at 12.47pm.


Residents of Mangesani and neighbouring areas were the first to arrive at the scene, but were helpless against the towering flames.

Paradise Holiday Resort chairman Guled Abdallah said he was thankful that nobody was killed in the incident.

"Everything has been destroyed we tried our level best to save lives and we succeeded. Everybody is safe, but we have lost everything," he said.

He added that the hotel had 170 permanent employees and 30 part-timers, who all escaped unhurt.

Earlier, Oceanic Bay Hotel managing director Rahul Layan told reporters that the fire started at Paradise Holiday Resort, but added that he was not sure what the cause was.

"Strong winds blew the flames from Paradise Resort to our hotel. As you can see, everything has been destroyed. We have not been able to rescue anything apart from people who were working at the hotel when the fire broke out.

"The most important thing was to ensure that all our employees and guests were safe. It was impossible to salvage anything as he fire was very fierce," Mr Layan said.

Youths from surrounding villages had a field day, stealing anything they could lay their hands among the ruins.

Some of them could be seen walking away with items such as desktop computers, laptops, television sets and fire extinguishers.

A local resident, Mr Edgar Nazar, said some of the thieves arrived in canoes, which they used to ferry valuables looted from the destroyed hotels.

Bagamoyo District Commissioner Serenge Mrengo was among the first people to arrive at the scene.

He said the destruction of the two hotels was a cruel blow to the district.

"We have lost two important symbols of development in our district. It will take a long time to recover from this," he said.

Firefighters from Dar es Salaam extinguished the last smouldering remnants of the hotels at around 1pm.

The two hotels, particularly Paradise Holiday Resort, have transformed Bagamoyo from a sleepy coastal town - previously famous only for its rich history - into a major conference centre in Tanzania.

It was only last week that stakeholders in the tourism industry ranked Bagamoyo third after Dar es Salaam and Arusha among the focal areas for conference tourism in the country.

In recent years, the historic town has rivalled Arusha in hosting major conferences to the extent of forcing owners of conference venues in the northern town to travel all the way to Dar es Salaam to carry out aggressive marketing after noting that Bagamoyo was becoming a serious competitor.

Paradise Holiday Resort has hosted dozens of conferences and high-profile meetings since it opened its doors for the first time in 1998.

The facility started off as a beach resort with a few rooms, a restaurant, swimming pool and snack bar.

The establishment underwent major expansion from 2000 to 2004, with the focus being on conference facilities and the addition of more rooms to cater to a diverse clientele ranging from ordinary visitors to tourists and VIPs.

Oceanic Bay Hotel was put up on an adjacent plot. The two were the leading hotels in Bagamoyo Town, although other beach resorts cropped up in later years."

The Bagamoyo Hotels Blog

I decided to create this blog because I enjoy visiting Bagamoyo when I am in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is a quit little beach community about 70 km north of Dar Es Salaam Airport. The nice thing is that the last 45-50 kms are on a very nice tarmac road. The locals tell me that the politicians built the road so they could have ease of travel when visiting the witchdoctors in Bagamoyo.

If you are visiting Bagamoyo make sure you check out the Museum that has the artifacts from the slave trading era. It is very interesting to say the least.

I used to enjoy visiting the Paradise Hotel but last time I went it had been burned down in a fire.

  I hope to add more pictures and content after my next visit which will be in March of 2011.