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Paradise Beach Hotel is located on the magnificent unspoiled white sandy beaches of the ancient historical town of Bagamoyo, 60kms north of Dar es Salaam, the capital city of Tanzania, and 75 kms from Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport.

With the splendor of Bagamoyo, rich with history and culture, wildlife, Paradise Holiday Resort offers guests maximum in romance, fun and excitement.

Whether you are seeking a romantic getaway vacation escape, spectacular family adventure or a serene environment for seminars and workshops, you will find all at the Paradise Holiday Resort.

Accommodation:- Set among lush tropical gardens and waving palm trees, all our rooms and suites offer all the comfort and elegance you have come to expect from Paradise Holiday Resort.

All rooms offer a magnificent seaside holiday atmosphere creating a welcoming atmosphere.

• Air Conditioning
• Color satellite TV with 20 channel to choose from
• In room mini safe
• Complete Mini-bar
• Direct Dial Telephone
• Deluxe bathroom, towels and linens
• In room direct internet access ( available in some rooms )
• Tea & Coffee making facilities
• A Balcony or Verandah

Dining:- Enjoy splendid view of the Indian Ocean at the hotel elegant grounds while savoring a dazzling variety of international specialties.

From tempting buffets offering Italian, African, Swahili, Indian to light refreshments by the pool and evening cocktails under the stars, the resort’s dinning choices are sure to please every taste. An extensive room service is also available 24 hours.

Bahari Restaurant: An elegant restaurant offering all day dinning of buffet is perfect for business luncheons and dinners. Experience from tropical breakfast, to themed daily buffets ranging from Swahili nights, barbeque, Italian, Indian, and live cooking of seafood, the resorts dining are sure to please every taste.

Pool Bistro: This relaxed, popular restaurant with an outdoor setting over looking the pool is hub of activity offers an ala carte menu with international choices including regional specialties. Also 24 hours room service menu is available.

Beach Grill: Tempt your tastebuds with the most succulent steaks and the freshest seafood in a relaxing, chic and stylish setting.

Pamper yourself with Grilled Seafood’s and fabulous subtleties in a modern and trendy environment, where the look and taste of the dishes is as important as every other little detail of service and amenities.

Beach Bar: watch the sun sink into the regal waters of the Indian Ocean while you enjoy an ample selection of cocktails, mocktails, and other various beverages.

A thatched roof bar with ocean view setting to enjoy the scenery while sipping on your favorite tropical beverage, cocktail, mocktail and enjoy other various beverages.

Waterfront: as its name suggests, Waterfront is situated on the beach front to provide magnificent views of the beach to diners.

top by and relish a healthy smoothie or a light calorie appetizer; the entire menu has been crafted with health and wellness in mind.

Lazy lagoon is the perfect Indian Ocean island retreat, lying in the Zanzibar channel offshore from mainland Bagamoyo, the ideal place to unwind at the beginning and end of a safari.

There are just 12 rooms on the private 9 km long white sandy island with deserted beaches. It boats swimming at all tides in clear azure blue water, ideal for skorkelling to be mesmerized by the shoals of iridescent tropical fish hiding among the pristine coral gardens that protect the island.

The island is home to Bushbabies, Wildpigs, Genets, Baboons, Duiker and Suni antelope. The beach bandas have been carefully constructed so as to maintain the delicate balances in the environment and with conservation of the islands wildlife and mangrove as the primary consideration. An attractive nature trails leads you through this indigenous forest from your accommodation to the bar and restaurant.

Steeped in the history of slavery, Bagamoyo means ‘lay down your heart’, a relic of slave trade as this was the exit port for many thousands of Tanzanias who left their hearts in their homeland.

The capital of Germany East Africa, Bagamoyo was also the gateway to the interior for all the famous explores, Livingstone, Burton, Speke, Stanley and Grant, searching for the source of the River Nile. It has an incredibly rich history going back to the Shirazi Arab trading settlements where at Kaole Ruins you can still find the first mosque built in Tanganyika, dating back to the 12th Century with in Bagamoyo town itself stands the oldest mission in Central and East Africa.

Follow in the foot-steps of these great explorers so that you too can discover this ‘Dark Continent’, the origins of the slave trade, the atmosphere, mystique an intrigue of the Swahili coast, before going on to experience the thrills of wildlife that lie beyond, reminiscent of their epic journeys.

Bagamoyo was the most important trading entrepot of the east central coast of Africa in the late 19th century. Bagamoyo's history has been influenced by Indian and Arab traders, by the German colonial government and by Christian missionaries. About 5 km south of Bagamoyo, the Kaole Ruins with remnants of two mosques and a couple of tombs can be dated back to the 13th century, showing the importance of Islam in those early Bagamoyo times. Until the middle of the 18th century, Bagamoyo was a small and insignificant trading center where most of the populations were fishermen and farmers. The main trading goods were fish, salt, and gum, among other things.

In the late 18th century Muslim families settled in Bagamoyo, all of which were relatives of Shamvi la Magimba in Oman. They made their living by enforcing taxes on the native population and by trading in salt, gathered from the Nunge coast north of Bagamoyo. In the first half of the 19th century, Bagamoyo became a trading port for ivory and the slave trade, with traders coming from the African interior, from places as far as Morogoro, Lake Tanganyika and Usambara on their way to Zanzibar. This explains the meaning of the word Bagamoyo ("Bwaga-Moyo") which means "Lay down your Heart" in Kiswahili. It is disputed whether this refers to the slave trade which passed through the town (i.e. "give up all hope") or to the porters who rested in Bagamoyo after carrying 35lb cargos on their shoulders from the Great Lakes region (i.e. "take the load off and rest"). Since there is little evidence to support that Bagamoyo was a major slave port (Kilwa, much further south, has earned this status), and that tens of thousands of porters arrived at Bagamoyo annually in the latter half of the 19th century, it is more likely that the name of the town derives from the latter interpretation.

The slave trade in East Africa was officially prohibited in the year 1873, but continued surreptitiously well to the end of the 19th century.
In 1868, Bagamoyo local rulers, known as majumbe, presented the Catholic "Fathers of the Holy Ghost" with land for a mission north of the town, the first mission in East Africa. This caused resistance by the native Zaramo people which was mediated by representatives of Sultan Majid and, after 1870, by Sultan Barghash. Originally the mission was intended to house children who were rescued from slavery, but it soon expanded to a church, a school, and some workshops and farming projects.
But Bagamoyo was not only a trade centre for ivory and copra; it was also a starting point for renowned European explorers. From Bagamoyo they moved out to find the source of the River Nile and explored the African inner lakes. Some of these were Richard Francis Burton, John Hanning Speke, Henry Morton Stanley and James Augustus Grant. Although often believed so, David Livingstone had never been to Bagamoyo in his lifetime. Only after his death he was laid out in the Old Church's tower (nowadays named Livingston Tower) to wait for the high tide to come in and ship his body to Zanzibar.

Bagamoyo was the German headquarters of German East Africa (first under the auspices of the German East African Company and then the German Imperial Government) between 1886-1891. Dar es Salaam became the new capital of the colony in 1891. During World War I, in 1916, a British air attack and naval bombardment was launched on Bagamoyo, the Germans were overrun and the German garrison taken.
When the German Empire decided to build a railway from Dar es Salaam into the interior in 1905, Bagamoyo's importance began to decline.

Today - Bagamoyo is a centre for dhow sailboat building. The Department of Antiquities in Tanzania is working to maintain the ruins of the colonial era in and around Bagamoyo and to revitalize the town. The Bagamoyo College of Arts (“Chuo cha Sanaa”) is an internationally famous arts college in Tanzania, teaching traditional Tanzanian painting, sculpture, drama, dancing and drumming.