| Chake-Chake | |
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| View towards Chake-Chake Bay | |
| Information | |
| Country |  Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Regions | Zanzibar Pemba |
| Sea | Chake-Chake Bay |
| Population | 15 000 hab. (2013) |
| Location | |
 5 ° 14 ′ 41 ″ S 39 ° 46 ′ 3 ″ E | |
Chake-Chake is the second largest city and the unofficial capital of Pemba Island in theZanzibar archipelago in Tanzania.
Understand
Built in XVIe century by the Portuguese, Chake-Chake was also the capital of the short-lived Pemba People's Republic. Without much tourist interest, the city is nevertheless a central point for visiting the island of Pemba and an obligatory point of passage if you arrive there by plane.
To go
By plane
- 1 Pemba Airport (Karume AirportIATA : PMA) Chake-Chake – Only connections with mainland Tanzania andAbeid Amani Karume International Airport
On a boat
There is no regular line that docks at Chake-Chake but, if you arrive in dhow or with a pleasure boat, be aware that the concrete jetty and in very poor condition is only accessible during high tide.
- 2 Chake-Chake Pier (channel to starboard of the islet)
By public transport
Coming from Mkoani, destination of ferries from Zanzibar City, must take the daladala where the basi noto 603. Coming from Wete, the largest locality on the island, you have to use the no 606.
- 3 Chake-Chake daladala terminus (between the Masjid-al-Maawali mosque and the public market) – Terminus of madaladala and mabasi at Chake-Chake.
By car
It is possible to hire a vehicle in advance which will be picked up and dropped off at Pemba Airport.
- Zanzibar Rent A Car Limited Nyerere Road, Kilimani (Zanzibar City),
255 24 2231990, 255 777 469146, e-mail : [email protected] 
(2016) between 35 $ and 105 $ per day (without driver) depending on the vehicle chosen. – Rental, with or without driver, of all-wheel drive vehicles and minivans.
(2016) between Circulate
To see
- Essential oil distillery (Pemba Essential Oils distillery) Chake-Chake - Machomani Road, 255 24 2452221, e-mail : [email protected]
Mon.- Fri. : 8 h - 15 h 30. 3 000 TZS. – Distillery of essential oils from the stems of the clove tree, the leaves of the Ceylon cinnamon, those of eucalyptus, lemongrass and camphor basil. Small store selling essential oils. - 1 Pemba Museum (Pemba Museum) (next to the public hospital) Mon.- Fri. : 8 h 30 - 16 h 30, sat.- Sun. : 9 h - 16 h. adult : 5 $, student : 3 $. – Located in a former Omani fort in XVIIIe century built on the ruins of a Portuguese fort in XVIe century, this small museum has collections relating to the history of Pemba Island and Swahili culture.
Mon.- Fri. : For fans of the unusual:
- 2 Unity Children's Park (Umoja Children's Park) free. – Amusement park for children dating from the socialist era of Pemba and abandoned. It is of course highly recommended not to go on the old attractions.
Do
To buy
- Spices in the public market at a stall that you see frequented by locals and avoiding street vendors like the plague who will sell you lower quality spices or even fake spices.
- 1 Public market – Location of the daily market.
- Essential oils, directly to the Pemba Essential Oils distillery.
Eat
- Ahaabna Main Road (on the roof of the hotel The Tavern) Between 5 000 TZS and 6 000 TZS. – Local cuisine.
- 1 Nabahani Misufuni Street Between 1 500 TZS and 3 000 TZS. – Local cuisine.
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
At Chake-Chake
- 1 Hifadhi Hotel & Conference Tibirinzi Street, 255 777 418023, e-mail : [email protected] Between 70 € (room single) and 122 € (Triple room). – 14 bedrooms. Outdoor swimming pool, 2 restaurants.
- 2 The Tavern Main Road, 255 777 429057 – Rooms with shower but without hot water.
- 3 Pemba Island Hotel Tibirinzi Street, 255 777 490041, e-mail : [email protected] –
Rooftop terrace restaurant.
Rooftop terrace restaurant.In the surrounding area
- 4 Pemba Misali Beach Resort Wesha (4,8 km West) room available from 13 h, to be released before 10 h. – 39 rooms distributed in pavilions. 3 restaurant rooms (1 for breakfast and 2 with fusion cuisine and seafood specialties).
Communicate
- 2 Post Office (Post office) Chake-Chake - Mkoani Road
Manage the day-to-day
Bank
Please note that you will not find an automatic ticket machine (ATM) neither in Chake-Chake nor on the whole of Pemba Island since 2012 and the closure of the Barclays Bank by Chake-Chake. The only ways to get Tanzanian shillings are either in a travel agency or in your hotel with a fairly high exchange commission or at the People's Bank of Zanzibar with a lower commission.
- 3 People's Bank of Zanzibar (PBZ) , 255 24 52351, 255 24 52369 Mon.- Fri. : 8 h - 13 h and14 h - 17 h.
Health
- 4 Public hospital (Pemba Central region Public Hospital) 7 days a week - 24 hours a day.
- 5 Pharmacy (Duka the Dawa Wara) Chake-Chake - Shigiwana Road
Cults
- 6 St Francis Xavier Church – Roman Catholic worship.
Around
- Ruins of Mkama Ndume (Mkama Ndume Ruins) (ask the exact situation1 Pujini village school , the ruins are to the east of this school) – free. Ruins of an ancient fortress dated XIIIe century built on top of a hill probably by descendants of settlers from Shiraz. Of the citadel, which was once accessible by sea via a narrow canal now silted up, only the base of the perimeter wall which was one meter thick and five meters high, as well as the rubble of a tower protecting the access by the channel and a staircase going up from this channel towards the interior of the fortress.
- 2 Ruins of Ndagoni (Ndagoni Ruins) (on the Mkumbuu peninsula) – Ruins, datedXIIIe and XIVe centuries, of an ancient city whose first constructions date from Xe century. Among these ruins, that of a vast mosque, several houses and walls. If you access the site via the very wrong path that leads there or by boat via the south coast, you may see the3 Misali island where, according to legend, the famous pirate William kidd would have, in 1698, buried a treasure.
