The significant number of reports prepared by the UNESCO Secretariat and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee represents an exceptional documentation on numerous conservation issues. It ...

UNESCO World Heritage Sites are some of the most treasured places on Earth. From ancient cities to natural wonders, they tell the story of our shared human history. But today, many of these sites face ...

Here lie the ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani, once a bustling port on the Indian Ocean trade route, where ships loaded with gold.

Here lie the ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani, once a bustling port on the Indian Ocean trade route, where ships loaded with gold, spices, and porcelain gathered in significant numbers.

When the ship left Kilwa Kisiwani, off the coast of present-day Tanzania, the Aragon was carrying 1,362 “natives”, all of whom were “unfit, full of malaria, and appeared to have no resisting ...

My quest to visit all the ancient Swahili trading cities now leaves world heritage site Kilwa Kisiwani, which lies on the Kilwa archipelago on the south-eastern Coast of Tanzania and Sofala ...

Guests will have the opportunity to visit biodiversity hotspots like Aldabra, Cosmoledo, Astove, Furquhar Atol, Kilwa Kisiwani and Pemba.

Elaborate stone mosques are a hallmark of many Swahili Coast towns. The Grand Mosque at Kilwa Kisiwani (top) has a large area where worshippers bathed their feet before entering.