Dar es Salaam is not a city of star monuments — it rewards travellers willing to wander. The colonial-era core around Sokoine Drive holds a handful of churches and the Askari Monument, while the National Museum and the open-air Village Museum offer the deepest sense of Tanzanian history and culture. The real spectacle, though, is the bustle of Kariakoo Market and the dawn auction at the Kivukoni fish market — both worth the early start.