Lugalo Military Camp is a large installation of the Tanzania People's Defence Force located in the city of Dar es Salaam along the Bagamoyo Road.

It was established during the British colonial era as a camp for the King's African Rifles (KAR), after the seizure of Tanganyika – German East Africa – from Germany during the First World War.

The camp is five years old, the quarters are modern tropical bungalows in design, and the officers' mess with a superb view and setting on top of Observation Hill is probably the best in the command.

After appeals from the President, Julius Nyerere, the United Kingdom dispatched an aircraft carrier, HMS Centaur from Aden, with a force from the garrison there, to stand off Dar es Salaam.

After independence, the name of the camp was changed to commemorate the victory of the Wahehe tribe under Chief Mkwawa over the German colonial army of the Schutztruppe at Lugalo on August 17, 1891.