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Places to visit in Tanzania
Olduvai
Gorge is an archaeological site located in the eastern
Serengeti Plains, which is in northern Tanzania. The gorge
is a very steep sided ravine roughly 30 miles long and 295
ft. deep. Exposed deposits show rich fossil fauna, many
hominid remains and items belonging to the one of the oldest
stone tool technologies, called Olduwan. The time span of
the objects recovered date from 2,100,000 to 15,000 years
ago
Engaruka
Ruins A
mysterious ruined city. Located at the foot of the
Rift Valley Escarpment, Engaruka remains one of Tanzania's
most important historic sites. Over 500 years ago
a community of farmers developed a unique irrigation and
cultivation system channeling water from the Rift Escarpment
into stone canals and terraces. Although abandoned
in the 1700s Engaruka illustrates a once highly specialized
and integrated agricultural community which has been investigated
by archeologists world-wide.
Lake Natron
Lake Natron is one of the many alkaline lakes
of the Great African Rift Valley and situated in spectacular
volcanic scenery. It is the main breeding area of
the Lesser Flamingos. There are opportunities of seeing
large flocks of flamingos as well as good herds of zebra,
wildebeest and gazelle. Also an opportunity to see good
scenery of the rift valley.
Lake Eyasi
One of the soda lakes in the Rift Valley. Explore
this dry and rugged land, which is still inhabited by
a small group of Bushmen: the Hadzabi or Watingdiga, who
still live in bands, hunting with bows and arrows; gathering
roots, tubers and wild fruits, as humans did 10,000 years
ago. Another interesting tribe in this area are the Datoga
(also called the Barabaig or Mang'ati). The Datoga tribe
is pastoralist people who migrated into this area in search
of good grazing land. So far they have resisted neighboring
tribal cultural
Kilwa Masoko is of interest
primarily as a base for visiting the ruins of the 15th century
Arab settlement at nearby Kilwa Kisiwani. Otherwise, there
are a few pretty beaches on the outskirts of town.
Pangani
is a small Swahili town in the center
of a virtually undiscovered stretch of coast in Tanga Region.
The main attraction of Pangani is the pristine coastline
to the north and south of Pangani town. There are also several
attractions in and around Pangani that can be visited during
day trips, This beautiful coast offer many activities including
snorkeling diving and sandbars.
Bagamoyo The famous
old slave trading station on the mainland coast opposite
Zanzibar used was the starting point for many of the best-trodden
caravan routes into the interior. Now much faded, Bagamoyo
remains an interesting place to visit and there are some
reasonable beaches and hotels along the coast.
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