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Tanzanian

Shy - Sometimes

Amusing - Funny

Frightened of Storms

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Poor Eating habits

Sensitive

Good Social Skills

Courageous

Good Listener

Good Driver

Interesting

Explains Well

Considerate - Thinks of others feeling

Playful

Playful

Curious

Likes to know: How, Why, When and...

Arusha Town - Tanzania

This attractive little town is situated in a beautiful, mountainous region. It nestles at the foot of Mount Meru and offers fantastic views of the towering Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa's highest mountain).

Arusha is a popular destination and, as a result, there are numerous restaurants, bars and markets to browse. It is also a pleasant place to spend a few relaxing days before embarking on a safari or attempting to scale Kilimanjaro

Dance With Maasai - Tanzania

How far can you jump up!

Maasai Tanzania

The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. Due to their distinctive customs and dress and residence near the many game parks of East Africa, they are among the most well-known African ethnic groups internationally. They speak Maa, a Nilo-Saharan language related to Dinka, Nuer, Turkana and Songhai, and are also educated in the official languages of Kenya and Tanzania: Swahili and English. The Maasai population has been variously estimated as 377,089 from the 1989 Census or as 453,000 language speakers in Kenya in 1994 and 430,000 in Tanzania in 1993[2] with a total estimated as "approaching 900,000" Estimates of the respective Maasai populations in both countries are complicated by the remote locations of many villages, and their semi-nomadic nature. Although the Tanzanian and Kenyan governments have instituted programs to encourage the Maasai to abandon their traditional semi-nomadic lifestyle, the people have clung to their age-old customs

Life underwater in Lake Tanganyika

Lern more, what is in the Lake Tanganyika.

Lake Tanganyika - Tanzania

Among the chain of lakes on the bottom of the Western Great Rift Valley, Lake Tanganyika is outstanding for its extraordinary north-south extension (670 km) and depth (1,470 m). It is the second largest of African lakes, the second deepest (next to L. Baikal) and the longest lake of the world. Its very ancient origin, only rivalled by such old lakes as Baikal, and a long period of isolation resulted in the evolution of a great number of indigenous organisms, including brilliantly colored cichlid fishes, well-known gastropods with the appearance of marine snails, and so on. Of the 214 species of native fishes in the lake, 176 are endemic; the number of endemic genera amounts to 30 in cichlids and 8 in non- cichlid fishes.

The surrounding areas are mostly mountainous with poorly developed coastal plains except on part of the east side. Especially on the western coast, steep side-walls of the Great Rift Valley reaching 2,000 m in relative height form the shoreline. The sole effluent river, the Lukuga, starts from the middle part of western coast and flows westward to join the Zaire River draining into the Atlantic.

Agriculture, livestock raising and the processing of these products as well as the mining (tin, copper, coal, etc.) are the main industries in the drainage basin of L. Tanganyika. Fishery products, the "Tanganyika sardine" (Stolothrissa tanganikae, Herring Family) in particular, are also important for local economy. Well-developed regular ship lines connect Kigoma (Tanzania), Kalemie (Zaire) and other coastal towns as essential part of the inland traffic system of east Africa.
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Mikumi National Park - Tanzania

Mikumi National Park is the fourth largest national park in Tanzania covering about 3,230 sq km. Mikumi ecosystem is part of a much larger Selous Game Reserve ecosystem divided by Uluguru mountains range. Mikumi national park is one of the easiest accessible parks in the southern circuit simply because it is transected by the tarmac highway between Tanzania and Zambia. The Mkata floodplain and it's variety of wildlife to the north east of this magnificent park makes it a smaller version of famous Serengeti plain.

Among the inhabitants of Mikumi are lions, zebra, wildebeest, impala, buffalo, giraffes, elephants, warthog leopards and many other species as well as more that 400 species of birds.

Mikumi is allocated about 283 km west of Dar es Salaam, north of Selous, and en route to Ruaha, Udzungwa and Katavi. The park can be visited form June to March.

While visiting Mikumi national park, you can do game drive and if possible you could connect your trip with other parks like Selous, Ruaha or Udzungwa.
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Dar es Salaam City - Tanzania

Have you been in a tropical crimate? explore it by visiting Dar es Salaam the biggest city in Tanzania. Get a new experience you won't forget in life time!

Being at City Centre for a variety of attraction.  The harbour contains heavy ocean-going liners as well as traditional dhows, fishing boats and high-speed ferries to Zanzibar. You will find almost constant activity near the harbour, a virtual city within a city. Walk toward the east along Kivukoni Front. You'll pass colonial structures side by side with high - rise office buildings.

Hop on the ferry to Kigamboni - only 100 Tsh for a ride to the other side - to enjoy beautiful South Beach. Kigamboni is still contained within Dar es Salaam and is even part of the same land mass. But make the brief trip a cross the harbour's mouth and you'll feel like you're on a tropical island.

The lack of a bridge across the channel means that this part of town is not nearly as developed as the rest of the city, Village life is visible from the main road, the temperature automatically drops 5-6 degrees, and the noise and pollution of City Centre are distant memory. A series of hotels along the beach ranging from budget to Luxury offer many options for swimming and relaxing.

Adjacent to the ferry terminal on the City Centre side is the bustling fish market.

Recently renovated, the new structure attempts to impose some order to a very chaotic environment. Boats deliver their catches directly to the market, voice clamour for the best prices, and fish flesh flies upon contact with sharp knives. The scent is overwhelming, but for vivacity and action, this is the place to be.

Stroll down leafy Shaaban Robert Street for its sheer beauty, but also for the cooler temperatures offered by colonial- are shade trees. Keep your eyes open for the peacocks that inhabit this corner of town. In fact you're more likely to hear the shrill creatures than to see them. While you're there, swing by the National Museum, situated at the corner of Shaaban Robert Street and Samora Avenue. The Museum is a hidden treasure, with exhibits of cultural, ecological and historical significance. The building itself is remarkable: it contains unique sculptures, colorful tiles and intricate carvings, and is surrounded by a peaceful garden that occasionally hosts concerts and plays.

A short walk from the National Museum you'll find the Botanical Gardens, situated adjacent to the Holiday Inn. Relax in the peaceful atmosphere and tropical beauty. Continue toward the north and you'll come to Ocean Road. The beaches here tend to be busy on weekends and holidays, host to weddings, picnics and romantic strolls though not much swimming. During the daytime, find some shade and enjoy the cool breeze- but best street clear once dusk rolls around: it's not the safest part of town.

If you walk the length of the beach you'll arrive at the Aga Khan Hospital. Turn left on Ufukoni Road then head back toward on All Hassan Mwinyi Road to discover Nyumba ya Sanaa next to the Royal Palm Hotel. Also called the Nyerere Cultural Centre this multi- purpose center houses a cafe, artisan studious, craft sellers, travel agency, is host to music concerts and traditional dance performances Call ahead for a schedule of events.

If you're feeling brave you'll definitely want to experience Kariakoo. Venture toward the tight streets and colourful buildings to get a good sense of the daily goings-on for thousands of Tanzanians. An enormous structure houses the largest covered market in Africa, but the neighabourhood's interest is not limited to the market itself.

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Is Former President Bush an American or a Masai?

Former president Bush couldn't stop himself from mingling with Masai in Arusha Tanzania. Look how comfortable he was, how did he feelet home. How about first Lady... Enjoy!

Tanzania to mark 50 years of milestone discovery of origin of man - 2009

The late Louis Leakey measures skull found

in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (1903 - 1972)

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DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania is set to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the milestone discovery of the skull of the oldest man in the world that was made by Africa’s famous archaeologists, Dr. Louis Leakey and his wife Mary, in the

excavation area of Olduvai inside Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA).
Celebrations and a conference that will take place in mid-August of this year will attract famous historians, archaeologists, and natural history scientists from all over the world to visit the excavation site at Olduvai Gorge where the Leakeys discovered the skull believed to be of the earliest man on earth, dated over 1.75 million years ago.
The Leakeys’ work in Tanzania changed the knowledge of the evolution of mankind and of history.
It is hoped that the conference delegates will join tourists from around the world to visit and explore the excavation site at Olduvai Gorge, the actual place of the discovery of the remains of the early man and enjoy the natural wonders of the entire Ngorongoro Conservation Area, including the large numbers of wildlife in the Ngorongoro Crater, often referred to by many tourists as the "Eighth Wonder of the World."
British archeologists, Drs. Louis and Mary Leakey, who were working in Tanzania discovered a humanoid skull with huge teeth that they named Zinjanthropus.
The excellent condition of the skull allowed scientists to date the beginnings of mankind to about two million years ago and to verify that human evolution began not in Asia, as previously thought, but in Africa. In keeping with the significance of this information, Olduvai Gorge is now known as “The Cradle of Mankind.”
Zinjathropus was later named Australopithecus Boisei, after Charles Boise who funded the Leakeys’ research. Two decades later, hominid footprints were found at Laetoli, south of Olduvai, and were dated to be older than 3.5 to 4 million years.
Among exhibits inside the Olduvai museum are hominid footprints preserved inside volcanic rock dated 3.6

million years old, representing some of the earliest signs of the small-brained, upright-walking man ever to be found somewhere else in the world.
Excavations at Olduvai Gorge are still going on and continue to produce splendid specimens of extinct hominids, animals, and plants. Since the Leakey discovery, examples of at least three species of hominids have been found their.
Other discoveries were the Homo habilis and Homo erectus which are said to be much closer to modern man. In addition, the two earliest stone tools were discovered at Oldowan and Acheulian. along with fossil remains of the earliest man. Both the fossils and the tools have been crucial to understanding human evolution.
Natural history scientists believe that the earliest man had a brain about 40 percent the size of modern man, were much more muscular, and measured about four to four-and-a-half feet tall. They may have primarily lived in wooded areas, eating grubs, meat, and plants.
Olduvai Gorge also remains the national and international icon of human origin studies and has been declared by the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) as a world heritage site.
The Olduvai Gorge, which is located some 250 kilometers west of northern Tanzania’s tourist hub of Arusha and roughly between the Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti national park, attracts about 60,000 visitors a year, most of them researchers and students from across the world.
Known as the “Last Garden of Eden,” Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) in northern Tanzania’s tourist circuit has been seriously encroached by nomadic Maasai herdsmen looking for green livestock pastures inside the wildlife-populated and conserved land.
NCA was established in 1959 and was the working home for its founder and famous German zoologist, Dr. Bernhard Grzimeck, and his son Michael who together filmed the entire and modern conservation area and produced the thrilling wildlife film and a book “Serengeti Shall Never Die.”
The area supports high densities of wildlife throughout the year and contains the most visible population of the remaining black rhino in Tanzania. The NCA has over 25,000 large mammal including the black rhinos, elephants, wildebeests, hippos, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, gazelles, and lions.
The crater is steep, 600 meters in depth, made by high natural walls that survived the volcano's subsidence or caldera. It covers 264 square kilometers, making it one of the largest, intact, and unflooded calderas in the world.
Every visit to the crater floor involves a precarious descent from the forested rim by a four-wheel-drive vehicle. The species listed as permanent residents inside the crater are giraffes, the black rhinos, ostriches, leopards, nocturnal animals, birds, and many other grass-eating mammals.
Tourist attractions and the importance of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area are growing daily because of its idyllic nature and landscape made up of the crater and the wide plains outside the crater rim, which add more tourist-attractive scenery there.

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Ngorogoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater is a natural amphitheatre created about 2 million years ago when the cone of a volcano collapsed into itself, leaving a 100 square mile caldron-like cavity. This caldera, protected by a circular unbroken 2,000-foot high rim (610-metres), contains everything necessary for Africa’s wildlife to exist and thrive.

Ngorongoro is on Tanzania’s northern safari circuit, and receives a good number of visitors who stay in lodges around the crater. Game viewing vehicles descend the steep crater wall every morning and spend the day on grass plains that are teeming with animals.

Mount Kilimanjaro

The exact meaning and origin of the name Kilimanjaro is unknown. It is thought to be a combination of the Swahili word Kilima (meaning "mountain") and the Kichagga word Njaro, loosely translated as "whiteness", giving the name White Mountain. The name Kibo in Kichagga means "spotted" and refers to rocks seen on snowfields. The Swahili word Uhuru translates as "freedom", a name given to commemorate Tanzanian independence from Great Britain in 1961.

Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and fourth highest of the Seven Summits. It is considered the tallest freestanding mountain in the world, with Uhuru Peak rising to an altitude of 15,100 feet (4,600 m) from base to summit.

Kilimanjaro is composed of three distinct volcanic cones: Kibo 19,340 feet (5895 meters); Mawenzi 16,896 feet (5149 m); and Shira 13,000 feet (3962 m). Uhuru Peak is the highest summit on Kibo's crater rim.
Kilimanjaro is a giant stratovolcano that began forming a million years ago, when lava spilled from the Rift Valley zone. Two of its three peaks, Mawenzi and Shira, are extinct while Kibo (the highest peak) is dormant and could erupt again. The last major eruption has been dated to 360,000 years ago, while the most recent activity was recorded just 200 years ago. Kilimanjaro has 2.2 square kilometres (0.85 sq mi) of glacial ice and is losing it quickly due to climate change. The glaciers have shrunk 82% since 1912 and declined 33% since 1989. It might be ice free within 20 years, dramatically affecting local drinking water and crop irrigation.

Map of Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation on the east coast of Africa. The name is derived from Tanganyika, its area on the mainland, and the Zanzibar islands off its east coast. In 1964, Tanganyika united with Zanzibar, forming the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, later renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. Though containing abundant natural resources, they remain undeveloped, resulting in 80 percent of the population relying on agriculture to survive.

The Tanzanian geography is one of the most varied and unique in the world; it contains Africa's highest and lowest points, and contains lakes, mountains, and many nature reserves. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, is situated in the northeast. To the north and west are the Great Lakes of Lake Victoria (Africa's largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika (Africa's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish). The great Serengeti plain stretches across Tanzania and its neighbor, Kenya.

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Usiende Mbali (Do not go far)

National Park Mikumi Tanzania

We have the same right to use the road as you do!!
I took this pic when I was in Tanzania driving from Dar es Salaam to Zambia through Mbeya.

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