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The Caves are the most extensive limestone caves in East Africa and located 8 km north of Tanga off the Tanga-Mombasa road. The caves were formed about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic age. They covers an area of 234 km² which is said to…

The Wall enclosure in Chongoleani has located 25 km from the north of Tanga Municipality. The wall enclosure's NE facing and NW wall measure 297.41m and 247.79m, respectively. the wall facing SW and SE measured about 188.9 97m and 104.96m,…

Nkrumah Hall is the historical building within the University of Dar es Salaam. Nkrumah hall was named after the late Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana and founder of the Pan-African Movement. Nkrumah hall was officially gazetted as the…

Isimila Stone Age Site is located within an erosion gulley on the Iringa plateau in Tanzania. The site has long been recognised as of international importance for understanding the behavioural complexity and plasticity of hominin ancestors following…

An Old Boma in Bagamoyo, situated along the central coast of Tanzania, was built by the Germans in 1895. The BOMA served as administrative headquarters for German East Africa until 1919. After the Versailles Treaty which marked the end of the German…

Kalenga museum is about 15km from Iringa on the road to Ruaha National Park. This tiny museum in nearby Kalenga – the former Hehe capital – contains the skull, personal effects and other relics of Chief Mkwawa. It was here that he committed suicide…

Mikindani is the most fascinating old town in southern Tanzania with winding streets and interesting blend of thatched mud houses and coral stones influenced by both Swahili and foreign architectures. Mikindani was the home for traders dating back to…

This site preserves the oldest-known iron-smelting furnace in east, central and southern Africa from 500 BC.The site itself is essentially with old bricks and shrines to King Rugomora dates between 1650–1675 AD