Amazing Historical Sites to Check Out In Tanzania
Amazing Historical Sites to Check Out In Tanzania : Tanzania is one of the best countries to visit in the world. It is also one of the nations that has been endowed with a lot of tourist attractions that contribute largely to national income. Despite having the exceptional cultural practices in Tanzania, there are various sites that have great history in the world. These places or sites are worth visiting and exposes visitors to great exposure and entertainment. Here are some of these historical sites that are worth visiting in Tanzania.
Olduvai Gorge; it is also called Oldupai Gorge. It is one of the essential historical localities in Tanzania and the world at large. The Olduvai Gorge is located on the northern part of Tanzania, Ngorongoro district in Arusha region. This is one of the great valuable sites that exposes historical background of evolution of man. It is in this place were the skull of ancient man were discovered. The British team of paleoanthropolist and archeologist led by Mary and Louis Leakey is believed to be the establishers of the excavations and researches that included various programs at the gorge that led to the achievement of great advancements in human knowledge that are currently worldly well-known. The Olduvai Gorge is currently registered as one of the historical sites in Tanzania.
The Old Fort; popularly known as Boma la Kale is located in Zanzibar island and it is one of the oldest buildings that has been acting as a major tourist attraction in the place in the town, Stone Town. The Old Fort is also known as fortification or the Arab Fort. It was built by the eastern Arabs who came to Zanzibar some centuries ago. The Old Fort was built soon after the removal of Portuguese in 1699 by the Omani Arabs. The fort was formerly used as the prison and garrison especially during 19th century before it was later on changed to be used as the Zanzibar terminal for railways in 1905 to 1928. Other buildings were built around it later on. Currently, the fort is used as the main center for the international festivals of Zanzibar.
Old slave market/ Anglican cathedral; this is also one of the great museums in Zanzibar island. It is not far from the capital city of Zanzibar, Stone Town. The museum is also one of the worthiest places for visitors especially when you get good guides. Despite the fact that the place is worth visiting but is does not cost too much to visit it. It costs only about 5USD as the entrance fee. It was used as the great slave market in the country especially the Zanzibar Island before it was officially closed in 1873.
Kondoa Irangi; this is also one of the historical sites in Tanzania. It was declared as one of the UNESCO world’s heritage in 2006. This was due to its impressive collection of arts and rocks. It is located in Dodoma, the capital city of Tanzania. Kondoa Irangi was used as one of the colonial administrative areas during the colonial period in Tanzania. The rocks and paintings are one of the impressive areas that are worth visiting in Tanzania.
Bagamoyo; this is another site that is amazing and worth visiting in Tanzania. It is place rich in historical ruins in its famous cities of Kaole and Kilwa Masoko. Bagamoyo district is located in the coastal region, Pwani and it contains a lot of tourist attractions. It contains the historical mosques among which one is said to be the greatest mosque in east Africa during those days. Simply, this is one of the homes to cultural heritages and historical sites of the world that are waiting visitors to explore a lot from them.
Above is just but a few out of many spectacular Historical sites found in Tanzania. In addition to that, there are several things one can enjoy once at these Historical sites. These includes traditional musical entertainments of dances, drums, trumpets and whistles all from local tribes. Also we have African cultural organic food with special taste in Tanzania. It is vivid that Tanzania do have historical sites in Tanzania to which you get to learn about human history of generations back. Apart from the mentioned Historical sites, you can travel to Tanzania to visit this historical sites like rock painting in Kondoa Irangi- Dodoma, Isimila Stone Age in Iringa region, Tanzania.
