Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre (Butiama, Mara Region) – this museum first opened its doors to visitors in 1999. Exhibits include an interesting selection of objects relating to the life of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, who was born in this village in 1922 and later became the country’s very first president. They include personal items, as well […]
Isimila Stone Age Site (Iringa) — back in the late 1950s, archaeologists discovered this historical find, one of the most significant Stone Age sites ever identified, scattered amid a dramatic landscape of eroded sandstone pillars. Tools found on the site included hammerstones, axe heads, flints and scrapers that are estimated to be between 60,000 and […]
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Haki Road, Plot No. 486 Block A, Lakilaki Area, Arumeru District, Arusha) – this was an international court set up by the United Nations in November 1994 (under UN Security Council Resolution 955) in order to try those accused of committing war crimes during the Rwandan genocide that took […]
Fort Ikoma – Fort Ikoma is located approximately 22 km. away from the Ikoma Gate of Serengeti National Park. The town is the largest settlement near the headquarters of the park, and thus a useful lodging spot if you wish to tour the National Park. The Germans built Fort Ikoma in 1905 to defend […]
East African Community (EAC) (Haki Road, Lakilaki Area, Arumeru District, Arusha) – established in 2000 and located near the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the EAC is a regional intergovernmental organization of six partner states: the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda, […]
Dr. Robert Koch’s Mansion (Temple Street, Mwanza) – German national Dr. Robert Koch, the Nobel Prize winner in Medicine in 1905 (for inventing the cure for tuberculosis), once lived in Tanzania during the German occupation of the country from the late 1800s until the end of World War I. Dr. Koch was also recognized […]
Arusha Natural History Museum (Boma Road, Arusha) – this museum (opened in 1987) is housed inside an old German military compound (from 1900) and is divided into three parts. The most interesting explores the origins of humankind, showcasing Tanzania’s rich evolutionary and fossil history. Other displays take visitors through the country’s German colonial area and […]
Museo Olduvai Gorge (Área de Conservación de Ngorongoro) – Fundado por Mary Leakey a fines de la década de 1970, el Museo Olduvai Gorge ahora es atendido por el Departamento de Antigüedades Culturales de Tanzania. La atracción fue creada para albergar fósiles de homínidos tempranos, así como herramientas y otros artefactos paleontológicos encontrados en el […]
Centro del Museo Mwalimu Nyerere (Butiama, Región de Mara): este museo abrió sus puertas por primera vez a los visitantes en 1999. Las exhibiciones incluyen una interesante selección de objetos relacionados con la vida de Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, quien nació en este pueblo en 1922 y luego se convirtió en el primer presidente del país. […]
Sitio de la Edad de Piedra de Isimila (Iringa): a fines de la década de 1950, los arqueólogos descubrieron este hallazgo histórico, uno de los sitios más significativos de la Edad de Piedra jamás identificados, dispersos en medio de un paisaje dramático de pilares de arenisca erosionados. Las herramientas encontradas en el sitio incluían piedras […]