Day Tour Kondoa Rock-Art sites
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A day Tour to Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings, located between Singida and Irangi Hills in Kolo village on the steep eastern slopes of the Masai escarpment bordering the Great Rift Valley. The rock paintings are a series of ancient paintings on rockshelter walls in central Tanzania. The images represent both hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralist ways of life, depicting the changing lifestyles over the past two thousand years. The number of rock art sites in the Kondoa area is approximated about 450. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006 because of its impressive collection of rock art.
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After breakfast depart to Kolo area for a full day tour of the Kondoa Irangi Rock paintings. Drive to Mongomi hill where will leave the car and start the trek. The Mongoni hill has 3 sites B1, B2, and B3. The ancient rock art depict scenery of tribe life including ceremony, dancing and hunting, an ancient rock art believed to be dated over 10,000 years back. Picnic lunch/ hot lunch and driven to Pahi site for more rock paintings activities, at this site you will experience the black and white paintings, symbolic art the work an early cattle keeper’s and farmers. Afternoon drive back to Kondoa / Arusha or Dodoma for dinner and overnight.
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