Tanzania Collection (#18)

A hippo basks in a mud wallow as the Katuma River
Tanzania, Katavi National Park. A hippo basks in a mud wallow as the Katuma River dries at the end of the long dry season in the Katavi National Park

Hippos wallow in mud as the Katuma River
Tanzania, Katavi National Park. Hippos wallow in mud as the Katuma River dries at the end of the long dry season in the Katavi National Park

A hippo basks in a mud wallow
Tanzania, Katavi National Park. A hippo basks in a mud wallow as the Katuma River dries at the end of the long dry season in the Katavi National Park

Mating lions, Katavi National Park
Tanzania, Katavi National Park. Mating lions

Dhows at sunset, Zanzibar
East Africa; Tanzania; Zanzibar. A dhow is a traditional Arab sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails. It is primarily used along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, India, and East Africa

Red Colobus Monkey, Jozani Forest Reserve, Zanzibar
East Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar. Red Colobus Monkey, Jozani Forest Reserve. One of Africas rarest primates, the Zanzibar red colobus may number only about 1500

Dugout canoes used for fishing, iUluguru Mountains
Dugout canoes used for fishing in the lake at the foot of the Uluguru Mountains, just outside Morogoro

A fine bull elephant, Ngorongoro Crater
A fine bull elephant feeds along the rim of the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. The craters 102-square-mile floor and the surrounding highlands are spectacular for wildlife

Hippos wallow in a lake in the Ngorongoro Crater
Hippos wallow in a small freshwater lake on the floor of the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. The craters 102-square-mile floor is spectacular for wildlife

A lioness in a tree in Tarangire National Park
A lioness surveys her surroundings from a tree in the Tarangire National Park

Sunrise through the hole in a baobab tree
Sunrise through the hole made in a baobab tree by an elephant in the Ruaha National Park of Southern Tanzania. In dry weather, elephants eat the bark and fibrous pith of these trees

A barbers shop in a small trading centre near Iringa in Southern Tanzania

Baobab trees in the Ruaha Valley of Southern Tanzania

Beautiful earth and stone pillars fashioned by centuries of weathering, make the important stone-age site of Isimila an attractive place to visit In the late 1950 s

Sterculia apendiculata trees, Selous Reserve
Tall, straight trunked, Sterculia apendiculata trees with their distinctive pale yellow bark are a feature of the Selous Game Reserve

Early morning mist in Tanzanias Southern Highlands
A small market centre near Mbeya is bathed in sunlight as an early morning mist clears from this fertile farming region of Tanzanias Southern Highlands

A lioness keeps watch, Tarangire National Park
A lioness keeps watch from a comfortable perch in a huge Acacia tortilis tree in the Tarangire National Park

Western wall of the Great Rift Valley above Lake Manyara
A section of the western wall of the Gregory Rift (a part of the eastern branch of the Africas Great Rift Valley) above Lake Manyara, a shallow alkaline lake

Two young Datoga boys. The youngest wears metal bells around his ankles to ensure that he does not wander far from home without his mother or another member of the family hearing him

A young Datoga boy attired in beads. The metal bells worn around his ankles ensure that he does not wander far from home without his mother or another member of the family hearing him

A Hadza boy carrying a bow and arrows.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake Eyasi basin for centuries

Hadza youth sings to the accompaniment of his two-stringed musical instrument
Sitting on a Greater Kudu skin, a Hadza youth wearing a baboon skin cape sings to the accompaniment of his two-stringed musical instrument.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of

The world famous Ngorongoro Crater. Its 102-square-mile crater floor is the haunt of a wonderful wildlife spectacle

Datoga baby on his mothers back
A Datoga baby is carried in a leather carrier on his mothers back The traditional attire of Datoga women includes beautifully tanned and decorated leather dresses

The TAZARA railway
Built by the Peoples Republic of China in the 1960s, the TAZARA railway passes through some spectacular country to link Tanzanias main seaport at Dar-es-Salaam with Kapiri Mposhi in Northern Zambias

Women divide up a fish catch, Lake Rukwa
Women divide up a fish catch on the shores of Lake Rukwa in Southwest Tanzania. Lake Rukwa is a long, narrow lake lying in a basin of inland drainage southeast of Lake Tanganyika; it forms part of

Msai warriors draw water for livestock from a well
Msai draw water for livestock from a well

Deep Msai wells at Loibor Serrit where cattle paths are cut deep into the soil to allow livestock nearer to the source of water

A young Msai herdsboy controls his familys cattle at the Sanjan River to prevent too many animals watering at the same time

Three Msai girls at Shimu la Mungu
Three Msai girls sit on the edge of Shimu la Mungu (a volcanic blow hole known as Gods hole ) with the extinct volcano, Kerimasi, in the distance

A Wa-Arusha warrior carries home a yoke. His brown necklace is made from aromatic wood. The Wa-Arusha are closely related to the Msai and speak the same _maa language

A Msai woman in traditional attire. The preponderance of white glass beads in her ornaments denotes that she is from the Kisongo section of the Msai, the largest clan group

Msai youth with decorated face
Black clothing and the intricate white patterns on the face of this Msai youth of the Kisongo section signify his recent circumcision

Msai - old and new
Old and new. Dressed traditionally and carrying familiar wooden staff, two young men give hints that the lifestyle of younger Msai generations is changing gradually in Tanzania

Ol doinyo Lengai, The Msais Mountain of God, is the only active volcano in the Gregory Rift - an important section of the eastern branch of Africas Great Rift Valley

Lake Natron in the Rift Valley
Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system. As its waters evaporate in the intense heat, sodium sesquicarbonate, known as trona or natron

Young Datoga man in a well
A young Datoga man helps to draw water for his familys livestock from a well on the east side of Lake Manyara. All young men wear strings of twisted yellow and light blue beads round their waists

A young Datoga boy
A young boy of the Datoga tribe crosses the plains east of Lake Manyara in Northern Tanzania. The Manyara escarpment (a western boundary wall of the Gregory Rift) is visible in the distance

Lake Eyasis impressive western escarpment
Lichen-stained boulders and Euphorbia trees add form and colour to Lake Eyasis impressive western escarpment

A Hadza hunter wearing a baboon skin returns to camp with a haunch of impala over his shoulder. He killed the antelope with a metal-tipped arrow that had been dipped in a fast-acting vegetable poison

A Hadza hunter fledges an arrow shaft
A Hadza hunter wearing a baboon skin fledges an arrow shaft with guinea fowl feathers using the sinews of an antelope.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in

A Hadza hunter smokes cannabis from a crude stone pipe
A Hadza hunter wearing a genet cat skin cape smokes cannabis from a crude stone pipe sheathed in leather.The Hadzabe are a thousand-strong community of hunter-gatherers who have lived in the Lake

An ox-drawn cart near Arusha

Seed of wild nutmeg

Zebra browse in Ngorongoro Crater
Common zebra browse on grass in Lerai Forest on the crater floor with Fever trees and Quinine Trees behind

African Buffalo, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Palm trees at sunset, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Dhow, Zanzibar, Tanzania

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