Images Dated 10th February 2009 (page 2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Afu Aau Waterfall, Savaii, Samoa

An impressive monument erected on a large round about in Lusaka, Zambias capital, to commemorate its hosting of the third conference of non-aligned nations in 1970

A wooden fishing boat with fish traps in the bow leaves Rwenshama, an important fishing village on the eastern shore of Lake Edward, close to the Queen Elizabeth National Park

Yemeni trader sells traditional daggers at his stall in old Sana a. Every male Yemeni wears a jambiya (a curved dagger) on a finely decorated belt

Karst limestone in the Homhil Mountains. The island is composed of igneous and metamorphic rocks of pre-Cambrian age overlain by a limestone plateau

A boy rides home after school on a donkey in the Homhil Mountains

A herd of elephants moves in single file after drinking from a freshwater pool near Lake Ndutu, a seasonal lake that borders the Serengeti National Park

Lesser flamingos feed on Lake Natron
In the late afternoon, lesser flamingos feed on Lake Natron with Shompole volcano (situated on the border of Kenya and Tanzania) in the distance at the northern end of the lake

Herd of elephants cross the Zambezi River in line

Umbrella-shaped Dragons Blood Trees (Dracaene cannabari) are endemic to Socotra Island and flourish above 3, 000 feet. Their closest relative is found the other side of the African continent in

Sunrise on Loch Ba, Glencoe, Scotland, UK

Matmata, once a troglodyte pit-homes
Tunisia, Matmata. Converted from one of the towns celebrated troglodyte pit-homes, the Sidi Driss Hotel still retains parts of the Star Wars film sets

A decorative doorway of a private house in Tunis
Tunisia, Tunis, Sidi Bou Said. A decorative doorway of a private house. This exceptionally well preserved town has become a weekend retreat for wealthy Tunisians and has its origins in the tomb

The abandoned Berber village of Guermessa
Standing on a ridge of the Jebel Haouaia, the ruined and abandoned Berber village of Guermessa is one of southern Tunisias most evocative sights

View of the 19th century minaret of the Great Mosque
View through a wrought iron screen across the medina towards the 19th century minaret of the Jemmaa Zitouna or Great Mosque

A painted clay head of a princely warrior found at Nisa
A painted clay head of a princely warrior found in the Square Hall of the South Complex of Old Nisa, a Parthian city which existed from circa 2nd century BC to 3rd century AD

Minaret at Gurganj, former capital of Khorezm
Minaret at Gurganj (Kunja Urgench) former capital of Khorezm. Seven times destroyed and seven times rebuilt is the legend attached to Gurganj

Yaks skulls engraved with Buddhist mantras
Ganden Monastery. Engraved with mantras and prayers, yaks skulls lie on the pilgrimage circuit, or kora, around Ganden monastery with views across the Phenyul Valley beyond

Buddhist monk, Ganden Monastery
Tibet, Ganden Monastery. Perched on a ridge of Mt Wangkur and overlooking the Phenyul Valley, Ganden was the first Gelugpa school monastery

A monk bows before an image of a deity, Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery. Along Seras kora, or pilgrimage circuit, a monk bows before a rock-painted image of Yama Dharmaraja, a bull-headed protector deity favoured by the Gelugpa school

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

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

A Hadza hunter checks the straightness of a new arrow shaft
A Hadza hunter wearing the skins of a baboon and genet cat checks the straightness of a new arrow shaft, fledged with guinea fowl feathers.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

Rights Managed
Msai men, spears in hand, drive their laden donkeys across pristine volcanic grassland at the southern end of Lake Natron. Donkeys carry loads in leather panniers strapped loosely to their flanks

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

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 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

The scene at a Msai manyatta south of Lake Natron
The scene at a Msai manyatta, or homestead, as the first rays of sun herald another scorching day in an arid part of northern Tanzania, south of Lake Natron

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

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