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Bagamoyo "World Heritage"

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Town of Bagamoyo was founded at the end of 18 century.A World Heritage site,located 45 miles north of Dar es Salaam.The word Bagamoyo (Bwaga-Moyo) mean Lay down your Heart in Swahili language. About 5 km south of Bagamoyo located Kaole ruins,the remains of Shirazi trading town.They date back to the thirteenth century. The ruins are of two mosques and several tombs.The building were constructed using coral stones.The site claims to be home to the first mosques in east Africa,Also an old Church tower, the oldest Roman Catholic Church in East Africa and central Africa built in 1868. Bagamoyo is an important cultural heritage site for Tanzania. Famous for its slave and ivory trade, Bagamoyo was also the first capital of Tanzania under German Colonial rule until it shifted in 1892 to Dar es Salaam.Today Bagamoyo is a centre for dhow sailboat building,A quiet village with a few German colonial buildings still standing.The Bagamoyo College of Arts (Chuo cha Sanaa) is an internationally famous...

Maasai Community of East Africa

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The Maasai are  nomadic people located in Tanzania and Kenya.Maasai tribe or (Masai) is a unique and popular tribe due to their long preserved culture.They have clung to their traditional way of life, making them a symbol of African culture.Speaks Maa,a Nilotic ethnic language from their origin in the Nile region of North Africa. It is thought that the Maasai 's migrating south along the Nile Valley and arriving in Northern Kenya in the middle of the 15th century. They continued southward, conquering all of the tribes in their path, extending through the Rift Valley and arriving in Tanzania at the end of 19th century. As they migrated, they attacked their neighbours and raided cattle.By the end of their journey,Most of Maasai settled in Ngorongoro conservation area and other parts of north and central Tanzania and Kenya

Parchi del sud Tanzania

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Un Paese dove la natura, e la fauna sono preponderanti e sono un tutt’uno con l’uomo. Parchi immensi e diversi, dove migliaia di animali si spostano in migrazioni continue alla ricerca di acqua, dove l’incontro ravvicinato con i grandi mammiferi, fa scaturire emozioni forti. Scoprire Tanzania i Parchi  del sud,una paesaggi selvaggia e emozionanti,Ruaha,un nuova grande parco in Tanzania piu di serengeti,Riserve di Selous,grande riserva in Africa ed in mondo,Udzungwa,Mikumi e Saadani.Sono gioielli con habitat unico, con degli spettacoli naturali indimenticabile.

Vacanze Zanzibar

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Una vacanza in Romantico Zanzibar è un’esperienza unica e indimenticabile. Noto come l’isola delle spezie perché da sempre fiorente mercato di chiodi di garofano ed aromi esotici, Zanzibar con le sue bellezze ed i suoi colori, attira turisti da tutto il mondo. Appartenente allo Stato della Tanzania, al largo delle coste dell’Africa Orientale, le sue spiagge bagnate dall’Oceano Indiano sono bianchissime e gli spettacolari fondali marini sono ricchissimi di flora e pesci colorati. Una vacanza a Zanzibar vi affascinerà non solo per l’idilliaca atmosfera africana e le belle spiagge, ma anche per la sua storia ed antica città di Stone Town

Viaggi Parchi del Nord

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Viaggio dedicato a fotografi in una delle aree protette,il parchi più importanti del continente africano per osservare e fotografare i predatori e la "grande migrazione"in “Serengeti” in lingua Masai vuole dire “pianura sconfinata”.