Travelers are voting Tongoni Ruins, Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings and Engaruka as the best of 10 archaeological sites in Tanzania. Also popular are Olduvai Gorge in Arusha Region, Ivuna in Mbozi and Kaole in Pwani Region. Want more? Check out our map of archaeological sites in Tanzania or this 1 archaeological sites near Pemba Island.
Tongoni Ruins
Places To Visit RuinsTanga, TanzaniaThe Tongoni Ruins are 15th century ruins of a mosque and forty tombs in Tongoni, a small fishing village 17 km south of Tanga in Tanzania. The…
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Places To Visit PetroglyphsDodoma, TanzaniaThe Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings are a series of caves carved into the side of a hill looking out over the steppe. They are located approximately…
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Places To Visit RuinsArusha Region, TanzaniaEngaruka is an abandoned system of ruins in the Great Rift Valley of northern Tanzania. Situated in the Arusha province, it is famed for its…
Olduvai Gorge
Recreation / Outdoor CanyonsArusha Region, TanzaniaOlduvai Gorge, or Oldupai Gorge, in Tanzania is one of the most important paleoanthropological sites in the world; it has proven invaluable in…
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Places To Visit Towns & VillagesMbozi, Songwe Region, TanzaniaIvuna is an administrative ward in Mbozi District, Songwe Region, Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 21,690.
Kaole
Places To Visit Towns & VillagesPwani Region, TanzaniaKaole is a small town and archaeological site in Tanzania, located three miles east of Bagamoyo on the Indian Ocean coast. The area contains old…
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Places To Visit ArchaeologicalTanzaniaLaetoli is a site in Tanzania, dated to the Plio-Pleistocene and famous for its hominin footprints, preserved in volcanic ash. The site of the…
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Places To Visit ArchaeologicalBabati Urban District, Manyara Region, TanzaniaLuxmanda is an archaeological site located in the north-central Babati District of Tanzania. It was discovered in 2012. Excavations in the area…
Qanbalu Ruins
Places To Visit RuinsPemba Island, TanzaniaThe ruins of Qanbalu or Quanbalu are located on the west coast of the Tanzanian island of Pemba, part of the Zanzibar Archipelago. They lie close to…
Songo Mnara
Places To Visit RuinsTanzaniaOn the Swahili Coast in southern Tanzania lie the ruins of a stone town known as Songo Mnara. The stone town was occupied from the 14th to 16th…
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