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February 27, 2019

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RUAHA NATIONAL PARK BIRDS CHECKLIST

June 12, 2019

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The history of Chief Mkwawa

May 14, 2019

Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga (known as Mkwawa) was born in Luhota in Iringa in the south of modern-day Tanzania, and was the son of Chief Munyigumba, who died in 1879. He was the leader of the Hehe people in Germany East Africa(now mostly the mainland part of Tanzania) w ho opposed the German colonization. The name “Mkwawa” is derived from Mukwava, itself a shortened form of Mukwavinyika, meaning “conqueror of many lands“. Mkwawa was the chief of the Uhehe who won fame by defeating Germans at Lugalo on August 17th 1891 and maintaining the resistance for seven years. August 17th 1891 marks the first defeat of the German colonial troops or ‘Schutztruppe’ in Africa, at Africans’ hands. The devotion of the Hehe people to their King was unconditional to the point that when the German governor offered 5,000 rupees for his capture in 1898, no Hehe accepted it! After the Germans had managed to colonize the coastal area of Tanganyika (modern-day Tanzania), they started to move

2 DAYS TOWN TOUR IN IRINGA

June 14, 2019

DAY 1: TOUR TO ISIMILA STONE AGE SITE &EARTH PILLARS – CHIEF MKWAWA MEMORIAL MUSEUM KALENGA Today you are going to wake up early for breakfast at your Lodge and then take a short drive to Isimila Stone Age site and Earth pillars. Here you will discover the uses of stone tools from around 400,000 years ago. You will see different excavations and research from different Universities all over the world. A short walk around the Gorge and pillars, formed as a result of water and wind erosion. You will get a great view of birds and animal tracking along the way for about 2 hours then you will head to Kalenga Museum where you will learn the ORIGIN and relationships between the Hehe people and other foreigners since 1980’s, not only from the past also today and future as we refer to CHIEF MKWAWA that will be followed by a short drive to Iringa Town for lunch at the restaurant, After a little nap our team will lead you to the Gangilonga rock for sunset Enjoy your dinner and overn

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Bateleur Safari & Tours: Bateleur Tours was established in 2014, as a tour guides family business and like most small businesses had a fine reputation for personalized service. Today, Bateleur Tours is rated as one of the leading tour operators in Tanzania, receiving visitors from all over the world every year but our motivation is exactly the same to treat all visitors as our personal guests. We have invested substantially to maintain the efficiency and the personalized service that has been our foundation and is now the Bateleur Tours tradition habit. We focused our attention on training and upgrading the personnel, spreading our guides in key tourist centers, expanding and modernizing our workshop facilities, increasing the quantity and quality of our vehicles, training experiences and installing the necessary equipment for smooth communication with the outside world and linking our operations over Tanzania and southern Africa countries including Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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