Top Attractions in Iringa
Located in the southern highlands of Tanzania, near the country’s legislative capital of Dodoma and the agricultural centre of Morogoro, Iringa is a pleasant small town and a focus of regional agriculture and production. Its streets are quiet and peaceful, and the market offers a colourful scene of traditional African culture. Iringa overlooks the Little Ruaha River and it is a popular stopping point for visitors to Ruaha National Park.
Historically, Iringa was a centre of colonial administration. During German occupation, the German military constructed the town as a fortified defense against marauding Hehe tribal warriors intent on driving them out of the region. Gangilonga Rock, a site just outside of the town, is a legendary spot where the Hehe chief at that time, Chief Mkwawa, met his people and decided on how to fight the Germans. Iringa was also the site of several battles during the First and Second World Wars and the Commonwealth War Graves are located just outside of town.
Attractions in Iringa
Iringa Region has some world famous natural attractions. The following are some of attraction you may be interested in visiting while you are in Iringa:
Ruaha National Park
Ruaha National Park is a national park in Tanzania. The addition of the Usangu
Reserve and wetlands to the park increased its size to about 20,226 km².
Gagilonga Rock
This large rock northeast of town is where Chief Mkwawa meditated and where he learned that the Germans were after him.
C. Wealth grave yard
Iringa Cemetery is a plot with 131 Commonwealth war graves from World War I and one from World War II. There are also 16 German war graves.
Isimila Stone age
In the late 1950s, amid a dramatic landscape of eroded sandstone pillars, archaeologists unearthed one of the most significant Stone Age.
Kalenga Village & Museum
At Kalenga, you may be able to see Chief Mkwawa’s skull which was finally returned by the Germans in 1954 of the the 1919 Treaty.
Igeleke Rock Art
A large prehistoric frieze, similar in style to the Kondoa rock paintings, located at a spectacular site on the edge of town just west of the Dodoma road.
Iringa to Ruaha National Park
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