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Coffee plantations surrounding Karatu
The road into Karatu
Coffee Plantation near to Karatu
Farm in the highlands surrounding Karatu
Karatu is a colourful bustling town and the gateway to the Ngorongoro Highlands.
Dusty but absolutely delightful, the main street is wide and always vibrant with people in brightly coloured clothes chatting, laughing and going about their daily activities.
Maasai herd cattle and goats along the verge, there are stalls selling everything from spices to saucepans and oxcarts weave all over the road. In the centre of town there is a lively market selling fruit and vegetables. It's a fun place to visit to practice your bartering for souvenirs including Tinga Tinga paintings, carved wooden ornaments and the brightly coloured kangas that many Tanzanian women wear every day.
Outside Karatu, rolling hills merge into the Ngorongoro Highlands. Here, mountainsides are covered in thick forest and cultivated areas are filled with farms and coffee plantations with villages scattered in between. Waterfalls tumble over rocks, sunbirds flit from flower to flower and elephant and buffalo follow ancient paths through the vegetation to rivers to drink and to mineral rich caves to extract salt.
Maasai meeting under acacia trees
Maasai in the Ngorongoro Highlands
Maasai bracelets for sale in Karatu
14 Days from £5,380pp
Tsetse flies are attracted to black and blue so try to avoid these colours whilst out doing game activities during the day.
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