Kondoa Rock Art Sites

Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings sometimes called are located between Singida and Irangi Hills in Kondoa Irangi village and other rock painting is located at Kolo Village in Dodoma. The rock paintings are a series of ancient paintings on rockshelter walls in central Tanzania. The images represent both hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralist ways of life, depicting the changing lifestyles over the past two thousand years.

Cave paintings in Kondoa Irangi are among the world most ancient examples of the human artistic expression. This site contains one of the world’s optimum collections of prehistoric rock art with an estimated 1600 distinct cave paintings in almost two hundred different sites. In Tumbelo, Kolo and in several locations in between Singida and Kondoa Irangi, The Irangi Hills north of Kondoa is the most accessible site than all.

The paintings, estimated to be over 1500 years old, with oldest between 19,000 and 30,000 years old are said to have been done by a group of hunter gatherers belonging to the Sandawe tribe. The Sandawe people still live in Tanzania and are the last true hunter-gatherers. Red and white and occasionally black and brown colours have been used to depict people and wild animals. The material used was most probably plant-based oils and animal fat. Red pigments are generally iron oxide; however, but some could have used animal blood.

Best time to visit: Year-round - enquire for seasonal highlights

Recommended duration: 1 - 3 days recommended

Entry cost: Park fees vary - contact us for current rates