🇹🇿 Tanzania Dodoma Region

Kondoa Rock-Art Sites

UNESCO-listed 2,000-year-old ochre + white rock paintings — 150 documented sites.

Country

🇹🇿 Tanzania

Region

Dodoma Region

Best time

June–October

Coordinates

-4.920, 35.780

About Kondoa Rock-Art Sites

The Kondoa Rock-Art Sites were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage in 2006. Over 150 shallow-cave and overhang sites across the Masai steppe carry 1,500+ paintings in red ochre, black, white and yellow — dated from around 2,000 BCE to within recent centuries. Subjects include elongated human figures, geometric patterns, and wildlife — predominantly by ancestral Sandawe and Hadzabe hunter-gatherers.

Highlights

  • UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • 150+ painted rock shelters
  • 1,500+ individual paintings
  • Up to 4,000 years old
  • Sandawe + Hadzabe ancestry
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Best time to visit

June–October

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