Tanzania - Mount Kilimanjaro

Mt. Kilimanjaro

The sender writes:
This trip is really great.  We have a congenial small group and a charming leader.  We saw a chetah chase, but miss, an impala!

This postcard is postmarked in 1970.

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Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcanic mountain in Kilimanjaro National Park, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Tanzania, the highest mountain in Africa, and the highest free-standing mountain in the world at 5,895 metres or 19,341 feet above sea level.

Kizimkazi Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Kizimkazi beach, Zanzibar
2005

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Kizimkazi - is a fishing village on the southern coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania. In recent years, Kizimkazi has become a major tourist attraction, as daily boat tours are organized to bring visitors off shore to watch bottlenose dolphins and swim with them.

Dhow Captain in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Arabian Dhow Captain, Zanzibar

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A Dhow (boat you see in the back of the postcard) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region.  Dhows have a long, thin hull design. They are trading vessels primarily used to carry heavy items, like fruit, fresh water or merchandises, along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and East Africa.

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Dawn over Dar-es-Salaam
Gomes & Son Art Photographers
1957