Swagaswaga Game Reserve

Swagaswaga Game Reserve was gazetted in 1997 and lies in the Chemba and Kondoa districts of Dodoma Region, with a small part in Singida Region; its north borders Hanang in Manyara Region.

The name goes back to a caravan route that Arab traders and later Somali livestock traders used to reach the coast; the guides called "swaga swaga" to move the animals on. Traces of the route can still be seen in the north.

• Category: Game Reserve
• Area: 871 km²
• Location: Dodoma and Manyara
• Gazetted: 1997 (GN 72)

The dry season gives clear skies for sunrises, sunsets and stars.

Photographic tourism, hiking on the plateaus and hills (Githau and Amak’hee are among the best places), star gazing in the dry season, rock art visits believed to be about two thousand years old, a German World War II ruin at Githau, and Sandawe culture, including the Simboo dance.