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These are separated mountains from the eastern side slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro by a big valley. This valley
reach from the South of the Maasai Steppe, along Lake Jipe which is the boundary of Kenya and Tanzania.
East wards to Butu Valley and into the Mkomazi Game Reserve.The Pare Mountains form a little crater called
"Usangi Crater" being the name of the village Usangi.
A green Paradise where you can meet the local people like the Wapare, Wagnene and the Maasai, who occupy the
lowlands of Kwakoa and the Mkomazi valley. The Usangi crater is formed by rounding of the rims of Kamwala,
Kindoroko, Kimbale, Mbale, Mangatu, Varisingi and Kilomini.It is about 1km wide and has a length of it is
about 1km wide and has a length of 4km.
Underground water from the mountains feeds the little swamp in the valley and the people use the water for
their farms where they grow rice, maize, sweet potatoes, redbeans, bananas and also sugarcane for eating and
for making Local brews/beers.Many families have farms out of the Usangi Crater, at the lowland of Butu,
Kigonigoni and Kwakihindi, so they have to hike up and down over the rims everyday. These lowlands are near
the border of Lake Jipe and Kenya.
The lake is fed with the water of the Usangi Crater rims and the Kindoroko Mountain (2113m), where at
Virisingi it forms varisingi falls, and also Mala River, Kirurumo river to Lake Jipe. In the Kirurumo river
are the Yefuka falls means "The smoking falls" in the Pare tribe language.
Beside the falls there is a dense forest with a rich wildlife, more than 100 species of birds have been
identified as well as animals like baboons, blue monkeys, velvet monkeys, hyrax and velvet sometimes dik-dik
and bushbuck.
Into the lowlands of Lake Jipe are baboons, velvet monkeys, impala's, giraffes, and hippos in the lake.
There are also many historic places and beautiful areas that our guide will show and explain to you.
On top of Goma hill are caves used to hides by Pare tribe during the First World War (1914 - 1918). Beside
the caves is a historic hut in which all the skulls of the chiefs who were killed in the war were put.
While near Kilomini Mountain is a big steep rock used 100 years ago by Pare tribe for their traditional
sacrifices, treatments and other beliefs.
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