Nyabugati Usawa2 camp
The place
Nyabugati Usawa2 camp in the Arusha region, Ngorongoro/Endulen area (Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania), at 1654 m elevation, Serengeti-Ngorongoro volcanic plateau. Continuous Tanzania Ngorongoro-Serengeti cluster (batches 340-367). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Tanzania added at batch 285. A tented safari camp (Usawa meaning "equal/flat" in Swahili, plus Nyabugati, a Maasai boma zone, traditional villages, plus the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, 8,292 km², established 1959, UNESCO 1979, a unique zone of human-nature coexistence with 60,000 Maasai, plus the Ngorongoro Crater, 260 km², a 2-million-year-old volcanic caldera with 3,000 species and 25,000 large mammals, the highest concentration in the world, plus Serengeti National Park, 14,763 km², home to the Great Migration of 1.5 million wildebeest (Connochaetes), 250,000 zebras and 400,000 gazelles annually, part of the heritage of the Maasai (a Nilotic people, 800,000 strong, speaking Maa across Tanzania/Kenya, plus the Moran warriors and their ilkerorroni jumping traditions, plus the forced resettlement of 2022 in Loliondo, 70,000 people displaced, a controversy raised with the UN Human Rights bodies/IWGIA).
The setting
Arusha, Ngorongoro/Endulen, NCA, Tanzania, 1654 m, Serengeti-Ngorongoro volcanic plateau, continuous cluster batches 340-367, tented safari camp, Usawa "equal/flat" in Swahili plus Nyabugati Maasai boma plus NCA 8,292 km² established 1959 UNESCO 1979 human-nature coexistence 60,000 Maasai plus Ngorongoro Crater 260 km² 2 million years old 3,000 species 25,000 large mammals highest concentration in the world plus Serengeti NP 14,763 km² Migration 1.5 M wildebeest/250,000 zebras/400,000 gazelles, Maasai Nilotic 800,000 Maa Tanzania/Kenya plus Moran ilkerorroni plus 2022 Loliondo resettlement 70,000 displaced controversy UN Human Rights/IWGIA, ANOMALY: Tanzania added at batch 285.
