Lake Eyasi
A lake below the southern edge of the Ngorongoro highlands. It is home to the Hadzabe, who still live as hunter-gatherers, and to Datoga herders and blacksmiths.
The Hadzabe have lived around Lake Eyasi for thousands of years. They are the only people in Tanzania still permitted to hunt wild animals for food. In the dry season they live in simple grass shelters, and in the rains they move into caves or hollow baobab trees.
The Datoga settled in the southern part of the Eyasi basin about two centuries ago. They herd cattle, goats, sheep and donkeys, and their blacksmiths make tools and jewellery to trade. Datoga women make beaded clothing and necklaces, some of which they sell to visitors.