This interesting historic site in Masailand may be reached by taking a track which leads northwards from the village of Mto wa Mbu which is at the entrance to the Lake Manyara National Park. On a hill side are the reamins of what was evidently at one time a large and stabl;e settlement. The origins of the settlement are unkown but it was certainly not built by the Masai. It is possible but by no means certain that it was established by the Iraqw (Mbulu) people who now live on the plateau between Manyara and Ngorongoro.

Professor David Horrobin is Professor of Physiology at the University of Nairobi. Apart from being a well-known author, he is also an accomplished traveller and explorer. He is a specilist in natural history and has an intimate knowledge of East Africa.