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Summary Itineraries
This traditional tour will give you a chance to observe
different tribes lifestyle. You will visit development
projects which are done by the village member groups such as
women groups and youth group.
Price:
USD $2,327 /person
Tour summary
Traditional tour in different villages of different tribes
in the Northern Circuit of Tanzania where you can freely mix
with tribal people to practice and observe their lifestyle,
some of that villages are Mto wa mbu, Ng’iresi, Mulala,
Mkuru, Machame, Tengeru, Mamba and Marangu. Also a visit to
development projects which are done by the village member
groups such as women groups and youth groups. Mountain
climbs of different village mountain peaks and visit
traditional healers and to the forest areas where medicinal
plants are found.
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Detailed Itineraries
Day 1: ARUSHA (City Sight seeing Tour)
After breakfast, visit local marketing, ex-colonial
government Buildings, African Artistic Carvings and works,
Maasai Traditional Weapons and many areas around the city of
cultural Interest. Dinner and overnight at the Impala Hotel
(H/B).
Day 2: ARUSHA (City Sight seeing Tour)
On the next day, proceed with City Sight seeing including
National Natural History Museum, Arusha declaration monument
Museum and so many things of cultural interests. Continue
with trip to Meserani Snake Park, 25kms away from Arusha
City. Here you will see more than 50 species of snakes
including most poisonous and Dangerous snake of Africa. “The
African Black Mamba” at display of window Glass. Drive back
to Arusha, Dinner and overnight at the Impala Hotel (H/B).
Day 3: BABATI
After breakfast, departure for Babati. Visit Managhat
village, original home of the Gorowa tribe to see the dairy
activities of them. Launch, dinner and overnight in Babati.
On the second day visit a respected Gorowa tribesman Mzee
Kwaraa for insight on Gorowa culture such as marriage
ceremonies, rain prayers, burial, religious and circumcision
rituals and lastly climb Bambaay Hill from where you can see
beautiful Rift Valley landscape with Lake Babati and Lake
Manyara and the Maasai Steppe. This is a half day tour and
in the afternoon departure for Hanang.
Day 3: HANANG
After launch, meet with Barbaig tribals and gain cultural
insight on their marriage procedures, burial rites, local
taboos, and way of making ornaments and goatskin dresses,
and their daily activities. Dinner and overnight in campsite
at Hanang.
Day 4: MTO WA MBU
After breakfast drive for Mto wa mbu to view into culture of
the many different tribes living in the area, walk through
the farms in the green oasis at the foot of the Rift Valley,
visit Miwale lake and waterfalls, and climb to Balaa Hill
from where you can see the whole town. In the evening drive
to Arusha for dinner and overnight at Impala hotel (B/B).
Other option: Is to see the place on bicycle or taking a
boat tour with the guides but it is on request.
Day 5: NG’IRESI VILLAGE
After breakfast, drive to Ng’iresi village to view the
Wa-arusha culture (old stories, traditional houses) and meet
a traditional healer, a guided tour of some farms on the
green slopes of Mt. Meru, a climb to Kivesi Hill, an old
volcano with a natural forest on top and also you can visit
the development projects such as soil conservation,
irrigation, cross breeding, bio gas and fish nursery. And if
you want you can get lunch and dinner which prepared by the
Juhudi women's group. Overnight in campsite.
Day 6: MULALA VILLAGE
After breakfast, drive to Mulala village where the starting
point of the tour is Mama Anna's quaint cheese and butter
making dairy unit. A guided tour crisscrossing coffee and
banana farms to the top of Lemeka Hill, a glimpse of the
daily life of Meru farmers, information on surrounding
vegetation and crops, a walk to the Marisha River banks,
thick with tropical vegetation and home of colorful birds
and playful monkeys and walking tour into the forest reserve
and climb up to the foothills of Mount Meru. Dinner and
overnight in campsite.
Day 7: MKURU VILLAGE (CAMEL CAMP)
After breakfast, drive to camel camp at Mkuru camel camp,
where you can make camel safaris to the Maasai plains
between Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru and Lake Natron, and enjoy
the friendly behavior of the "ship of the desert". Before
reaching camel camp, you can do walking safari through the
natural forests on the slopes of Mt. Meru and a game drive
around Momela lakes. Spend the night at Momela Lodge. And
also you can climb Mount Ol Doinyo Landaree, where you can
enjoy a panoramic view of Mount Meru and the Maasai plain.
During camel safaris, about 20 km are covered before
lunchtime, after which you can relax and explore the area
around the camp. Launch, dinner and overnight at Mkuru
village.
Day 8: MAMBA AND MARANGU
After breakfast, drive to the beautiful towns of Marangu and
Mamba for walking tours through valleys with numerous
waterfalls, and see the mountain village life. Enjoy the
panoramic scenes and natural beauty of Kilimanjaro. Dinner
and overnight in Marangu.
Day 9-10: PARE MOUNTAINS
Afret breakfast drive to Pare Mountains for viewing the
unique the Pare culture of Tanzania. Guided tours include a
walk through Kindoroko Forest Reserve, Climbing to different
mountain peaks, thorough explanations of medicinal power of
plants and herbs growing in the area, a trip to the fishing
villages at Lake Nyumba ya Mungu, where birdlife is
overwhelming and a view into the Pare culture, with tales of
ancient Pare legends. Lunch, dinner and overnight in Pare
mountains.
Day 11: MACHAME
After breakfast, drive to Machame north of the Arusha-Moshi
road for explore the culture off the people of Mount
Kilimanjaro, environmental tour on the foot of Mount
Kilimanjaro. Walking tour through fertile banana and coffee
farmlands and learn an intensive inter-cropping system of
mixed crop farming and also you can participate in cooking a
traditional Chagga meal. Launch, dinner and overnight in
Machame.
Day 12: TENGERU
After breakfast, drive to Tengeru for cultural tour in Meru
tribe and also you can enjoy the local singing, dancing and
poetry of the Meru culture, a guided tour to the legendary
Chief’s compound to see his handcrafts and artfacts, visit
the local farms owned and managed by the members of the
Pandati Women’s Group. Late evening, drive to Arusha for
dinner and overnight in Impala Hotel (B/B).
End of tour
The tour price includes:
•All meals, guides and accommodation
•All transfers and Entrance fees
•Transport is in either Land cruiser, Land rover or Mini bus
The price does not include:
•International Flights
•Soft drinks or alcohol
•Tips
•Things of personal nature
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