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
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.
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).
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PRICE: US $ 1,717 per person
Please note: The price above is valid up to June 2013 for July up to December 2013 price is subject to change.
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 • Softdrinks or alcohol • Tips • Items of personal nature
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This is a fantastic tour and a "must do" for any first time visitor to Dar, as I was.
It helps you understand more about the people who live in Dar and makes what can seem like a complex and intimidating place, accessible, friendly and understandable.
My customized 13-day trip in Tanzania was absolutely amazing!
From breathtaking Ngorongoro hiking to a taste of Kilimanjaro and local village visits, it was truly a life-changing experience.
My driver and tour manager went out of their way to accommodate my whims and made sure that my stay in Tanzania was a pleasant one. Unfortunately I fractured my ankle during one of the hikes I took, but I was taken to the hospital immediately, and taken a great care of.
I would definitely recommend this operator to anyone who's looking for a tour that's much more than just game drives.'
We went on a two day walking – canoeing trip in Arusha National Park. The tour operator also made hotel arrangements for the first three days we were in Arusha.
They stayed in contact for 11 months via email. The person I was in contact with Elifasi and our guide, Apolo Kihwil, meet us at the airport took us to our hotel. On our rest day we visited a school at our request and not part of the paid itinerary this was on their time.
Our guide Apolo was the best we had on our entire trip. He was informative, friendly and had a great sense of humor, we were rewarded with a dream trip my favorite giraffe and several at a time the last bunch we counted eleven, baboons, wart hogs, black and white monkeys, hundreds of thousand of lesser and greater flamingos on big Momella Lake he provide delicious lunches and was infinitely patient while we took photographs.
I would not hesitate to use them on my next trip to Tanzania and would request Apolo as our guide.
We had a most wonderful holiday in Kenya and Tanzania.
They looked after us very well and we were very satisfied with their service. The service provided value for money. The only comment we would make is that the email from them gave us the impression that we would be staying in a lodge but when we arrived we were in a tent. We were satisfied with the tented accomodation, however it could have been made clearer in the original email that it was tented accomodation.
The staff were very kind and helpful.
Tour Operators Reply:
Thank you for the client's feedback and contructive comment/suggestion. We are glad that they were very satisfied with the service we provided to them, despite their impression that they would be staying in a lodge instead of tent.
As per the first enquiry which the clients sent into our company, she stated that she will prefer to stay in Camping “Accommodation Preference: Camping” and the price given to them was based on Camping accommodation, and these was stated in the itinerary that “Dinner and overnight at the camp”
However, there was typing error at the end of the itinerary which indicates Lodge accommodation instead of Camping accommodation.
We will try our level best to make sure that this mistake will not happen again.
After having a wonderful safari in southern Africa organised through your webiste, we decided to return again to Tanzania after 45 years.
We booked a 19 day safari to visit six game parks...Selous, Mikumi, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Tarangari.
Our guide/driver, Hurumu, met us at the Dar airport and drove us to a hotel for our day of jet lag recovery. We drove to Selous first. We're not strangers to East Africa, having first arrived in 1963. By far, Hurumu is the best guide that we've ever had. He was extremely knowledgeable of wildlife, has great game eyes, a good conversationalist, and was very caring for all our needs. He understood our physical age limitations (74) but was not at all solicitous. Cool water was always available. Hurumu had the ability to always get the Toyota into position for the best photograph.
We made our initial contact the operator in 2009. Elifasi, in the office, worked with me to create the itinerary. He also was most helpful. While at Selous we requested an itinerary change. Elifasi made the changes without a problem.
The entire safari was most enjoyable and problem free.
The best of Kenya & Tanzania and they made that experience a reality. They were always on time, concerned about our well being and would without any reservations recommend them! The scenery and game viewing were all memorable and expectations met. Organizing the tour was also without any hassle
I went solo, a 50 something white woman, and me and _______ (I forget his name), rode around for 5 hours. It was a unbelievable experience.
He was a wonderful guide, I called him the "Mayor" because everybody knew him! He was so popular everywhere we went that I felt completely comfortable, safe, and like an invited family friend.
He showed me 3 or 4 neighborhoods, I met coffee makers, chapati breakfast cooks (had breakfast there with a Masaai family who stopped by!), a traditional herbalist (where I learned the treatment for meconium aspiration, I'm a perinatal pathologist!), herbal pharmacist (where I saw that fenugreek seed is used to facilitate delivery with prolonged labor), local market, fabric seller, and had a delicious lunch at an outside Swahili restaurant. I played with kids, talked with everyone, and really got a great sense of the community.
My guide also is very active in local projects and inspired me to help with a bridge rebuilding project he is spear heading. The bicycle riding was easy and really the only way to get around in these neighborhoods. It was by far the best experience I had in Dar, and one of the best I have had in my many travels in East Africa!
We could not have asked for abetter way to end our incredible adventures in Tanzania. We saw everything and did everything we could have ever imagined. From the big game watching in the Serengeti, Ngorongoro, and Lake Manyara, to ascending the highly active volcano next to Lake Natron, it was all so unbelievably incredible. A total dream come true!
Our guide Huruma had he most expansive breadth of knowledge of the natural environment, he was a pleasure to talk to. He was also extremely flexible with us as lans often changed for various reasons, but ALWAYS for the better. Huruma made us feel safe and comfortable the whole time. Alex our cook as wonderful as well making sure we had the best quality meals possiblemade from the freshest ingredients.
Choosing a safari operator is tough, but I will just say that I will always recommend these guys. They are very professional and will do everything to make sure you have the best trip possible. Thanks again for our lifetime memories. We will be back, so you will hear from us again.
Thanks Elfasi for all your time, flexibility and support in orchestrating this dream trip.
