Chagga Village at Materuni, West Kilimanjaro, Mto wa Mbu Area and Lake Eyasi Cultural
The Materuni Waterfall tour starts with a walk through the area adjacent to the waterfall, rich in beautiful natural scenery of Tanzania. This Tour offers opportunity to see how local fruit like avocados, mangos, lemons, and bananas grow, as well as learn history of Chagga tribe one of the natives of Kilimanjaro Region , Learn the traditions, village economy, such farming and cultural life.
The tour will continue with a visit to the local village lying in the coffee plantations. The villagers will demonstrate the process of coffee farming and guide you through the preparation of coffee from a bean to a cup. Sing and dance along with the Chaga people as they are grinding, roasting and boiling the beans. When the coffee is ready, villagers will serve lunch - a national Chagga meal
On this Day you will choose either a picnic lunchbox or lunch at a local chagga Dishes
Option 1 : Dinner & Overnight at Osiligilai Maasai Village
Option 2 : Dinner & Overnight at Africa Amin Maasai Lodge
In the early morning you can enjoy the amazing sunrise over Mt. Kilimanjaro from your bed. After breakfast you will take a nature walk with a Maasai guide in the surroundings area of the lodge. Your guide will share all insights of how the Maasai people live, what they eat, how they survive in nature and make use of natural herbs for both food and medicine. You will see the famous rock climbing trees, and pass a Maasai cave that has it own tradition and history.
There is a small lake close to the lodge where the wild animals often will come to drink water in the early morning. The nature walk will last for 2-4 hours according to your own wish.
After lunch you can join the Maasai as they collect herbs for the traditional Maasai soup for tonight. This is a short walk, during which you will learn about the different plants that can be
eaten. You will also learn what plant not to touch or eat.
After breakfast we will visit one of the local bomas! You will get to see how the Maasai families are organized and truly experience their daily activities and the women’s hard work. You can assist in fetching water or herding the cows like a real Maasai.
Optional available activities on this Day:
• Visit the Maasai market on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Overnight at Arusha
During this half-day tour, you will get a chance to meet the local inhabitants of Mto wa Mbu and see how they provide for themselves. Part of the tour is experiencing how Tanzania’s lands are farmed and how its products are being processed. You’ll learn about the uses of different bananas and get a chance to try Tanzania’s very own banana beers,
You will learn about some other unique trades and craftmanships that are only practiced by certain tribes in Tanzania, like the wood-carving skills of the Makonde tribe. You’ll also get a chance to visit a local school and church to see what the daily life in Tanzania.
Overnight at Campsite Or Lodge
You will immerse in a remote area away from modern stress factors where nature guides the daily rhythm – it is a true authentic and personal experience
The Hadza’s homeland lies on the southern edge of the Serengeti plains, in the shadow of world renowned Ngorongoro Crater. The Hadza have probably lived in the Yaeda Chini valley area for millennia. Genetically – like the Bushmen of southern Africa – they are one of the ‘oldest’ lineages of humankind and still living the life depicted by their ancestors in rock paintings 5,000 years ago: hunting, making fire, gathering tubers and rhizomes, etc.
It’s believed that the Hadza’s ancestors have probably lived in their current territory for tens of thousands of years. Archaeological evidence suggests that the area has been continuously occupied by hunter gatherers much like the Hadza since at least the beginning of the Later Stone Age, 50,000 years ago. Hadza language is unique, they speak an isolated click language that is unrelated to any other language on earth
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