Tanzania Cultural Tourism
Cultural tourism can be conducted for a single-day tour in one of the local attractions below. You can choose your option and send it to us, and then we will send you the itinerary and price quotation for the package.
ILKIDING’A: You will be shown Maasai Boma, the oldest African irrigation system, and experience waarusha cultural and enjoy traditional food. You will also walk into the house of the traditional healer who will answer historical questions. The craftsmen group will show you small wooden stools, jewelry, knives, and traditional clothing.
ILKUROT: It’s located 20 km west of Arusha city along the Nairobi road. Here you will have a trekking experience of Ngorora Hill, thereafter visit Maasai Boma to have a true experience of African Culture on general Maasai life, Maasai dancing group, and visit the Maasai colorful market.
LONGIDO: Near the Kenyan border, Namanga in Longido, you will have a unique experience taming animals by camel ride, learn and even act the Maasai way of life. Animal and bird watching experience is what you can never miss a day in Longido.
SAPUK: In a cultural tour in Sapuk, you will visit the amazing Waterfall, beautiful forest catchment, Holytree view of the city of Arusha. The more time you spend on the tour, the more you enjoy the tour and learn.
ENGARUKA: Situated 63 km north of Mto wa Mbu, on the road to Oldonyo Lengai and Lake Natron, is one of Tanzania’s most important historic sites. Some 500 years ago, a farming community of several thousand people developed an ingenious irrigation and cultivation system.
For unknown reasons, the farmers left Engaruka around 1700. Many questions remain unanswered: who were the people living in Engaruka, how did they come to develop such an ingenious farming system, and why did they finally leave Engaruka?
BUSHMEN: There are people who live in the forest near Lake Eyasi called “Bushmen.” They live like ancient man depending on gathering fruits, hunting animals, and living in caves or forests. They don’t wear clothes.
The cultural tourism visit to this area will enable you to see them. Natural walking is taking place around the area. The tour takes two to three nights, and there are five campsites which can offer accommodation.
MTO WA MBU: Situated adjacent to Lake Manyara National Park. In Mto Wa Mbu is the only point in Africa where 4 languages meet: the Nilotes, Cushites, Bantu, and Hamites, a unique cultural feature in the world. A point in Tanzania where anthropology is most diverse. Visit to Maasai boma, dancing, market, schools, and community projects will be offered.
A Maasai village visit to foster the true experience of the most complex cultural experience in Africa is a gift that will be hard to forget in your entire life. Hike the rift valley wall and view Lake Manyara.
MONDULI JUU: Situated 50 km North West of Arusha on the road to the Serengeti National Park, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will experience the walking and trekking of Monduli Mountains, visit Maasai women on Jewellery and handcrafts.
The “Kona Saba” escarpment climb, medicinal herbs tour, evergreen rainforest tour, and a rest at astonishing panoramas overlooking the rift valley, Oldonyo Lengai Lake Natron…
NORTH PARES: Forests and Moors Tours — Half and full-day hikes, but tours of several days can be arranged. Highlights: clan forest and moorlands, historic centers of ceremony and magic; irrigation, dike, and drainage systems; traditional healers and potters; historical sites and relics; spectacular views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, plains, area lakes, South Pares, Usambara, Mkomazi Game Reserve.
MARANGU / MAMBA: Mountain climbing enthusiasts will be advised to visit the home and memorial of the late Yohano Lauwo, a Marangu native who accompanied Dr. Hans Meyer on the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro in 1889.
You can also learn about the Chagga culture by visiting a traditional Chagga house with a straw roof. You can visit the Chief Mangi area where the first court and primary school of the Northern region are still functioning. You will be able to pass historical sites of clan wars where the Chagga used large caves to hide themselves when they fought with Maasai.
KISANGARA: It’s located 62 km Southeast of Moshi in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. The Plains Pare Tours — Half and full days: visit the natives’ economic and cultural projects including a carpentry workshop, brick factory, sisal plantation, local beer brewery; Lembeni Herbal Hospital; forest hiking in Kindoroko Mts.
Spice-garden tour; fishing and boating on Nyumba ya Mungu (House of God) Lake. Physical Requirements — Moderate walking. Food and Drink — Catering facilities in Kisangara. What to Bring — comfortable walking shoes; sun cream, and hat Accommodations — Self-contained cottages, campsites (bring your gear) day trips from Moshi and Same. Getting There — by bus or car, 62 km from Moshi on the main Arusha — Moshi — Dar — Tanga road.
SOUTH PARES: Viewpoint Headquarters Tours — Half to 3 days; caves where Pares hid from slave raiders; myriad viewpoints in all directions (Mt. Kilimanjaro, Usambara, Maasai Steppe, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Taita Hills) forests and moors, historic German-era buildings; traditional healers and craftspeople farmers and women’s groups. Most sports accessible by car or 4×4. Visit Mkomazi, a botanic as well as zoological wonder.
Physical Requirements — Brisk walking, steep hills. Food and Drink — Meals in villages or at Hill-Top Tona Lodge, Mbaga Hills, can be arranged; snacks beverages, water in stores. What to bring — Comfortable walking shoes, warm clothing. Accommodations — Hill-Top Tona Lodge, quaint pre-WWI German buildings; local home stays are available, especially on overnight hikes; camping (bring your gear.) Getting There — By car (4×4 in rains), entering mountains from Dar \Moshi road or via Kisiwani on the east side, north of Mkomazi; by bus from Same.
Eastern Tanzania
SAADANI VILLAGE: While in Saadani National Park cultural tourism is a major experience in Saadani Village within the park. You will get to hear historical information about Saadani. You will also have an opportunity to taste freshly caught fish from the Indian Ocean.
WEST USAMBARA: Is situated in the Northeastern part of Tanzania between Mount Kilimanjaro and the Indian Ocean. Visit superb viewpoints on the edge of the Mountain, walk through dense natural forests and along small rivers that race downhill and visit development projects, a traditional pottery village, and see a vast number of beautiful butterflies.
GEZAULOLE: Situated on the