Marangu Village Cultural Tour

 Book your lifetime adventure at Marangu village.

Come and experience an exciting mix of cultures. Meet friendly people and discover beautiful scenarios which are not to be found anywhere around Africa. Visit the most excited areas for cultural and recreational walking as Marangu village. Also this walking is very important for acclimatization before and after hiking the Mt.Kilimanjaro and those from long safari.

A day at Marangu village your lifetime adventure!

Time, starts at 9am Ends 3.30 or 4.00pm

Tour price including the following;

Waterfalls

Explore the natural beauty of the slopes of Mt.Kilimanjaro.

Enjoy and rest in the nature beauty and peace of this magnificent natural site. The music from the waterfalls and radiant colors of the valley transform our inner and outer environment.

Chagga Live Museum

The Chagga culture and history can be explored by visiting the Chagga live museum site. Several exhibitions include a reconstruction of a thatched chagga house with a complete livestock inside. The museum also has a display of traditional chagga tools, farm equipments, rope made from the balk of the mringaringa (Cordia africana)) tree, a genealogical look at the history of the chagga, some drums and a "bugle" made of kudu horns.

Local Market

There are colorful local markets in different location within walking distances held twice a week in where "bananas" selling takes place. Marangu is the largest market for the sale of bananas in the country and attracts buyers from all over Tanzania.

Chagga Blacksmiths

Various indigenous tools are made using iron. These are made for farming activities like hoes, machetes etc. And also chagga people gets job opportunity by being self employed. The products which are made they sell to earn income for their daily survival.

Celebrate

After the successful of hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro, safari or gentle walking, relax and enjoy the exotic country gardens. You can also drop at the local bars (Chagga bar) drink the traditional "mbege" a local chagga brew made from millet and banana wine.

Mt. Kilimanjaro Viewpoint

Depending on weather condition, on clear day you can get the gorgeous views of Mt.Kilimanjaro.

Underground Tunnels (Chagga Bolt Hole)

These were used by the Chagga people to hide themselves from the enemies, in which inside the tunnel it comprises of different partitions/galleries like kitchen, sleeping room, mortuary, livestock pattern and ambushing chamber.

Coffee and Banana Farms

From the blessed presence of the fertile volcanic soils on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro majority of villagers are subsistence farmers, practicing cultivation on crops like coffee, banana, beans, yams, etc.

Traditional meals (hot lunch) and drinking water

Experience local life.

Enjoy a delicious, home - cooked meal in Chagga house. Learn how to cook Chagga food especially cooked plantain bananas "Machalari".

We offer traditional Maasai safari holidays!!!!!!!!!

If you have been travelling in Africa before coming to Tanzania, you’ll meet a somehow different culture and lifestyle here. You will meet a country without tribalism and rivalry like in the neighbouring countries. 

Tanzania is full of history and culture; you might choose to visit the Stone Age findings in Isimila, Iringa, or the Kolo paintings, ancient rock paintings south of Tarangire National Park.

The people you meet, from one of the 120 tribes in the country, or from the small but economical significant numbers of Asians and Arabs, will all do they best to teach you the importance of greetings and respect, which for all Tanzanians are highly occupied with for all everyday life.

After only few days of your visit here or even hours, you’ll probably have some new “brothers” or “sisters” here – Tanzanians have a very extended, including and sharing family perspectives. You’ll find that although many are poor, few are starving, and the little they have, they will gladly share with you.

Handshakes are a part of greeting, and you’ll get a strange feeling in the beginning when your new brother keeps holding your hand throughout a good portion of your conversation.

The Maasai people

On your journey in Tanzania, you will most likely meet the tall, slender built and colourful dressed people of the Maasai tribe. This nomadic people still very much live by their old traditions, herding cattle and goats, and living on a diet based on milk, blood and meat from their herds.

In the north of Tanzania there are many established tourist culture villages, but many find them too touristic. We will always do our best to include the more genuine and authentic experience when we introduce you and your fellow travellers to these pastoralist and proud warriors, for many one of the most known ethnic groups in Africa.

Upon your wishes and desires, it is possible to set up your travel with us to include visits, even overnight, at a real Maasai “Boma” – their name for the family’s set of cow dung huts, to really get under the skin of their culture and lifestyle.

Another of our most popular short tours is the Maasai tribe safari, which is based around a visit to a traditional Maasai Boma (dwelling). This tour is led by a local guide and you will be told about tribal customs and the methods in which they build their dwellings. The village we visit still preserves the traditional Maasai way of life and you will be enthralled by the truly wonderful and inspiring tales that these people will tell you about their history and way of life. You will also get a chance to learn how the Maasai women make their beautifully coloured and intricate jewellery. The money raised from the sale of their traditional jewellery goes directly back into the local community. In addition, when you join our Maasai Mara safaris you will be able to watch a traditional welcome dance – something truly special that is sure to become a lifelong memory.

Longer tours and walks can also be organised when you book a Maasai safari tour. These walks take place in the Ngorongoro Highlands. The Maasai’s knowledge of nature and their unique link to this beautiful land will captivate you. Being up close and personal with nature while walking with a Maasai guide along the deeply spiritual trails their predecessors have trodden for hundreds and hundreds of years is an experience that will surely become the highlight of your visit to this magnificent country.

If you want to book a Maasai Boma safari in Africa, be sure to contact us here as we are the experts when it comes to professionally guided tours of the area!

CULTURAL TOURISM IN KILIMANJARO

  

Kilimanjaro area have both natural and cultural heritage to offer the visitor. There are more than seven waterfalls in the vicinity, unique flora with tree, flower and fruit nurseries and fauna. Tour the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro and ascend to beautiful viewpoints. Tours through Marangu offers panoramic view of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Visit the home and memorial of the late Yohana Lauwo, a Marangu native who accompanied Dr. Hans Meyer on the first recorded climb of Kilimanjaro in 1889, and read the original log books of Lauwo. Customised half day, full day or two day walking safaris can be organised. These tours include the Kinukamori and Moonjo falls and a visit to a Chagga house made of straw-roofing. See the first coffee tree planted in Tanzania and climb up Ngangu Hill. A trip to the African Art Centre that houses a collection of ancient and modern sculptures, carvings and painting, is rewarding. Mamba is a paradise for birdwatchers and nature lovers.

The following can also be offer under this programme:

- A visit to a local traditionally built household to get an idea of how an extended family lives together

- Traditional dancing: We can bring the dance to you or you can bring the people to the dance.

- A walk through coffee plantations and open fields where potatoes, cabbages, maize, beans and other cash crops are cultivated by the villagers.

- A visit to the primary school where money generated from tourism as Development Fees is used to rehabilitate the school

- The pleasure of impressive viewpoints overlooking Kilimanjaro town, hiking along narrow footpaths, crossing a canyon and climbing small hills. You can take a half day tour, full day tour or a 3 day south Kilimanjaro cultural hike. A fourth option is an 8-hour walking trip from Kilimanjaro to the starting point, where you connect with the full day tour.

- A visit to families with disabled children in the village to exchange ideas on family planning and HIV/ AIDS

- An introduction to village Environmental Conservation Initiative (VECI)

- Attending the church service on Sunday

- A taste of locally prepared coffee and learning about the bio-gas Plant

- Entertainment by local theatre works around a bonfire

- A visit to the three waterfalls in the area

- A visit to the lush tropical vegetation at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro

For more information contact us..

The Great Wildebeest Migration

The Great Wildebeest Migration, is one of the “Seven New Wonders of the World”.

Nowhere in the world is there a movement of animals as immense as the wildebeest migration, over two million animals migrate from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the greener pastures of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya during July through to October.

The migration has to cross the Mara River in the Maasai Mara where crocodiles will prey on them. This is one of the highlights as the animals try and cross the Mara River alive.

In the Maasai Mara they will be hunted, stalked, and run down by the larger carnivores. The Maasai Mara also has one of the largest densities of lion in the world.

It is around the corner; start booking early before it’s fully booked and more expensive.

For more information contact us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania

The Serengeti National Park in Tanzania was established in 1952. It is home to the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth - the great migration of wildebeest and zebra. The resident population of lion, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, and birds is also impressive. There's a wide variety of accommodation available, from luxury lodges to mobile camps. The park covers 5,700 sq miles, (14,763 sq km), it's larger than Connecticut, with at most a couple hundred vehicles driving around.

The Park can be divided into 3 sections. The popular southern/central part (Seronera Valley), is what the Maasai called the "serengit", the land of endless plains. It's classic savannah, dotted with acacias and filled with wildlife. The western corridor is marked by the Grumeti River, and has more forests and dense bush. The north, Lobo area, meets up with Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve, is the least visited section

At least once a week, volunteers on Eco-Africa community projects have the opportunity to spend time with local pre-school children; a visit both they and the children absolutely love.

Last week, volunteers visited the Mickey Mouse Pre-School.  Here is what Fanny, from Sweden, had to say about her day:

‘Last Thursday we spent the day at Mickey Mouse Pre-School.  It was a good visit!  The kids were so cute in their school uniforms.  Since it’s very uncommon with school uniforms in Sweden, you really find that adorable.  The actual school building impressed me, the big classrooms and the nice colour outside on the walls.  The kids are so happy and thankful to go to school, and that is what I love the most.  Tomorrow we are going there as well, and I’m looking forward to it.  Every day is a new experience with those children!’

 

Also last week, Annie, a community project volunteer from America, spent a day visiting Machame hospital in Kilimanjaro.  Here are her thoughts on the experience.

‘Last week I went to Machame hospital.  The clinic is available to all Tanzanians for a low cost.  I was very surprised at how low the cost is, even without health insurance.  The clinic serves patients with HIV, TB and general medical problems.  The clinic also has a maternity and post-natal unit.  When I first arrived, the Director of the clinic explained the various parts of the clinic to me and showed me around.  After the introductions, I helped count HIV medications into appropriate quantities for the patients.  Then I visited the TB area of the clinic where I witnessed a patient visit.  The patient was given a container to collect sputum to test for TB and was given information about TB.  Overall I really enjoyed my experience at the clinic.  I learned a lot about the healthcare that is available to local Tanzanians and I hope I will be able to go back soon.’

If you would like to join us as a community volunteer, you can find out here contact us...

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