Serengeti Zone Safaris offers Cultural Tourism that is Friendly to the indigenous Communities across the main attractions of Tanzania , we care for them and we care for the Nature that Surrounds, below are some photos that shows Moments captures with these communities, as part of fulfilling our community service commitments.
There are many cultural and historic attractions in Tanzania that will impress even the most critical of people.
There is a cultural walk in Mto Wa Mbu (Mosquito Village) that is located near Lake Manyara that will take an adventurer to the waterfall on the Great Rift Valley Wall or the Mt. Meru Village which is very near Arusha Town.Your cultural tour can also take you on a visit to the Maasai Manyatta where one can meet the proud herdsmen/warriors showing their traditional way of life which is something any tourist does not want to miss out on.
Materuni and Meru Water Falls
Departing From: Arusha/Moshi
Tour Ends in Arusha/Moshi
Duration: One Day Tour
Departure Time: 0700 Hrs (possible to leave earlier than)
Departures: Daily
Minimum Persons Required: 2
Best Time: All the year round
DETAILED ITINERARY WATER FALLS: (From Moshi or Arusha)
The MATERUNI Water Falls are located 15 km from the hotel through banana and coffee plantations. One will also get the opportunity of seeing the indigenous people conducting their daily activities.
Hot spring (maji moto)
Departing From: Arusha/Moshi
Tour Ends in Arusha/Moshi
Duration: One Day Tour
Departure Time: 0700 Hrs (possible to leave earlier than)
Departures: Daily
Minimum Persons Required: 2
Best Time: All the year round
If you are interested in the hot springs you are looking for a day of rejuvenation, relaxation and maybe some cultural enlightenment. Only an hour drive to Rundugai Village, outside of Moshi town, start this walking in the village, crossing various farms, to see how crops are grown and participate in daily farm activities. Then walk through the village settlements and meet Pare weaving groups. Next stop, local market place and traditional bee keeping areas. Nature will provide your backdrop for the day, a serene view of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. The tour ends in Maji Moto where you can Take the day enjoy the hot springs, have a picnic, and go swim in the stunning clear water. For people with more time it is possible to set up camp at Maji Moto for the night and have a barbeque under the stars.
Mto wa Mbu cultural tour:
On this half-day tour, you’ll have the chance to interact with the locals of Mto wa Mbu and learn how they make a living.
Observing how Tanzania’s lands are farmed and its goods are processed is a part of the journey.
You’ll discover the various uses for various bananas and have the chance to sample Tanzania’s very own banana brews at a nearby brewery run by the Chagga tribe.
We also learn about some other special professions and crafts that are only done by a few tribes in Tanzania, such as the Makonde tribe’s proficiency with wood carving.
In order to gain a feel for daily life in Tanzania, you’ll also get the opportunity to visit a nearby church and school.
Because there is so much to see and do, there are numerous variations of this itinerary.
Because there are many options, the actual tour may differ slightly from the one described above.
We can go to certain areas that interest you if you let us know in advance.
The activity can be completed as a full-day tour or a half-day tour. The full-day tour explores more of Mto wa Mbu and includes a lunch prepared by the town’s mamma’s, as well as a waterfall and many family crafts.
Lake Natron Day Trip
Lake Natron is situated in northern Tanzania on the border with Kenya, close to the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The lake is in the vicinity of Ol Doinyo Lengai, which is visible on the southern part. Lake Natron covers an area 56 km (35 miles) long and 24 km (15 miles) wide but the water level changes due to evaporation. The shallow and alkaline lake has different springs, the Ewaso Ng’iro River and different hot springs. The surface of Lake Natron, which has high salt, magnesite and sodium carbonate concentration, is covered with a pinkish-white soda crust.
The area around the lake offers different attractions such as a large number of volcanic implosion craters, numerous waterfalls and ravines with nesting places for Rüppell’s Griffon Vultures. Among the most prominent attractions of Lake Natron is the Gelai Volcano, a 2,942 m (9,652 feet) high volcano in the southeastern part, and the archeological site of Peninj, where archeologists discovered the Peninj Mandible – the fossilized teeth of Australopithecus boisei.
Some of the activities at Lake Natron are swimming, a visit to Maasai boma or a simple trek to the Ngorongoro Crater Highlands with numerous craters. The area has a beautiful wildlife
The lake is a breeding place for thousands of Rift Valley Flamingos. They build their nests using the soda flats between August and October. The flamingos of lake Natron feed with the lakes Spirulina algae. Because the flamingos use this area for breeding the lake and its surrounding is under the International concern for preservation. Other animals which inhabit this area are zebra, ostrich, fringed eared oryx, gazelle, gerenuk, lesser kudu and golden jackal.
Lake Eyasi Cultural Tourism with the Hadzabe and Datoga peoples
This day trip offers you a unique opportunity to visit the traditional homeland of the Hadzabe and Datoga peoples, some of the last surviving hunter-gatherer tribes in the world. You’ll leave The Vijiji Center early and drive west to Karatu, and then to Lake Eyasi. Once there, you’ll visit a Hadzabe encampment where you’ll learn about their traditions and daily life, and have an opportunity to hunt with the men, practice your bow and arrow skills, walk with the women and purchase crafts. After a picnic lunch, discover the Datoga ancient art of blacksmithing. In the late afternoon, you’ll return to Karatu and then travel back to Arusha.
Meeting the Bushmen
Your East African safari gives you the opportunity to meet the Hadzabe and Datoga, The last remaining hunter/gatherer tribes of East Africa.
This hunter/gatherer Hadzabe tribe of Lake Eyasi and the Datoga people of Mang’ola have lived their simple traditional lives that have been unchanged over the last few centuries. Some dusty driving on the west of Karatu and Ngorongoro crater will get you to the Nothern Shore of Lake Eyasi. Your drive will continue to the Yaida Valley which is a site rarely visited by tourists. It is in this location that you will come across the Hadza bushmen who have made Lake Eyasi and its surroundings their home.
There is no lodge in this area and also very few animals to see but there is an abundance of bird life that will make your safari in Tanzania all the more exciting. After lunch with our qualified tour guide, you will search for the Hadzabe camp which keeps moving due to these people’s nomadic nature. These are the last of the hunter/gatherer types that still live the same way their ancestors lived. Their population continues to dwindle and a visit to this tribe will make your safari for Africa one to remember.
They speak a click language similar to that of the Kalahari Bushmen and they offer he tourists a chance to visit their simple bush homes where a tree canopy or cave offers them shelter. These tribes depend on the land for their survival and watching them survive in the wild gives one a different perspective of the African wild.
Camp will be made at the Lake Eyasi campsite where you will complete your African safari by laying under the canvas listening to the now all too familiar sounds of the African wild. The following afternoon, you trip comes to an end as you travel to Arusha.
