Get active with Restoration Safaris as you engage yourself with local communities who are proud to receive tourists in their rural areas where authentic culture of the people can be perfectly explored and various benefits gained by the community. Through this you can contribute to Community Development in various ways, also creating an opportunity for local people to sell goods and services directly to tourists.
Tanzania is a country rich in Culture as there are a lot of tribes within the country and the people in the rural value and treasure their norms and cultural beliefs. The history in the cultures is what shapes the people you see today. The Maasai have become one of Africa’s most iconic tribes, they are among the richest cultural tribes found in the Northern Tanzania. For thousands of years a succession of cattle herding people moved into the area lived here for time and the moved on.
As you study and explore the lifestyle of the local people in Northern Tanzania and Zanzibar you can learn their history, origin, art and all that has shaped their lives. Within the urban cities you can visit local markets, museums, schools, orphanage centers or go listen to African music. Deeper into rural areas you can spend some time with tribal people.
At 7.30 AM after breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha town, you will be driven to a Maasai historical Museum, then you will visit Shanga – Shangaa. Shanga was founded as a non-profit company to create a community that would support and empower those Tanzanians who have been marginalized by their disabilities. By providing an open and safe environment, disabled Tanzanians are able to realize their potential, develop new skills, build relationships based on respect and improve their own lives. Lunch, visit a local food market. In the afternoon you will heard back to Arusha town.
At 7.30 AM after breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha or Moshi town, you will be driven to the base of Mt Kilimanjaro. Here you can enjoy a day of gentle walking on the lower slopes of Africa’s highest mountain. You will pass through coffee farms and small villages where members of local Chaga tribe live, before climbing further up into the lower tropical forests of the mountain then to the waterfalls. Enjoy your picnic lunch and beautiful scenery of coffee farms and banana plantations. Late afternoon you will heard back to Arusha or Moshi.
You can spend a half day in Mto wa Mbu town (River of mosquitoes), where more than 120 tribes live. You have the option of exploring the town and its surrounds by bike or on foot, and you will be accompanied by a local guide who will introduce you to some of these tribes so that you can learn more about their lifestyles. You can also visit a local school where, if you wish, you can assist in planting trees that have been donated by Restoration Safaris. These trees will improve the natural environment of the school, reduce soil erosion, promote biodiversity and most importantly encourage the appreciation of natural resources by the school children
You can spend a half day in Mto wa Mbu town (River of mosquitoes), where more than 120 tribes live. You have the option of exploring the town and its surrounds by bike or on foot, and you will be accompanied by a local guide who will introduce you to some of these tribes so that you can learn more about their lifestyles. You can also visit a local school where, if you wish, you can assist in planting trees that have been donated by Restoration Safaris. These trees will improve the natural environment of the school, reduce soil erosion, promote biodiversity and most importantly encourage the appreciation of natural resources by the school children
