ILKIDING’A VILLAGE {Arusha Tanzania:

A Maasai  vilage located among the small villages that surround Mount Meru . During a tour of this village you will be able to visit a traditional Maasai Boma to gain an understanding of how an extend family lives together. While visiting the village you will have stunning views of the Ngarenaro valley, Leleto hill and Mount Meru, Following a visit to the Maasai Boma you will walk through a small farm to ilkisongo where you will enjoy views overlooking Arusha town on your way to meet a traditional healer. At the traditional  healers house you will learn how the healers practiced their art and be able to ask any questions you have. Afterwards, you will visit a group of craftsmen who make traditional small wooden stools ,jewelers and clothing.

ILKUROT VILLAGE {Arusha Tanzania:

Located 20 km west of Arusha city along Nairobi road. Here you will have a 3 hour trekking experience  to the top of Ngorora Hill where yuo will be able to experience  breathtaking views of the surroundings.Following the trek prepared a simple lunch for you to enjoy  while taking in your surrounding.Upon your return you will visit traditional Maasai Boma where you will interact with the resident Maasai people and experience the general daily life of the Maasai people.You will also observe and take part in a Maasai dance and visit  a Maasai market where you can observe and purchase various Maasai colourful bead work.

TOWN OF LONGIDO {Arusha Tanzania}:

Longido town is situated  100 km north  of Arusha on the way to Namanga and Nairobi.The town of Longido lies on the main road  at the foot of Longido Mountain.Here you can observe the cattle market where cattle are herded every Wednesday to be sold.In Longido it is possible to have a unique experience to riding a Came with the Maasai.Bird watching  treks can be arranging in Longido. There large numbers of colorful bird species in the area including the starling major, red and yellow bar bet, masked weaver, silverbill and the secretary bird. Trekking safari can also be arranged in Longido as it is a home to several mammals such as the Gerenuk, lesser kudu and klipspringer that are not typically found in the national parks. Giraffe, zebras, gazelles, buffaloes, mangoose and silver backed jackals are also found in the area.

ENGARUKA {Arusha Tanzania}:

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 that used a stone block canal to channels water from the Crater highlands rift escarpment to stoned lined cultivation  terrace where they grew crops.The terrace were managed in in a way meant to prevent soil erosion and improve the soil fertility using manure from stall fed cattle.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 who did they finally leave Engaruka.

MTO WA MBU {Arusha Tanzania}:

Mto Wa Mbu is located in the East Africa Rift Valley 120km from Arusha town and has approximately 18,00 in habitats.The village is situated at the confluence of three rivers , the Kirurumu River, Mohamoud river and Magadini river.The word Mto Wa Mbu  means “Mosquito River”.Mto Wa Mbu on the border of lake Manyara National Park and is on the route to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Serengeti National Park.It is the only point Africa where 4 languages meet ;the Nilotes, Cushtes, Bantu and Hamites all providing a unique cultural feature rarely found in the world. Mto wa mbu primary produces banana with many as thirty species of banana.In the village you will be able to visit a Maasai boma experience traditional tribe dancing, purchase crafts at the market,visit schools and community projects and sample traditional foods.In the village you can visit with the maasai and have  a true  culture experience that will be memorable for your entire life.Hike the rift valley wall and view Lake Manyara and experience the wildlife and natural surroundings that are a part of daily life here.

LAKE NGOZI (Mbeya Tanzania)

Lake Ngozi is the second largest crater lake in Africa, located approximately 38 kilometers south of Mbeya in the Mporoto Ridge Forest Reserve. It is home to many species of chattering monkeys, birds, and chameleons, some of which are endemic to this area.

A staggering million years old, the dazzling, emerald-green crater lake is surrounded by lush vegetation, tea plantations, and tumbling waterfalls. It is easy to see how its mystical appearance has conjured up local traditional stories, like that of a giant serpent living in the deep waters alongside the legendary Rain God.

Trekking to the crater is no mean feat, as there are no accessible roads and it is a steep ascent. But the heavenly view from the top of the rim is breathtaking, as you summit and catch your first glimpse of this magical lake.