CULTURAL TOURISM PROGRAM.
12 Days/11 Nights Cultural Program (Northern Tanzania)
Day 1: Arrive in
Arusha City at
the IMPALA HOTEL- Dinner and Overnight.
Day 2: City Sight seeing Tour –Visiting local
marketing, ex-colonial government Buildings, African Artistic
Carvings and Works, Maasai Traditional Weapons and many areas around
the city of cultural Interest.
Day 3: Proceed with City Sight seeing including
National
Natural History Museum,
Arusha declaration monument Museum and so many things of
cultural interests. Continue with trip to
Meserani
Snake
Park, 25kms away from Arusha City.
Here you will see more than 50 species of snakes including
most poisonous and Dangerous snake of
Africa. “the African Black Mamba” at display of window Glass.
Drive back to Arusha, Dinner and overnight at the IMPALA HOTEL.
Day 4: Visit Maasai Bomas at the Ilboru area. In the
Maasai Bomas you can learn their culture and tradition, take a rest
at impressive viewpoint overlooking Arusha Town. While at going
around there, they can study about trees, flowers,birds and stories
of the area. After lunch start driving to
Engosheraton Zoological
Gardens. There after, drive back to the IMPALA
HOTEL.
Day 5: Drive to Kwangulelo Commuter bus station, Start a Tour
to the Waterfalls Forest, in the forest observe trees, flowers,
birds, Monkeys like Columbus Monkey and blue monkey also caves. See
hills and so on. After lunch visit Lake Duluti, this is among the
Crater lakes, go around and continue with Bird Watching.
Day 6: Proceed with Cultural Tourism and interact with Local
People of Maasai and Meru. Also you will find the women group who
make cheese, banana Wine and other local products, observe how they
cultivate crops like banana, maize, coffee, beans.
Day 7: Visit to an African Traditional Herbalist. Get to hear
him narrate to you how his father passed over to him the skill and
talent owned by a few Surviving herbal monsters. Different sample
Concoctions are available and you can have a taste. Get Lunch, after
lunch proceed to a local Primary school. Drive back to Arusha at the
IMPALA HOTEL.
Day 8: Visit Shimbumbu Hill Natural Expedition, You will walk
across a portion of a Village from where you will comfortably merge
with the locals as they move up and down in their daily chores. Walk
through banana and coffee. Wind to the top of Shimbumbu Hill and
visit Msese caves. It’s not all crawling inside the cave, you can
stand, walk between volcanic Rocks and take photographs.
Day 9: Visit River Malala Eco Tour, river Malala runs down
hundreds of metres from the majestic Mt.Meru. It cuts through the
villages and its crystal clear water forms an home of simple water
species. To the nature lovers walking besides the river banks and
naming the birds, Flowers, Monkeys, and giant trees that have
remained untouched over the years will be an experience to remember.
Also Visit Banana, Coffee plantations and walk around Village
paths.
Day 10 to Day 11:This days visit Kimundo Select
excursion: hear tales of African Chiefs, Visit African
Chiefdom. Few metres from his ‘palace’ is Khum Springs, our guide
will take you there, hear how local ‘meteorologists’ were able to
forecast the weather using Traditional indicators. In the following
day –as you leave from The Mangi’s domain, visit roadside Mangalia
waterfalls after Which you can pay tribute at the grave yard
of two young Missionaries martyred in their earliest days of
crusading Christianity.
Day 12: Free at the Hotel either pool side or any of the
restaurant.
