Arusha Declaration Museum is located at Kaloleni area, near Uhuru Tower roundabout. Until 1967, this building was used as a social welfare hall for the Kaloleni community in Arusha. In January 1967, the building hosted the historical meeting from which Tanzania’s Political and Economic Policy of Socialism and Self-reliance was drawn. On February 1977, the building was converted into a small political museum. ($ 20 per pax)
Arusha clock tower is situated at the midpoint between Cairo and Cape Town. This is a site where tourists and foreign visitors like to visit for photographing and witness the sign post. ($20 per pax)
Maasai in Arusha town is packed with colorful clothes, beads, carvings, jewelry, Tingatiga paintings & other paintings and variety of souvenirs. This market is preferred most convenient for shopping its items are pure African authentic items. Bargaining is possible especially if one is a little bit conversant with Swahili language. ($20 per pax)
Shanga is glass recycling factory open workshop, located along Dodoma road in the grounds of Elewana Arusha Coffee Lodge with areas for glass-blowing, weaving, sewing, Tingatinga painting, bead-making, metal work and souvenir shop showcasing all Shanga’s handmade products. Shanga is a social enterprise, which employs people with disabilities to create unique handmade products. ($ 25 per pax)
Private owned small scale agribusiness farm is located at Kwanekole village, Arumeru District, about 55 kilometers from Arusha. To experience organic coffee farming, local coffee processing and testing real coffee with authentic aroma don’t miss visiting this farm. ($25 per pax)
isit The Tanzanite Experience Museum located along India Street in Arusha, the museum provides you with understanding of origin, processing, grading and value of precious Tanzanite gemstone found only in Tanzania. This is not a place for one to miss. ($20 per pax)
The Maasai don’t live in villages. Instead, they live in family compounds called bomas. Visiting their bomas provides opportunity to learn about their tradition and culture. A boma is a homestead headed by one male, consisting of houses for each of his wives and their children. The number of huts in a boma is subjected to the size of that family. ($100 per pax)
The Hadzabe Bushmen lives around Lake Eyasi, south of the Ngorongoro Highlands. The Hadzabe’s are hunters while Datoga’s are skilled farmers and crafts people. Visiting the Hadzabe and the Datoga will provide insights of their lifestyle, traditions and culture. ($160 per pax)
The Arusha Bike Tour aspires bring together cyclists and bike lovers to explore the terrains of Mount Meru slopes with the theme “Paddling together to beat COVID”. The past one year has proved how health issues can pose serious social-economic challenges and how living healthy lifestyles can keep us physically fit. The Arusha bike tour aims to mobilise delegates and Arusha community members to focus on healthy lifestyles and further their personal fitness through cycling so as to build resilience to diseases, connect, network and to explore the beautiful sceneries of Mt. Meru. The terrain will be feature two routes of 25km and 50km on tarmac and bumpy roads. ($25 per pax)
Community gardens aim to collectively bring together community members into taking actions against climate change by planting different species of trees, flowers and other economic crops. Delegates will get the opportunity to join the local community to set their mark in saving nature by planting one tree each. Community gardens will be set up in selected areas to build a beautiful community space that bears nutritious foods, stimulate social interaction and creating opportunities for recreation, therapy and sharing skills. The Arusha Community gardens once built they can create job opportunities for young people and women in maintaining and supervising the gardens.
The snake park is located 25km west of Arusha on the route to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro crater. It provides various activities, including learning about most dangerous snakes in the world, from Black and Green Mamba, Egyptian Cobra, Puff Adders and many more. Capture your special moment and hold a real live snake. In addition, you will be able to see 3m plus crocodiles and enjoy camel ride. ($ 25 per pax)
It is a popular destination for day trip visitors. Arusha National Park is situated on the slopes, and ash cone of Mt. Meru, the Momela Lakes, Ngurdoto Crater, and the lush highland forests that blanket its lower slopes. Distance from Arusha town to Arusha National Park is about 50 Km by road. ($140@day trip per pax)
The Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Historically, it was higher than Mt Kilimanjaro before it erupted. Since it collapsed and eroded, it is an extensive highland area with the famous 600 m deep Ngorongoro Crater as its focal point. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. The distance from Arusha town to Ngorongoro Crater is around 191 kms. ($315@pax two days one night (this price is for Ngorongoro and Olduvai))
Olduvai Gorge is a site in Tanzania that holds the earliest evidence of the existence of human ancestors. Paleoanthropologists have found hundreds of fossilized bones and stone tools in the area dating back millions of years, leading them to conclude that humans evolved in Africa. Olduvai is a misspelling of Oldupai, a Maasai word for a wild sisal plant that grows in the area. The gorge is located in the Great Rift Valley, between the Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti National park it is 30 miles from Laetoli, another fossil-rich area. Oldupai Gorge was formed about 30,000 years ago, the result of aggressive geological activity and streams. (Included on Ngorongoro crater activity)
Samaki Tatu is situated at an altitude of 1750 meters. The name means “Three Fish”. Located right at the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater, Samaki Tatu offers unparalleled views over the coffee farm as well as a game watering point. Wildlife corridors on the farm enable wild animals like elephants and buffaloes to freely leave the national park and enjoy grassing areas provide for this purpose. The spacious house has five double rooms and is designed for travel groups or families. For families with a large number of children, visitors can also use our “bunk-bed room” with five bunk beds. While drinking a sundowner drink on Samaki Tatu’s terrace to finish the day, with a little luck, elephants or buffaloes will come by to say good night. Things you can do while in Karatu includes hike and bike countryside, a tour of Karatu town, coffee farm, local brewery, Karatu Iraqw market, the elephant cave and waterfalls. Distance from Arusha to Karatu is 142 km. ($250@pax two days one night)
The Tarangire National Park is most popular for its large elephant herds and mini-wildlife migration that takes place during the dry season, which sees about 250,000 animals enter the park. Within the northern part of Tarangire is the permanent River Tarangire also known as the lifeline of the park particularly in the dry season when most of the region is very dry. Distances from Arusha to Tarangire National Park is 152.7 km. ($250@pax two days one night)
Lake Manyara National Park is well known for the tree-climbing lions, the soda ash lake that attracts thousands and pink flamingos, one of Tanzania’s biggest elephant populations. The distance from Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park is 126 km. ($250@pax two days one night)
At a height of 4,566 meters (14,980 ft), Mount Meru is a dormant Stratovolcano located in Arusha National Park, 70 Kilometres (43 miles) west of Mount Kilimanjaro. Mount Meru Climbing takes about four days, but it can be done in 3 days to complete a trek to the Summit. The distance between Arusha to foots of Mount Meru is 50 Km by road. ($800 two nights, three days per pax)
Mount Kilimanjaro is not only Africa’s tallest peak, but also the world’s tallest free standing mountain, making it one of the seven summits. Mt. Kilimanjaro is very popular with both experienced hikers and first time adventurers because it is considered to be the easiest of the seven summits. Scaling the mountain requires no technical skills or equipment. Therefore, it is a hiking or “walk up” peak. Machame route climb can be done in a minimum of six days (five nights) on the mountain. However, it is most often tackled over seven days (six nights), for a better altitude acclimatization schedule. The success rate is significantly higher when using the seven day route. ($1400 six days Machame/Marangu route per pax)
