DAY TOUR MAASAI CULTURAL SITE- WEST KILIMANJARO
Olipopongi is a nice place to visit and amazing place to visit in a cheap cost while you’re in Moshi or Arusha for all cultural vendors olipopongi is their best place not only cultural experience but also provides a Wildlife experience in the West-Kilimanjaro Maasai land, enjoy the big wildlife such as giraffe , zebra, Elephant, Dik-Dik Eland and many others as much as we got luck day.
Olipopongi is Just 74 km from Moshi and 85 km from Arusha. The main aim is you to share the authentic Maasai life culture in a 100% traditional built village (Boma) with a unique museum, rather than taking tourists to private Maasai-Villages and destroy the Maasai native homes, behaviors and environment. Our Eco-Tourism Tours do provide the maximum respect to the Maasai tribe and a maximum education excitement to our clients.
The Maasai traditional, semi-nomadic pastoralists in East Africa. In the 1550’sthey moved down along the Nile from Sudan and Egypt and brought with them knowledge on agriculture and cattle breeding. This migrational wave experienced a peak during the 18th century. During these times, the Maasai were feared as “wild barbarians” and their territories were avoided by the Arabs, the mountain people, missionaries and by European commercial travelers or if they had to pass a road tax in the form of useful trading goods was paid to the Maasai.
At the end of the 19th century drought, cattle plague epidemics, cholera epidemics and smallpox epidemics broke out among the Maasai strongly weakening them. During the 60s,where an average of 26 heads of cattle and goats per Maasai were counted, just 5 animals per head are left today. During the visit you will also learn more about Maasai hunting techniques natural Maasai medicine.
Olipopongi visit does also support local Maasai families with water, food, employment, personal income, medical treatments and education.
This can be visited by the mountain bike, if you decide only biking to this place we will give you a fitness mountain bike guide to take you there to enjoy and explore more about Massai culture , wildlife and Moshi Tanzania ,
EXPECTATIONS OFFER FOR DAY TOUR PACKAGES
SERVICES OFFER FOR ONE DAY TOUR
Entry fee
All other gorvernment fees
Picnic lunch box
purified Drinking water
Professional guide
Guide salaries
Transport to and from the destinaton
Please call us for special Meal.
SERVICES NOT OFFER FOR ONE DAY TOUR
Pre/post accommodation and airport transfers (booking is available upon request).
Tips for your guide and driver. African Treks and Safari Bike recommendation is $20 to your guide divided
per group in the vehicle.
Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, cameras, visa, and travel insurance.).
Meals not listed in the itinerary.
Liquors, beers and bottled beverages.
Tour Activities To Do In Moshi and its surrounding areas.
1: Mount Kilimanjaro day hike up and down ($150 Per Person)
This will offer the tourist a walking under montane rain forest, look for towering Eucalyptus trees, bird life, and Colubus monkeys, blue-black monkey, sometime dik dik, bush duikers, White-Tailled mongoose,Marh mongoose, Bush baby/Galagos White-nicked raven and many others.
Note that; at these lower elevations sometimes, it can be wet and muddy as it named rain forest, sometimes Shorts and t-shirts should be sufficient, always keep your rain gear and warmer clothing handily with you from starting to the end.
Our destination of this climb is Manadara hut 2730m after get in Mandara hut tourist will sign in and then we will have the opportunity extentional walk to Maundi Crater which offers views of North-East of Tanzania then likely to see lake challa that situated between the border of Tanzania and Kenya, after that we will go back to Mandara hut for lunch and little rest before we start hiking down to the Marangu gate that will be the end of our package. Then transfer back to the Moshi town.
2: Materuni Waterfalls and Coffee Tour: ($85 Per Person)
Materuni waterfalls is a incredible booming waterfalls located closed to Moshi town just 15-kilometers and 45minutes drive from Moshi Town , the area can be reached as bike day tour.
Tourist will have the opportunity to stand underneath the waterfall, even jump off one and go swimming in the refreshing water, at the bottom of the waterfalls through typical river, vegetation’s in a neighborhood of coffee and banana trees all over round, The waterfalls is almost more than 80 meters high.
When combined with a coffee tour in the village, it makes for a perfect day trip on your free day before or after your Kilimanjaro climb or wildlife safari. The tour begins by observing the entire process of making a cup of coffee, from seed. After a locally produced lunch, you head off to explore the Materuni Waterfall. Before we get back to Moshi town lateron
3: Kikuletwa/Chemka Hot springs: ($85 Per Person)
Kikuletwa/Chemka Hot springs gets its name from the water that bubbles in underground caves. Chemka is incredible underground springs with the crystal clear water bubbling from underground caves, giving the impression that it is boiling, hence the name "CHEMKA" the Swahili word means boil,
In fact, the water is not hot rather it give out a pleasant temperature for swimming, is a good place to visit for a picnic and a swim. This area is surrounded by fig trees and is a hidden gem in the midst of a semi-arid landscape.
chemka is located closed to Moshi town in a Rundugai village between Moshi and Arusha about 40kms from Moshi town. the area is perfect rest place after a too much stress from Kilimanjaro climb or once you get free day in your hand make it usefull by visit Chemka/Hot springs.