Day Cycling Tour To Marangu Villages

A DAY CYCLING TO CHAGGA CULTURAL SITE

The Chaga are Bantu-speaking indigenous Africans and the third largest ethnic group in Tanzania. They traditionally live on the southern and eastern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru and near Moshi.

Their relative wealth comes from the favorable climate of the area and successful agricultural methods, which include extensive irrigation systems, terracing, and continuous organic fertilization methods practiced for thousands of years. They were one of the first tribes in the area to convert to Christianity. This may have given them an economic advantage over other ethnic groups, as they had better access to education and health care as Christians. The Chaga descended from various Bantu groups who migrated from elsewhere in Africa to the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro, a migration that began around the start of the eleventh century.The Chaga area is traditionally divided into a number of chiefdoms. They are culturally related to the Pare, Taveta, and Taita peoples.

They follow a patrilineal system of descent and inheritance. Their way of life is based primarily on agriculture, using irrigation on terraced fields and oxen manure. Although bananas are their staple food, they also cultivate various crops, including yams, beans, and maize. In agricultural exports, they are best known for their Arabica coffee, which is exported to American and European markets, resulting in coffee being a primary cash crop.

Our cycling start from Moshi to Marangu village through the deffernt villages in our route, in this area, all the way up and down the Marangu villages we will be viewing many things on the road especially the way the chagga people living share some traditional story.

Their cash crops is mainly coffee and food crops are Bananas and maize as local and traditional food, the most interesting in the road is many uphill and downhills, till kilema village there also posibble to visit local markets and finally to Marangu villages to have a futher ride, distance is 45 kms is challenging. At traditiona site they will be eager to show you guys the process of making your own cup of coffee or brew banana beer and finally will be the picnic site for the lunch or hot lunch as you choose, Please do not forget to buy souvenirs from them as your support to them

SERVICES OFFER FOR BIKE TOUR

Entry fee.
All other gorvernment fees.
Picnic lunch box.
purified Drinking water.
Professional mountain bike guide.
Mountain bike Guides and Cooker salaries.
Transport to and from the destinaton.
Please call us for special Meal.
supportive car or cars.
The Mountain Bike.

SERVICES NOT OFFER FOR BIKE TOUR

International flights.
Tanzania Visa.
Pre/post accommodation and airport transfers (booking is available upon request).
Tips for your guide and driver. Afritreks recommendation is $ 20 to your guide divided per person per day.
Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, cameras, visa, and travel insurance.).
Meals not listed in the itinerary.
Liquors, beers and bottled beverages.

7 Days Cycling 360 Base Of Mt. Kili ( $1650 Per Person )

This offer the tourist an experience Tanzanian wonderful cultural adventures, beautiful landscape and African wildlife across a wide varienties of terran. The Cycling will combine wildlife reserves in west Kilimanjaro, make it more exciting and unforgattable experience in Northen circuit of Tanzania.

Note that; This best of Tanzania cycling adventure package need tourist to have some cycling experience because is a bit challenging, This package will have a total distance round mount kilimanjaro estimated to be 371 kms, the Cycling will take us through forest, semi-desert to desert area, flat pedalling, uphill and downhills pedalling.

Highlights; Through this cycling tourist will have the chance for the following tour activities, Cultural activities village to village particularly Marangu village, visit lake challa, Rongai forest, wildlife animal corrido (border between Amboseli national park and Kilimanjaro National park), West Kilimanjaro wildlife reserve,Massai Boma village, olipopongi and Tinga Tinga Village, Hotsprin/Chemka, TPC sugar cane, Plantation and Moshi town that will be the end of our tour package. Do not forget tourist can shorten this the way they want as long as they are fit enough to do it. Let us help you to plan a unique cyling schedule in Tanzania East Africa the way you may need. ( we listening )
5 Days Cycling Mount Kilimanjaro 5895m ( $2650 Per Person )

The Package is the Most difficult cycling packages that need tourist to have uphills cycling experience before they decide to book, this offer cyclist to cycle uphill to mount Kilimanjaro up to almost 5000m before start to push up their own bike to the highest point of Africa UHURU PEAK 5895M.

Highlights; The cycle will start at Kilema gate at the elevation of 2000m, up to horombo hut 3720m, the extra day for acclimation from horombo and back to horombo 3720m then from horombo, cycle to Kibo hut 4730m but it will be possible to extend to 5000m before tourist or cyclist decide to push up their own mountain bike. Remember that: this cycle is real tough and need a tourist to have enough cycling experience before he/she decide to pick this package.
3: Days Cultural Cycling West Kilimanjaro Tour: ($960 Per Person)

The Package is the enjoyable cycling packages that no need tourist to have much cycling experience before they decide to book, this offer cyclist to cycle uphills and downhills over the slope of mount Kilimanjaro villages to villages, for the aim of learm culture and its historical sites in closed relation to the local people and share some pleasant local stories.

Highlights; The cycle will start at Moshi and switch to Chemka, west Kilimanjaro, then will back to Materuni water falls, this can be done pre-climbing or post-climbing of mount Kilimanjaro.

Villages to be visitted by our route are; Rondugai villages, Chemka villages, Boma villages, Sanya villages, Siha Villages, Masama villages, Machame Villages Kiboso Villages and Uru villages then back to Moshi for departure.(At least Cycling experience is needed for this package)