A DAY CYCLING TOUR WEST KILIMANJARO
Olipopongi is a nice place to visit and an amazing place to visit at 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 75 km from Moshi and 85 km from Arusha. The main aim is to share the authentic Maasai life culture in a 100% traditionally built village (Boma) with a unique museum, rather than taking tourists to private Maasai-Villages and destroying the Maasai native homes, behaviors, and environment. Our Eco-Tourism Tours do provide the maximum respect to the Maasai tribe and maximum education excitement to our clients.
The Maasai are 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 European commercial travelers if they had to pass a road tax in the form of useful trading goods were 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, when 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 and natural Maasai medicine.
Olipopongi visit does also support local Maasai families with water, food, employment, income, treatments, and education.
Our cycling starts from Moshi to Olipopongi Maasai village through the different villages in our route, through the way to Olipopongi Maasai village, we will be viewing many things on the road especially the way the Chagga people living share some traditional stories.
Their cash crops are mainly coffee and food crops are Bananas and maize as local and traditional food, the most interesting the road is many uphill and downhills, till Sanya \Juu village there also possible to visit local markets and finally to Olipopongi Maasai village to have a further ride, distance is 75 km is challenging. At the traditional site, they will be eager to show you guys their way of living with wild animals with no fear and finally will have a picnic lunch or hot lunch as you choose, Buy souvenirs from them as your support to them.
SERVICES OFFER FOR BIKE TOUR
Entry fee.
All other government fees.
Picnic lunch box.
purified Drinking water.
Professional mountain bike guide.
Mountain bike Guides and Cooker salaries.
Transport to and from the destination.
Please call us for a 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 are not listed in the itinerary.
Liquors, beers, and bottled beverages.
Mult-Day Cycling Tour Packages and Services Itinerary.
7 Days Cycling 360 Base Of Mt. Kili ( $1650 Per Person )
This offers the tourist an experience of Tanzanian wonderful cultural adventures, beautiful landscapes, and African wildlife across a wide variety of terrain. The Cycling will combine wildlife reserves in west Kilimanjaro, making it a more exciting and unforgettable experience in the northern 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 around Mount Kilimanjaro estimated to be 371 kms, the Cycling will take us through a forest, semi-desert to the desert area, flat pedaling, uphill and downhills pedaling.
Highlights; Through this cycling tourists 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, Hotspring/Chemka, TPC sugar cane, Plantation and Moshi town that will be the end of our tour package. Do not forget tourists 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 cycling 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 package that needs tourists to have an uphills cycling experience before they decide to book, this offer cyclists to cycle uphill to Mount Kilimanjaro up to almost 5000m before starting to push up their 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 really tough and needs a tourist to have enough cycling experience before he/she decides to pick this package.