SAMPLE Trip Itinerary for People-to-People Safari

Day One: Arrival

Arrival in Arusha via Kilimanjaro Airport, Nairobi or alternative. Transfer to hotel, welcome reception, and then time to rest.

Part I: People-to-People Safari

Day Two: Introduction and Travel to Monduli District

Meet with Terrawatu staff, discuss project mission and prepare for what we will see during People-to-People safari. Depart for Monduli, settle into guesthouse.  Afternoon plant walk/hike in adjacent forest with stunning views from mountain.

Day Three: Visit to Maasai village in Enguiki

Meet with villagers and have conversation about indigenous culture and economic changes occurring in Maasailand.  Picnic lunch in neighboring forest reserve.

Day Four: Visit to Local Market and Reforestation Projects        

Experience a traditional Maasai local market.  Proceed onto visiting tree-planting networks in the transitional villages of Nadosoito and Mkonoo.  Learn about re-forestation program and talk with women’s network members.  Experience traditional dancing and a cappella singing.   Roast goat lunch prepared by villagers (vegetarian option available).

Day Five: IT & Education Projects, Traditional Health Clinics, HIV/AIDS

Visit Siwandeti Computer Center, a 32-desktop Internet-connected computer lab established in rural village in 2003.  Meet with local computer teachers and discuss challenges and opportunities of introducing IT into communities in Tanzania.  Proceed onto Natema Primary School and Ilkiding'a Secondary Schools to see classroom construction projects and meet students involved in child school sponsorship program.  Afternoon, visit traditional medicine clinics in Arusha and discuss preservation of indigenous knowledge with traditional healers.  Opportunity to visit NGO working on HIV/AIDS pandemic.  Can also visit International Criminal Tribunal for Rwandan Genocide.  Dinner with Terrawatu staff with speaker on community-wildlife conflicts and issues to frame wildlife safari.

Part II: Wildlife Safari

Day Six - Eight: Gibb’s Farm, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara

Game drives in the world famous wildlife parks in Tanzania’s Northern circuit – Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Lake Manyara National Park.  Visit Gibb’s Farm lodge to learn about its coffee farm project and African medicinal spa focused on Maasai healing methods.

Part III:  Swahili Coast

Day Nine - Twelve: Zanzibar

Travel to Zanzibar.  Walking tour of Stonetown including historic slave market and palaces of Omani sultans.  Discussion with professor at State University of Zanzibar on evolution of Islamic culture on the Swahili Coast of Africa.  Day trip on a marine safari to experience traditional sea travel on dhows, snorkeling opportunities, and beach BBQ including exotic fruit tasting.  Visit schools including Pre-Primary Madrasas to learn about teacher training, environment, and health education programs.  Final opportunities for shopping for East African handicrafts and closing discussion with Terrawatu staff. 

Please note that details are subject to change depending on weather/road conditions and schedules of people we meet with.  Thank you for your understanding.

To begin planning your journey contact us at: info@terrawatu.org or call +1 305 213 7106