Author: LaraKroeker
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Tribe Visit (Barbaig or Sandawe)
The Sandawe and Barabaig tribes live very close together but have vastly different ways of life. The Sandawe people are a small group living near the town of Kondoa who speak the tonal language using click sounds. The Sandawe have great musical and dance traditions that celebrate each area of life. The Barabaig tribe, on the other hand, are pastoralists who move […]
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The Kolo Rock Paintings
Our knowledgable guides will help you decipher the elongated people, animals, and hunting scenes in the different locations. There are three different sites that each represent different ceremonial grounds. One was simply a cave where they decided to record everyday life, such as hunting, evolving from wearing bark to animal fur, developing traps, etc. Another […]
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Walking Tours
We offer walking tours in the towns and villages. Take a walk around a village to learn about the history of the Irangi culture through storytellers and knowledgeable guides. Learn where water is collected, visit the natural healer, meet the kids from the school and dispensary. At sunset sit down with village elders and share a cup […]
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Honey Harvesting
In Tanzania traditional beekeeping produces amoung the purest honey in the world. The best time to harvest honey is at night when the African Killer bees are at their calmest and that’s when you will join the beekeepers to harvest honey kept in the baobab or kigelia africana trees. This is part of our home-stay program where you will […]
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Traditional Healer
A traditional healer is someone who treats different diseases in the local communities using plants and natural remedies that have been used over thousands of years. Walk to the hillside with a medicine woman and identify the different tree species that a traditional healer will use in the remedies. Learn the methods that have been used to treat sickness […]
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Homestay Program
Travellers have the unique opportunity to spend more time in one of the villages. Over the course of a night, several days or even longer, you can visit the farms, learn about traditional herbs, medicine and cooking, study tribal languages, histories and culture, take part in storytelling and family meals, fetching water, dancing and drumming. During […]
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Ntomoko Waterfall
Join the water watchman and trek up Sambwa hill near the small village of Ntomoko. Ntomoko falls is the water source that serves over 20,000 people in the region and myth has it that you might catch sight of SATU– Python protector of the water source. Trek up the mountain where the falls cascade over the mountain where you can see […]
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COMPLETED Iyoli Water Project
Kondoa Cultural Tourism Enterprise has identified Iyoli Village in need of a clean water supply. Their water dried up in 2014 and they had to walk over 5km to the Bubu river to collect their water. In partnership with Innovation Africa a water well was installed with 5 distribution points throughout the village. You are welcome to read about […]
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The Bee Project
Historically, beekeepers in rural villages have used the bark from trees to make hives which leaves trees vulnerable to disease. We offer our clients the opportunity to bring in sustainable bee boxes, which have been proven to improve crop yields by up to 300%, to villages that have had a long tradition of bee keeping. […]
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The Chicken Project
Chickens play a vital role in many poor rural households by providing an important source of high-quality nutrition and income at very little cost. Chickens are a renewable asset, important for insect pest control, for providing manure and for their role in social activities, religious ceremonies and the traditional treatment of illness. Village flocks usually […]