Your visit will be conducted by the people of Babati and Hanang and can be designed in various ways ranging from a half day to several days tours. Babati is located along the Arusha-Dodoma road in the Great Rift Valley, south of the Lake Manyara National Park and west from the Tarangire National Park. The town boasts Lake Babati and here commercial and farming tribes co-exist with conservative cattle herding tribes providing a distinguished cultural contrast. Close by the beautiful Mount Hanang (3.418m) live the Barbaig people whose traditional culture is still unchanged and unspoiled.
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This is the invitation from the people of Babati and Hanang:
»Welcome to the fertile lands and farmland
where most crops grow on the edge of the Rift Valley.
Here you can walk and see a mixture of tribal cultures
and rural life as lived by ordinary Tanzanians
off the well trodden Tourist Circuits.
We can offer you:
- A special Barbaig cultural insight hike;
- An exclusive Mount Hanang climb;
- A fishing adventure with local canoes on Lake Babati while viewing hippos;
- A chance to participate in local brick and pottery making and beer brewing;
- A visit to development projects like cattle, dairy farming, piped water projects;
- Cycling expedition through remote areas.
The profit will be used to improve the primary school in two villages.
Your visit helps to improve the education of the children.«
LOCATION:
Babati district is located along the Arusha-Dodoma road in the Great Rift Valley, south of the Lake Manyara National Park and west from the Tarangire National Park. The town boasts Lake Babati where floating Hippos can be seen and is rich in fish, both Tilapia and Nile Perch. Here commercial and farming tribes co-exist with conservative cattle herding tribes providing a distinguished cultural contrast. In Hanang District close by the beautiful Mount Hanang (3418m), live the Barbaig people whose traditional culture is still unchanged and unspoiled. The women wear traditional goatskin dresses and the men walk around with spears. Visitors can mix freely with the Barbaig, commonly known as the Mang'ati living in the Mang’ati plains. If you are interested in bird watching, 400 bird species will welcome you on your walks in the area.
BABATI AND HANANG DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:
Profits are intended for the rehabilitation of the primary schools in two villages.
FACILITIES:
Full board accommodation in selected local hotels and guesthouses in Babati and Katesh. Selected family homes/huts in the villages with basic standards and without running water. Temporary self catering campsites can be organized. In the villages women provide food. Lunch boxes can be ordered from Joas Kahembe.
Note:
- Recommended equipment includes good walking shoes, sleeping bag (mattress), filter or micro-pure tablets, anti-malaria pills and a torch.