Your visit will be conducted by the people of Kisangara and can be designed in various ways. The Kisangara Chini is located between Mt. Kilimanjaro and Pare Mountains. Fisherman migrated from Lake Victoria to settle at the Nyumba ya Mungu lake. On the close-by mountains important cultural sites of the Pare people can be found. In the plain the visitor can experience and get involved practically in various economic and cultural activities. Mt. Kilimanjaro is a stone’s throw way. From many places the impressive snow capped mountain can be seen.

For queries and further details about any Cultural Tour, Safari Tour, Trekking Tour or Zanzibar Tour as well as price quotations, please do not hesitate to contact us!

This is the invitation from the people of Kisangara:

We, the people of Kisangara offer you:

• Different tours of carpentry, brick making, brewing local beer and visiting a sisal factory;
• Spice tour, cooking traditional dishes, weaving household items and dancing with local women’s groups;
• Hiking tour up Mount Kindoroko with forestry activities;
• A visit to the Lembeni Herbal Hospital;
• Fishing expeditions at Nyumba ya Mungu dam.

The profit will be used to make primary school desks.
Your visit helps to improve the education of the children. «

LOCATION:

The Kisangara Cultural Tourism Programme is situated 62km south-east of Moshi in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Pare Mountains. The center is reached from Mwanga town which is located on the Dar es Salaam – Moshi/Arusha main road. Kisangara Chini village is about 12km south of Mwanga. Small local factories nearby produce bricks, stoves, pottery and sisal fibers; in their backyards some families make local beer by using traditional brewing methods inherited from their grand parents. Every Sunday and Thursday there is a colorful market. Farmers from the surrounding villages come to sell their harvest. High on the mountain, protected by natural forests and moorland, you can find important cultural sites of the Pare people. In these forests, cultural ceremonies still take place. From the mountain tops, wide and spectacular views over the surrounding plains unfold showing the extensive Kisangara Sisal Estate. On the horizon you see the long drawn-out lakes of Jipe to the east and Nyumba ya Mungu to the west, the Taita and Kiteto hills.

KISANGARA CHINI DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:

The profit will be used to make primary school desks. Your visit helps to improve the education of the children.

FACILITIES:

At the center there is good accommodation and catering facilities. Self-contained cottages and camping sites suit all kind of travelers. Transport can be arranged at the center.

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