Your visit will be conducted by the local people and can be designed in various ways. Conveniently located on the way to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, Mto wa Mbu provides visitors with an excellent opportunity to stretch their legs and compliment their holiday with a cultural safari. Nowhere else in Tanzania have so many tribes gathered in such a small area, and many have still kept their traditions.

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 local people of Mto wa Mbu:

»Welcome. Mto wa Mbu offers
both walking and bicycle tours through
magnificent scenery. Here you can see
a mixture of different Tanzanian cultures
while enjoying the tropical lush-green vegetation
at the foot of the Great Rift Valley.

The inhabitants of Mto wa Mbu offer:

• A climb to Balaa Hill where you can overlook the whole town;
• A chance to experience everyday life and culture of the many different tribes living in the area;
• A trip to Miwaleni Lake and waterfalls, where papyrus plants grow abundantly and you can see massive baobab trees that are over 5,000 years old;
• Visits to various development projects which strive to improve income generating activities for farmers through agricultural improvement;
• Opportunity to see and sample numerous tropical fruits and vegetables.

Profits from Mto wa Mbu will be used for
the promotion of energy-saving stoves.«

LOCATION:

Mto wa Mbu is situated on the way from Arusha town to the National Parks in Northern Tanzania, just at the foot of the Great Rift Valley. Mto wa Mbu is the entry-port to Lake Manyara National Park, and also conveniently on the way to Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti, which makes it an ideal rest place for most safari travelers.

MTO WA MBU DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:

The Maasai women's group is producing energy saving stoves that use three times less firewood and therefore help to preserve the natural forests and reduce the workload of women. The profit from the tourism programme will be used for the promotion of these stoves and other development purposes in the area.

FACILITIES:

In Mto wa Mbu there are several campsites and guesthouses. In most of these places tourists can eat a meal and order a lunch box. Apart from the guesthouses and campsites in town, there are some high quality lodges on the edge of the Great Rift Valley overlooking Lake Manyara National Park and the surrounding area.

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