Your visit will be conducted by the Waarusha villagers of Ng’iresi and can be designed in various ways ranging from half a day to a couple of days.
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This is the invitation from the Waarusha villagers of Ng’iresi:
» Welcome to the slopes of Mt. Meru
where you can experience real African village life.
We the villagers of Ng'iresi offer you:
- A guided tour of some farms on the green slopes of Mt. Meru;
- A visit to a number of development projects in our village (soil conservation, irrigation, cross breeding, bio gas, fish nursery);
- A climb to Kivesi Hill, an old volcano with a natural forest on top;
- A view into the Waarusha culture (old stories, traditional houses);
- Delicious lunch and dinner prepared by the Juhudi women's group;
- Visit a traditional healer where you can see ancient remedies that have been used for thousands of years.
Profits from your visit to Ng'iresi are used
to improve our primary school.«
LOCATION:
Ng'iresi is situated seven km out of Arusha town on the green and steep slopes of Mt. Meru. The inhabitants are all farmers of the Waarusha tribe. The Waarusha are family of the Maasai but have gradually shifted from pastoralism to agriculture.
NG’IRESI DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:
Ng’iresi Primary School was built in 1975. The building consists of seven classrooms, and 510 children attend the school. The classrooms are rather crowded and there are not enough learning materials for everyone. Through tourism revenues, desks and new classroom have already been added, but far form enough has been done. From the money earned by a tourist visit, 4 US$ will go to a school development fund, used for improvements of the school. 1 US$ can buy two schoolbooks, 5 US$ is enough for wood from which the children can make a desk and for 10 US$ the school can buy a topographic map of the country.
FACILITIES:
At Mzee Loti’s farm there is a simple but clean toilet, from the pit-latrine model. From the first revenue, a small bathroom will be built that can be used by guest who spend the night at the farm. Visitors can put up their tents on one of the shambaas around Mzee Loti’s house; a watchman will guarantee the safety. During rain, visitors can shelter in Mzee Loti’s house.