Marangu waterfall & Coffee making Cultural Tour | BURIGI CHATO SAFARIS CO LTD
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With BURIGI CHATO SAFARIS CO L.T.D, Immerse yourself in the history Marangu and its people. Marangu, at the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro, is a small town with a great amount of history and ancient traditions. Get carried away by the Chagga tribe, unique rainforest landscape and coffee growing insides. In the morning we drive to Marangu Gate (1900m), the starting point for Kilimanjaro treks via the Marangu Route. You will get a sense of the spirit of the mountain. Marangu is home to the local Chagga tribe and you will learn their history and traditions on this full day excursion.We will visit a coffee farm, where you will learn how the coffee is grown, harvested and processed locally. Try your own hand at processing, roasting and preparing a fresh cup of coffee, then depart for the Ndoro Waterfalls. Our hike to the base of the waterfall will lead us through lush green landscape and the descend takes 1 hour. Then after we will visit to the Chagga Underground Caves and Live Museum.
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In the morning we drive to Marangu Gate (1900m), the starting point for all Kilimanjaro treks via the Marangu Route. You will have the opportunity to take pictures of the mighty Kilimanjaro and get a sense of the spirit of the mountain. The area around Marangu is home to the local Chagga tribe and you will learn all about their history and traditions on this full day excursion. Our second stop will be visit a small coffee farm, where you will learn about how the coffee is grown, harvested and processed locally. Try your own hand at processing, roasting and preparing a fresh cup of coffee. Once you have finished enjoying your coffee break, we will depart for the Ndoro Waterfalls. Our hike to the base of the waterfall will lead us through lush green landscape and the descend takes approximately 1 hour. Here you have the opportunity to relax and take a refreshing bath in the pool of the waterfall.
Another highlight will be the visit to the Chagga Underground Caves and the Chagga Live Museum. In times of drought the Maasai migrated up the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro, in search of food and water. They enslaved and killed the local Chagga people. In defense of these attacks the Chagga built an extensive network of underground caves. Your guide will lively illustrate you the conflict while you visit the caves. We then continue to spend some time at the Chagga Live Museum, a small outdoor museum, which will give you further insides into traditional chagga life. Our tour also includes a chagga culinary taste, when we stop for lunch in a small restaurant. Here you will be served a traditional hot meal, later you will also have the chance to try the local spirits such as banana beer and wine.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(12)
Before Tanzania safari I wanted to know the history of chaga people, after waterfall visit I visited the caves where I got the history of chagga people.One of the best moment was to get a really and delicious African Lunch with my Team.
Do you real want to know more about the chagga tribe, I visited the chagga escaping caves, it was so amazing and somethings I though am gonna come closer with. It was just a day trip but with a lot of funny
It was really breathtaking to see everything from up there an interesting tour it is. For lunch we were invited to a family that prepared amazing delicious dish. Whoever visits Kilimanjaro do not hesitate to be doing this.
The water falls is one of the longest in Tanzania. The village and Moshi town provided a good view. We later saw Kilimanjaro and we were happy to choose this trek to the falls
I am recommending to go to the water falls as these are amongst the tallest in Tanzania. Do the tour when you are in Moshi as the place is near. Marangu is my favourite place for day trips. Is lies of coffee cultivated slopes of the mountain. The landscape is breathe taking especially when gazing at Moshi from the hiking. The water falls are safe for swimming this is my favorite destination because I like swimming and am willing to do it with many people.
When walking on the hill our guide was explaining about the history of the Chagga tribe. These are the dwellers of the foot of Kilimanjaro. He was very detailed about them and was happy to introduce us to the locals who were helping us to make coffee from the plant tree. This is something I never did and was happy to do it this time on this trip. He went to the water falls and swim the water was called so I did not do this activity.
The water is safe for swimming. It can get really called and become hard to swim unless you come from a really cold country. You can go to the top of the waterfalls but you have to be careful because I do not think one can survive a drop from this height. Our guide found chameleon and was playing with it on his hands. We later took some pictures and were able to do the same with it.
Geofrey arranged a car and guide to come with us to Marangu village. We had fun coffee tour with very positive energy floating around. The banana beer at a local bar was nice. Different plants grow in this village including the coffee. We helped prepare a cup of coffee and our tour ended with us going to the Lunch which was prepared by a local family. I had a great day this day.
We had an incredible guide who told stories about the villagers and explained the plants we saw and why they grew there. The plants were so nice that were used to mark a border between one piece of land a villager had and the other. We ended up swimming and taking lunch after preparing a cup of coffee and plying with kids. I recommend starting this journey from Moshi town it is a hustle going there yourself and can use more money than when you plan it before there are many tourist traps.
When traveling in Moshi I was recommended by my taxi driver to this company to arrange my day trip this is when I came to their office and I got recommendations of few places I can visit for a day trip. I also liked Marangu water falls because it was a major place that I can go to and find lots of water dropping from the normal river course. I was met by a well detailed guide who took me to the waters then later locals have me to prepare
