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Join our native indigenous hosts on a life-changing eight-day journey to participate and explore Maasai, Datoga, and Hadzabe traditions and culture in Northern Tanzania

You experience a lot of singing and dancing Maasai's traditional songs, sharing Maasai, Datoga, and Hadzabe people's rich culture. Reconnect with nature and expanding consciousness for holistic living.

The expedition is planned and provided by the indigenous hosts who open their homes to show you their unique culture, traditions, and customs. Experience the most authentic and sustainable way to explore African nature, wildlife, and indigenous cultures in Tanzania.

In our culture explorer, we have excluded the indigenous living in the area that have adopted modern times living. We include typical indigenous Hadzabe, Datoga and Maasai villages have been practiced in the same ways of living for hundreds of years.

This trip is a great privilege to learn from the Maasai and the earth. You can experience the balance and harmony between people and the environment and share collective indigenous wisdom.

The Hadzabe are hunter-gatherers who live only in Tanzania, in Lake Eyasi. There are estimated to be around 1300 Hadzabe people living in Tanzania. The Hadzabe indigenous wisdom contains the belief that we are all related, including all living and inanimate beings.

The Hadzabe grow no food, raise no livestock, and live without rules or calendars. Their way of life has remained unchanged over the millennia, and they live in small wandering groups of about twenty individuals.

The Datoga are Nilotic pastoralists living only in Tanzania who are semi-nomads (population about 85,000). They have a strong warrior tradition and male domination of political and social life.

Datoga are also talented blacksmiths. Join this adventure and deep dive into the indigenous cultures.

You learn the use of bush medication from Laibon –the Maasai doctor and where the Maasai warriors hang out in the savanna.

You will join and learn hunting by doing with Hadzabe indigenous of Lake Eyasi. You will join and explore Datoga handmade and other tribal activities.

You join the Maasai women in their daily life and every night you enjoy your bush dinner outside under the African sky full of stars. Fall asleep by listening to nocturnal sounds of Africa like hyena's laughing.

You join Datoga women local dinner preparation and may be cooking with them. This is a once in a lifetime indigenous culture to make!

Itineraries

Day:1Welcome to Tanzania

Pick up from Kilimanjaro International airport and transfer to Arusha Villa lodge in Arusha.
Meals include dinner (D).

Day: 2Lake Eyasi / Hadzabe

We start our journey towards Lake Eyasi, where we stay with the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers. You join one of these family units in the deep bush for three days. We join the Hadzabe men on their hunting trips and women on their gathering. The landscape is exceptionally stunning due to the high number of beautiful baobab trees and its extensive marshlands—accommodation in a tent. (B, L, D).

Day: 3Lake Eyasi / Hadzabe

We join the Hadzabe hunting early in the morning and return to our campsite for breakfast brunch. In the afternoon, we continue towards Lake Eyasi, a seasonal shallow salt lake on the Great Rift Valley floor at the Serengeti Plateau base. We walk around the lake to observe waterbirds like flamingos and pelicans. We return to our bush camp to spend the evening singing and telling storing with the Hadzabe. (B, L, D).

Day: 4Lake Eyasi / Datoga

After breakfast, we say goodbye to Hadzabe as we continue to stay with our Datoga family. We spend time with our hosts exploring the area and the Datoga way of life. After bush dinner, we gather around the campfire to hear and document Datoga's indigenous wisdom. You will overnight in the tent near Datoga's huts. (B, L, D).

Day: 5Lake Eyasi-Maasai Village

After an early breakfast, we head to the first Maasai village which takes about 5 hours. We arrive at the Maasai village in the late afternoon. Welcoming celebrations by your Maasai hosts and setting up the camp in the savanna. Dinner is served al fresco under the African stars. (B, L, D).

Day: 6Maasai Village

After breakfast, get ready for your first bushwalk! Today you can try your skills in herding cattle with the Maasai boys and warriors. You will join the Maasai boys and warriors to herd cattle, and observe how Maasai women milk cows and goats. We walk with the Maasai herders in the remote savanna and explore the African savanna. We return back to our Maasai village for lunch. In the afternoon, we join the Maasai in village life. In the evening, we gather around the campfire and enjoy our bush dinner in a Maasai village. (B, L, D).

Day: 7Maasai Village

Today we visit another remote Maasai village. We have to travel by car, by rowboat, and on foot to reach this Maasai village. Now we go even deeper into the beautiful African bush. Enjoy the welcoming celebrations with much dancing and singing with the Maasai. Late afternoon return back to your lodge in Arusha (B, L, D).

Day: 8Kilimanjaro International Airport

Enjoy your lazy morning in a Lodge. After lunch, we transfer back to Kilimanjaro airport for your flight departure. You arrive at the airport around 4 pm. You can book an evening flight or extend your stay in Arusha. (B, L).

Highlights

Experience the authentic African indigenous cultures as their guest, not a tourist
Immerse yourself in rich traditions and unique lifestyles
Dine under the African stars every night in breathtaking nature
Sleeping in a tent in the African bush allows you to enjoy nature in an exceptional way

RATES & AVAILABILITIES

Prices ($)
ACOMMODATIONS:

Night 1 and 7 = Arusha Villa HB, Night 2,3,4 = Private Camping at Hadza & Datoga village, Night 5,6= Private Camping at Maasai Village.

Season	1 pax pp	2 pax pp	3 pax pp	4 pax pp	5 pax pp	6 pax pp
Low (April-rainfall)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Low (May-ASK)	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
Mid (June - good season)	2730	1735	1595	1180	1095	995
Mid (Sept and Oct -best)	2680	1720	1580	1150	1065	965
Mid (Nov 1st to Dec 9th )ok	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
High season (July- best)	2730	1735	1595	1180	1095	995
High season (August, Dec 20 to Jan 10)	2730	1735	1595	1180	1095	995

Note:
*There is discounted rates used for big groups.

Included

Private transport: 4X4 excellent custom vehicle, rowboat/ donkey rents
5 nights’ accommodation in a single/ double share tent (including camping supplies; tent, Camping bed & mattress, private toilet, camping Dinning, Chefs and cooking utilities)
2 nights in a 4-star lodge in Arusha
1 night for Materuni village can be lodge in Moshi
Meals: Food by the lodges and Food by our master chef- variety of delicious, well cooked balanced diet grown naturally by local indigenous, drinks and drinking mineral bottled water
2 Days hiking in Usambara Mountains
Well Experienced Guides (Driver guide, local Maasai guides as per indigenous tribes and ceremonial participants)
Entrance fees- activities fees-songs, demonstrations and local government fees
All the cultural excursions mentioned in the itinerary
Airport transfer; from and to Kilimanjaro Airport.

Culture Explorer Impact on Native Community

By visiting our community, you’ll be respecting the place you are visiting and its ancestral stewards, while still enjoying an unforgettable experience. Deeper connection with people and place: Interact directly with individuals and gain immediate knowledge of how you are impacting each other’s lives.

Our unique culture explorer trips are managed and guided by the indigenous tribesman. They get the economic benefit and fair salary for hosting you in their home, village.

We purchase a medical cover for one family most in need per each booking to make sure that your stay benefits the broader community as well. When the family receives the medical cover, they have access to medical services, including free medication.

Then, when you visit the communities on these villages, you have the opportunity to connect with the local people and make a positive impact.

Beneficial Impacts of your visits:

Sustains Indigenous culture for future generations by your visit the natives will be aware of their culture. Your visit give empathy and awareness of Maasai cultures, gain a new perspective on culture, both your own and others, and how it shapes our lives.
Hands-on experience with indigenous culture: See, hear, touch, taste, and do things you might never have done otherwise.
Facilitates local employment to indigenous participants, hiring indigenous guides, hosts, rowboat headers and other culture participants. Ensure your tourism dollars support local communities in beneficial and sustainable ways.
Directly benefits locals hosts financially by paying rents, allowances and wages.
Creates and empowers resilient and strong communities.
Adds value to your travel with unique experiences.
Allows travelers to experience the diversity and customs of local cultures.
Encourages travelers to truly connect and interact with Maasai communities.
Stimulates increased awareness and knowledge of Maasai, Hadza and Datoga cultures and traditions.
Supports the movement of good tourism.
Explore the remote world you should not find by Google.