Maasai Village, Materuni Waterfalls & Coffee

Immerse yourself in the culture of Tanzania on a Materuni Village Tour. Experience the traditions of the Chagga tribe, meet Maasai tribesmen, and enjoy stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rundugai Cultural Tourism Enterprise - We will pick you up in the morning from your hotel in Arusha, Moshi or upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro/Arusha airports in a clean airconditioned vehicle and drive short distance to Maasai village.
    At the village, you experience many traditional aspects of Maasai life, but also see how the Maasai adapt to…
What's Included
  • Roundtrip private transport
  • Tour guide
  • All activities
  • Hot lunch
  • Bottled water
  • Contribution to Maasai village
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Alcohol Drinks
  • personal expenses
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in the culture of Tanzania by visiting Maasai village and Materuni village on the slopes of Kilimanjaro, explore this villages to discover a world of tradition, history and cuisine.
We will pick you in Arusha, Moshi or upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro/Arusha airports in a clean airconditioned car and drive short distance to Kilimanjaro…

Location
Rundugai Cultural Tourism Enterprise
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Didim767
Dec 17, 2024
Great opportunity to experience so much in a day - This was a great outing that provided great value for the cost. Three different experiences starting with the Masai village (this was worth it alone,!) followed by lunch and coffee and ending with hike to Materuni falls. Our guide M.Pemba was informative, engaging, courteous and added to the experience by providing a lot of history and explanation of customs. This outing covers so much in a day and is worth it.
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Luisoe5127ot
Dec 15, 2024
just do it and celebrate - Mpemba was our guide on this wonderful experience. We visited the Maasai village in the morning. Being able to be with them, learning about their culture first hand, and becoming part of their dances and clothing was amazing. Our guide gave us a good recommendation to bring gifts for the children of the village (cookies and sweets). That was definitely a great way to end the activity with them. When we finished, he took us to an almost hidden place on the side of a mountain so we could learn about and prepare our own coffee. It was a great activity and the food was delicious (we are vegetarians and it was a great relief to be able to eat well). To finish, we went to the Materuni waterfall. It was a little difficult because we went during the rainy season, the ground was slippery, but in any other season it should be easy, and even more so with our guide. Thanks to his shortcuts, we managed to cut a good part of the path. When we got to the waterfall, we even managed to get inside it. That was without a doubt the best cold shower I have ever taken in my life. The tour is an experience that you should take at least once in your life and get out of your comfort zone a little, after all you only live once.
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914florencev
Dec 4, 2024
Maasai immersion - Very nice day, in the morning we were received in a Maasai village where we shared some of their culture....very beautiful people, we sang, danced...then our guide took us to the hot spring of Chemka where before swimming, had a delicious lunch typically local. Our guide Mpemba is really nice and smiling, he knew how to meet our expectations. I highly recommend it.
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76ireneuszb
Nov 29, 2024
Great trip with a great guide Mpemba. Thank you - We was with our guide Mpemba from Arusha. Everything was well prepared. We were well taken care of. The visit to the Masai village was a good lesson in the history and traditions of this tribe. The next interactive lesson - roasting coffee, was an interesting experience. At the end the cherry on the cake - the Miteruni waterfall. Recommended places and guide
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Dibiasec
Nov 21, 2024
Incredible day - Mpemba was an excellent guide ! The waterfall and the coffee tour was very Nice ! The coffee was very god. I recommend this tour.
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J9327jschloec
Nov 21, 2024
Great day - I had mpemba as the guide for the day. He was great and gave me a lot of information during the waterfall, hot springs, and coffee tour.
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Carljohane963
Nov 13, 2024
An exciting event-filled all day activity! - We had a great time with Mpemba as our guide - very informative, helpful, and flexible regarding the day's activities! Be prepared for a long but eventfilled day if starting from Arusha (7am-8pm in our case, but we took it quite easy to get a good view of Kilimanjaro). We started with the Maasai village, which included several small activities, including traditional dancing and spear throwing. This felt very commercialized, but we definitely had a good time! Good hot lunch served together with the coffee experience, in a single location, which gave us a good understanding of the coffee making process, as they walk you through all of the steps in detail. Swimming at Materuni waterfall is much recommended, as the hike can be quite warm, and there's good potential for seeing the summit of Kilimanjaro and other views on the way, depending on the weather. Wear decent shoes, as there can be some rough and muddy parts - but I wouldn't call it a strenuous hike, so trainers should be OK. PS1: Make sure to bring quite a bit of extra cash - not required, but quite expected (gifts to Maasai children, Maasai and post-coffee souvenirs/crafts). The souvenirs are fairly high quality, so you might as well buy them here, but clearly tourist-priced. We also made some spontaneous purchases of fresh fruit and banana wine along the way. PS2: The washrooms we encountered were mostly squat style and occasionally very basic, so bring some toilet paper (if you're used to Western toilets) and hand sanitizer! If these two points sound OK, you'll have a great time!
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Yodjil
Oct 30, 2024
Very nice experience! - Very nice day with our guide Joshua! The coffee experience was very nice to do and the visit to the Materuni waterfall was very nice. The meal was excellent and everyone was very welcoming. Things to do during your stay in Arusha!
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347carolineg
Oct 26, 2024
Very good day - It was a very good day. Our guide Pemba very well. It was really interesting to see how the Maasai live and then how the coffee is made. Finally the waterfall was very beautiful.
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Rosa
Oct 24, 2024
Fantastic experience to the kilimanjaro tours, the guide and the transport we were sent were excellent. Very punctual. - They arrived minutes early for us. Very punctual. Very friendly, excellent driver. The guide who accompanied us very closely and also was our great photographer. He was waiting for us, helping us along the way, explaining what we were going through on our way to the waterfall. We were taken to eat at a local house with family right there, excellent local food included fresh fruit. They taught us the Coffee process, enlivened with the family local chants while working coffee. They made us coffee and we drank right there. It was an amazing tour. I think people are even very fond of us as a family. I don't miss anything they offered us.
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