MtoWaMbu Village is located in the Great Rift Valley, near Lake Manyara and Tarangire National Park. The community is surrounded by breathtaking landscapes and is located on the major route leading to the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Region.
The Village allows tourists to interact with almost 120 tribes and is a cross-cultural melting pot with the most unusual blend of languages and customs found in any place in Tanzania.
The village offers various good walking, hiking, and bicycling trips ranging in length from a couple of hours to a whole day (bikes may be rented in the hamlet):
- Village Tour - sample banana beer, see a typical house and learn about Makonde carving
- Village Lunch - enjoy a typical home-cooked meal
- Farm Tour - Learn about what the villagers cultivate and how they do it.
- Maasai Tour - tour a traditional boma (enclosure), participate in various activities with tribal members
- Balaa Hill - a trek up the Rift Valley Wall for spectacular vistas and superb birds.
- Miwaleni Lake and Waterfall - see old Baobab trees and swim in the pool beneath the falls.
ECO-TOURISM AND CULTURAL PROGRAMME
MtoWaMbu Village has an active cultural program that aims to exhibit to tourists the traditional way of life of the people through a variety of events and community initiatives. You may tour popular attractions in the area, sample Tanzanian cuisine, and engage in real cultural interactions.
Each activity is paid a nominal fee, which is subsequently used to fund income-generating initiatives such as the manufacture of energy-efficient stoves and the building of irrigation systems. Students will find the hamlet and its residents to be an excellent source of Tanzanian information. Everyday themes as well as more sophisticated ones such as politics, history and culture, animals, and mythology can be investigated.
There are various good walking, hiking, and bicycling excursions available in the village that range in length from a few hours to a whole day (bikes may be rented in the town);
- Try the banana beer, see a traditional house, and learn about Makonde carving on a village tour.
- Village Lunch - enjoy a typical home-cooked meal
- Farm Tour - Learn about what the villagers cultivate and how they do it.
- Maasai Tour - tour a traditional boma (enclosure), participate in various activities with tribal members
- Balaa Hill - a trek up the Rift Valley Wall for spectacular vistas and superb birds.
- Miwaleni Lake and Waterfall - see old Baobab trees and swim in the pool beneath the falls.
- Lake Manyara - ride your bike along a nature corridor to the lake's shoreline.
