Longido Culture Tour

Day 1 Arrive at Kilimanjaro Airport

Arrive Kilimanjaro Airport. You will be picked up by our driver and transferred to Arusha City for about 45 minutes. You will check in at Mvuli hotel for your overnight stay. The hotel is in a lush and beautiful environment. Has a swimming pool where you can swim and relax during your stay. This night was based on a bed and breakfast

Mvuli Hotel

Day 2 Arusha to Longido

Breakfast then drive to Longido for a Maasai Culture tour, after a formal meeting with Maasai elders then the Maasai warriors will take charge of the tour of the village and they will express their way of living which encounter their traditional home called Boma (made from mud and cow dung), the whole ideas are how does Maasai perform their duties in daily routine such as women play the role of fetching water in the early morning and collect firewood afterward, young children play outside their homes and the grown-up boys engaged into the role of herd men at the very tender age to take care of the cattle while young girls will be performing the roles of cooking and milking the role that learned from their mothers. With so many stories to reveal then later in the evening proceeding the camp for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation in a basic guesthouse in the village

Day 3 Walking and village activities

After breakfast at the Camp then the tour will be heading for a full day walking trip at the Maasai Land in the area where there is an abundance of colorful birds to be seen: starling major, the red and yellow barbet, the masked weaver, the silverbill and the secretary bird and so many to be mentioned.

The walking continues further to the area well known for the presence of rare mammals that cannot be seen easily in many national parks such as gerenuk, the lesser kudu, and the klipspringer. Among other animals that can be seen around while conducting this tour at Longido are giraffes, zebras, gazelles, buffaloes, mongoose, and some silver jackals.

Dinner and overnight at the camp

O/N Public campsite

Day 4 Walking and Village walking-Arusha

Another early departure for the short drive to road head near Kimokouwa, where several Maasai Bomas is peacefully situated in the green “valley of wells”. From here we start the ascent of Longido (2629 meters) Guided by Maasai warriors armed with knives and spears we leave Kimokouwa in the early morning and follow narrow footpaths through a dense natural forest. After two and a half hours you arrive at the marvelous “dawa ya supu” (soup-medicine) viewpoint. From here you will follow trails created by buffaloes to reach the top in another two hours climb. With loud cries, the Maasai warn the buffaloes that people are coming to avoid dangerous encounters. The views from the top are simply unbelievable. On clear days you can see more than 200 kilometers and all the mountains of Northern Tanzania. The descent of the steep mountain is another challenge. Late in the evening drive back to Arusha for a welcome shower, Dinner, and overnight at the Hotel or Guide will transfer you to the Aiport for a flight back home