Special cultural programme tour

• Lushoto Town Tour

Day 1:
Ktchen tour and the sunset (7-8hrs) – In this amazing section, we let you earn and enjoy the fantastic experience of all time. Take a nice walk to the village (to be selected) which is situated a few kilometers outside of Lushoto Town. There you will meet a local family in their home stay.
Learn from them how to prepare local traditional dishes, hear the history and the background of specific food and cooking traditions in daily Sambaa life.
See how traditional food is grown at the field and how it is harvested. Get an impression what daily life in the village is like and share your ideas & experiences while enjoying together the lunch you have prepared. The food to be prepared can be from your own selections accordingly! Then walking from the village through the local villages around to the beautiful Irente view point. Enjoy the stunning view over the Masai plain of about 1000m below while waiting for the sunset. Optionally, private transport will be set after the sunset because it will be dark to walk back to Lushoto town.Price for this tour will be $40 per person and it includes Food and drinks, preparation fee, Eco-community fee, entry fee, Transport and the guiding fee
Day 2:
Local coffee tour and drumming (6-7hrs) – As Usambara Mountain has ever been the Germany’s colony, there were huge and productive coffee plantations. However there are now less coffee farms that managed by local people. In this case, take a visit to the local coffee farms and learn every local step on the production and preparation of your beloved morning drink. Your Local-coffee-tour will start with a one hour walk from Lushoto Town to the coffee farm village. Of course you will pass through the coffee farmers’ fields where you can see how the coffee tree grows.
At the home of a member from the coffee-farmers-initiative you will get to know more about the history of coffee in Usambara & the experiences, hardships and the specific knowledge of local coffee-farmers. See and try yourself to prepare coffee from the harvesting, the roasting, and the grinding to the brewing of your own coffee. After that, walk to the the village where the drumming & dancing group will perform traditional dances & drumming specials for you. You will have the chance to get details information about the history of drumming and dancing and its traditional use in community life.The price for this will be $37 per person and it will include  Food and drinks, preparation and cooking fee, Eco-community fee, and the guiding fee/drumming fee.
Day 3:
Traditional Healing and Art workshop(6-7 hrs)                                                               Pay a visit to a traditional healer and listen to the stories about Sambaa culture – from long time ago & today!
A pleasant walk around will lead you to the traditional healer’s home where you will get detailed information about traditional healing plants, their use in shamanic sessions and the way to prepare the local medicine!
Go for a walk with the healer in the close surrounding of his house and touch, see and smell the healing plants! After that, walk back to our art workshop,meet our local artist who will teach you how to make different stuff by using local materials found within usambara mountains or outside. The price for this session will be $35 per person and it will include Food and drinks, preparation and materials, Eco-community fee, and the guiding fee/artist fee.

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