2-Days Tribal Experience in Moshi & Lake Eyasi

Tribal people in Moshi

Highlights

Meet with the taciturn Hadzabe & Datoga tribes

Engage in the lifestyle of the tribes & learn about their culture

Explore the Maasai market & experience their crafts and cuisine

Moshi, Arusha, Lake Eyasi

shopping, cultural, Tribal

Group Tour

2 Days

Easy

English

Description

Enjoy a unique tribal experience in this short tour and explore the exciting wilderness and the greenery of Lake Eyasi. Experience the charm of the friendly Hadzabe and Datoga tribes and learn about how they hunt, track wildlife and make a fire while indulging in their lifestyles and cultures with the help of your tribal guide. Visit the Maasai market, meet Maasai people and get to see their crafts and taste their food, including the famous Maasai BBQ.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arusha – Lake Eyasi
- Meet with your tour guide in Arusha and start for Lake Eyasi
- Engage with the elusive Hadzabe tribe and learn about their fascinating culture.
- Go on a picnic lunch and visit the Datoga village for an immersive tribal experience.
- Have dinner and stay overnight at Lake Eyasi Campsite.
Day 2: Lake Eyasi - Arusha
- Start early with your bushman guide to meet a group of resident Hadzabe people. Enjoy the Hadzabe Tour walking into the bush with the only hunter-gatherers remaining in the East African region. The Hadzabe speak a click-based language and move their encampments with the seasonal movements of the wildlife.
- Your guide, a member of the group, will explain how they hunt, track wildlife, make fires and even take honey from bee’s nests before introducing you to his people and showing the customs and the way of life.
- In the afternoon, we travel to the Maasai Market and appreciate the spectacular views. Hundreds of Maasai gather each Thursday afternoon at the bustling Maasai market, where guests have the chance to see their crafts and taste their food, including the famous Maasai BBQ. A larger, village-wide market occurs on the 22nd of each month.
- In the late afternoon, we drive back to Arusha for the overnight.
Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch No accommodation included on this day.

What's Included

Transportation

Drinking water

Meals

One-night accommodation

Guide fee

Village entrance fee

What's Excluded

Anything that is not mentioned above or in the itinerary

Know Before You Go

The price for children will be 300 USD per child.

Your cultural tour will directly support the villages’ desire to become more self-sufficient, preserve their indigenous culture, and aid environmental conservation efforts.

For cultural tourism, the Kitonga tours Company will be free to take you to the tribe of your interest, but on this page, only three tribes are presented in summary.

HADZABE In the morning, clients will join the Hadzabe and interact with them and learn how to make fire by using two dry sticks, which has been used for thousands of years. The Bushmen will teach them how to use their bow and arrows, collecting some tubers, roots, and fruits with the women or join the hunting men. Hunting is done in the morning; clients will follow the hunters and see how the hunting is done. The honey gathering is part of it, but depending on the season, the honey gathering is done in the rainy season. DATOGA Once they are done with the Hadzabe Bushmen, you will join the other tribe called Datoga, which resemble the Maasai culture. These people are also blacksmiths, as they make weapons such as arrowheads and knives, which they trade with the Bushmen. Tourists can see how they make all those stuff (arrowheads, spears, knives, bracelets, etc.), grind maize with stones, and melt brass, copper, or aluminium.