Serengeti:
Africa Natural Tours
AFRICA
NATURAL TOURS (The best tour company in Tanzania)
Specialized
in: Mountain climbing, Wildlife safaris, Cultural tourism and Beach holidays
Contact
+255 653 679 958 OR +255 692 436 113
Situated
on the Western side of Serengeti National Park, 45Km from Ikoma gate, Serengeti
Cultural Tourism Programme exposes visitors to the way of life of the Kurya people.
Great landscape with iconic Kopjes, which are habitat and breeding ground for
various mammal species and other wildlife, can be explored in different ways
that you will enjoy. The area is alive with wildlife and one part is a section
of the Serengeti wildebeest migration route where with proper timing, you will
witness animals on the move to the northern part of Serengeti ecosystem.
The
following are on offer:
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Visit to Wakurya Bomas
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Mugumu town tour
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A visit to Serengeti Cultural Centre
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Camping at Serengeti Cultural Centre
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Traditional dancing of your choice among the 7 famous tribal dances around
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Visit to a traditional healer to learn how people have been treated from time
immemorial
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Visit community development projects, local schools and health centres found in
the area. See how people are struggling to overcome the big human enemies:
poverty, illiteracy and disease
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Farm tour: see how people practice different forms of agriculture
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A stay with Wakurya family to enjoy traditional food and their unique lifestyle
Half-day tour
Walk
through Mugumu town, to the local market, proceed to the local art gallery and
local shoe makers. Proceed to local settlements in the town to Serengeti
Cultural Centre where a collection of traditional artifacts is found in a small
museum. Visit a large Kopje found in the village which is a breeding ground for
various mammals and birds.
Full-day tour
Walk
through a village and visit a traditional Wakurya boma, to explore the culture
of the people who have coexisted for many years with migratory wild animals of
the Serengeti ecosystem. Visit the kopjes found on village land to get insight
into small scale farming by walking through small farms of millet, cassava and
maize. Participate in various activities such as: grazing cattle in the field,
milking cattle, fetching water from the river, participate in local food
preparation. You can then visit a most respected traditional healer of the
Wakurya tribe and listen to stories that make people understand African life in
depth. Finally visit a local market with fresh farm produce and a cattle market
found in our home town.
Traditional dancing
The
energetic Wa-Kurya traditional dancers will give you an insight into Wakurya
culture with their captivating songs and dancing. You can watch, experience and
even participate in a variety of dances symbolising various occasions and
traditional events such as: Dances for bride-price giving, circumcision,
marriage ceremony, warriors’ victory celebration after winning a war, ceremony
for retirement of a chief and other traditional events.
Two options exist: Bringing the dance to the people or bringing people to the
dance at Serengeti Cultural Centre. Community development activities: Schools
visit and tree planting: Visit a local school where you can interact with
students and teachers. Arrangements are made to allow maximum interaction with
students where you can exchange and learn from each other, play various games.
This is also accompanied by planting a friendship tree that will bear your two
names as friends. Your new friend will continue taking care of the tree as a
sign for your friendship. You will become a real friend of Serengeti ecosystem.
It is an opportunity for you to do something so that “Serengeti Shall Never
Die”.
Getting there
Serengeti
Cultural Tourism Enterprise is located in Western Serengeti about 45 Km from
Ikoma gate of Serengeti National Park. One can board daily public buses leaving
Musoma for Arusha and Arusha for Musoma then get off at Mugumu town which is
located 80km from Musoma.
For more information
visit www.africanaturaltours.com
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