2 unique cultural tourism packages while in Southern Highland circuit of Tanzania!
You are offered with an opportunity to visit special community based people to people tourism. Please check the links below for details of specific cultural programme within the northern circuit
Mbeya Brief
Mbeya cultural tourism programme is located in the Southern Highland tourism circuit southwest of Dar es Salaam, its landscape characterized by relief forms created by the volcanic effects of the African Rift Valley.
Location & Getting There:
By road from Dar es Salaam about 872 Kilometres and Iringa about 360 Kilometres or by daily buses from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya that take 10 hours.
Activities:
- Visit to the Ngozi Crater Lake
- Insight on traditional culture of Mbeya people
- Climbs mountain peaks overlooking the East African Rift Valley
- Visit to Mbozi Meteorite Stone
- Trekking to The Bridge of God, a natural made Kiwira bridge
Website: www.sisi-kwa-sisi.com
Rungwe Brief
Rungwe cultural tourism programme is offered by people of Rungwe District in the southern tourism circuit of Tanzania. It is located in volcanic mountains crater Lakes, with green hills and lash valleys.
Location & Getting There:
By road from Dar es Salaam, Mbeya and Iringa
Or by daily buses from Dar es Salaam to Tukuyu that take 12 hours.
Activities:
- Climbing Mount Rungwe with the highest point at 2,960 metres a.s.l
- Trekking to Ngozi cater lake
- Trekking to The Bridge of God in the Kiwira valley, a natural bridge formed by old rock forms that crosses the river.
- Trekking to Marasusa waterfalls
- Relax on the shores of Tanzania’s third largest lake Lake Nyasa at Matema beach in the neighbouring Kyela district for a spectacular view of Lake Nyasa and the Livingstone Mountains
- Rungwe tea tour
Website: www.rungwetea.com
