ATTRACTIONS
OF THE CULTURAL TOURISM IN MTO WA MBU VILLAGE
The cultural
tourism in Mto wa Mbu is depending very much on the cultural diversity of the area and the Lake Manyara National park. Although
there are other factors like arable land and adequate supply of water. This flows in its natural streams in the village premises.
The cultural
tourism in Mto wa Mbu as it is a community based organization, it is therefore utilizing these available resources in the
area in the category of Eco- tourism.
These attractions
include the following.
·
Farming tour
In this type of tour visitors will be shown different varieties of banana grown and other crops in the area. In additional
to that visitors will be told of the old irrigation system in the area and how it is managed by the local people.
They will
also have an opportunity to see different farming activities in the village and its people.
·
Maasai village tour
This is one
of the fantastic tours a visitors is advised to undertake in the village. Maasai people are people with their culture as solid
as it was before western cultures to arrive in Tanzania.
Our guides
will tell you a lot of the Tribe and they will make sure ever aspect of life of this tribe will be lied down by our guides;
this will include venturing inside their huts which is a woman design in general. They will also dance for you when is requested
and much more things that you will ask our guides will make sure you have them answered...
·
Lake papyrus tour
This tour is designed
for a full day walking safari in the village and it involve going as close as possible to the wall of the escarpment where
there are water falls for you cooling your body after a long walk, however this place is inhabited by one of the smallest
tribe in the country called SANDAWE and our guides will tell you about their professional at making traditional bows and arrows
and how do they poison them at the tips and the herbs used for poisoning. Our guides will also describe to you different activities
performed by women of this tribe in the village and you will visit some of their homes and experience their general lives...
·
Canoeing in Lake Manyara
Due
to the close distance of the village and the lake Manyara the cultural tourism offers you a tour in the lake by canoeing and
a visitor will see a larger number of Flamingoes in the lake which has become their ideal home for decades now. However we
also organize fishing activities in the lake by traditional methods and we will give you traditional fishermen who will teach
you the real methods they use in fishing from Lake Manyara...
·
Traditional cuisine
Because of the cultural diversity
of the are the cultural tourism programme in Mto wa Mbu offers you a chance to have the African dishes cooked for you by African
women. The are of Mto wa Mbu has many tribes coming from different parts of Tanzania, about 20 tribes are residing here in
this small village so the cultural tourism in the area organizes luncheons and dinners for its visitor who request and the
dinning table is plenty of different cuisines that will make you feel different...
This
will include the most popular food in Tanzanian families such as
UGALI
WALI
MAKANDE
MLENDA
The guides will tell you about
the foods and the tribes respective to their foods
·
Cycling around the village
The cultural tourism programme
in Mto wa Mbu also organizes cycling tours around the village premises, this tour is a bit tiring but we recommend you ask
for it helps keep limber and it gives you a different state of the whole safari in Tanzania.
We use two different types of
bicycles to facilitate the tour and make happy the visitor
Chinese bicycles
Mountain (Sports)
And much more from
the cultural tourism can be offered please your visit will help this small community in this small village.
