Cultural Tours Tanzania

Tourism is a high-income earner for Tanzanians, it benefits the local people. There are many ways to interact with the locals, learn and appreciate their ways of life, and at the same time by your visit make a small contribution to their living standard. There are cultural Tourism Programmes set up and run by the villagers themselves. You can visit schools, clinics, markets, and learn about local people's daily lives and culture.  

An adventure to Tanzania could be completed by meeting the enchanting Maasai. This wonderful cultural excursion will immerse you in the fascinating ancestry of these noble people. At the Maasai village playing host to your tour, you will meet with a Maasai family and visit a traditional boma - the village huts called Manyatta, made of cow dung and clay plastered over stick frames. Maasai life is an extraordinary reality of how these people live in the heart of the bush in harmony with many wild animals. Maasai are nomadic people and are known for their pastoral traditions and they never hunt or eat wild animals for food, unlike other tribes. For the Maasai that is taboo. They live off their herds of cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys. They drink blood, milk, and eat meat. But nowadays they supplement their diet with grains. Maasai enjoy to demonstrate their traditional dances and give travelers an opportunity to interact with their culture.  

There are other interesting tribes to visit such as the Hadzabe and Datoga people of Lake Eyasi and Yaeda Valley: 
 
Hadzabe are hunter-gatherers, prehistoric people who still live their traditional ways of life. Travelers get an opportunity to interact with these "ancient" people and practice many of their survival skills such as hunting and gathering. 

Another fascinating tribe is the Datoga of Lake Eyasi region, who are similar to the Himba of Namibia. Datoga are pastoralists and nomadic people with a very interesting culture to explore. These ancient blacksmith traders are still trading today, and they have antique "workshops" which are really amazing to see especially when Datoga blacksmiths are at work. Datoga live traditional lives, and it is one of the fewest tribes to do so in Africa.