Our driver/guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha and transfer you to Ilkiding’a village which lies under the foot of Mount Meru 10 km North of Arusha town. It is a 30-45 minutes drive from your hotel to the village. On arrival after signing the visitor’s book, you will get a briefing about the Waarusha people and the Maasai culture in general. From here the tour starts.
The people of Ilkiding’ a will offer you the following:
- A warm welcome in a local household.
- A visit to the biggest waterfalls are in Arusha about 70m high.
- You will visit the primary school (you may bring pens, books, etc)
- Walk to a view into the culture of the Wa-Arusha.
- You will visit boma, and get an idea of how Maasai live together with cows in the same house.
- Visits to craftsmen and a traditional healer.
- Visits the blacksmith (knife makers) and learns how to make Maasai knives and their uses.
- Walk through the farms where people produce crops such as Coffee, Bananas, Vegetables, etc.
- You will take a rest at impressive viewpoints overlooking Arusha town.
- You will enjoy a traditional lunch prepared by the women in the village.
- Walk along narrow footpaths, cross a canyon, and Ngarenaro river and climb small hills
- A performance from the Maasai Cultural Dancing Group
- Visit Orpul, where you will witness how Masai slaughter goats, and sheep and participate in preparations as well as eating and drinking soup mixed with traditional medicines