Easy Travel and Tours Ltd - Osotwa Cultural Tourism Initiatives (OCT’I)

Osotwa is situated 1.9 km off the Arusha-Nairobi road from Ngaramtoni junction. Osotwa is a programme by the people dwelling on the slopes of Mt. Meru, blessed with rich and diverse natural and cultural hertitage.

The following tours are on offer:

Walks through nine identified villages in the Arumeru district. You will go with Maasai eco-tour guides to meet people, enjoy the beautiful scenery and see how people live in this rural part of Tanzania
A view into the culture of the Maasai in the II Larusa settlement
A lunch of traditional East African food and Maasai herbal tea or locally grown and processed coffee
Visit to the colourful Maasai markets on Thursday and Sunday

A climb up the impressive Sambasha Hill (2000m), an old volcano with a crater and natural forest on top. Watch birds, butterflies, colobus and blue monkeys and enjoy a wonderful view of Arusha town
A visit to Kitakuk Hill – Osotwa’s Environmental Conservation Project where 18,000 indigenous trees are planted
A visit to historic and ritual sites
A visit to a Maasai traditional healer and craft village
Visits to community development projects that aim at improving the living conditions through income generating and environmental conservation activities
A visit to Olmotonyi forest training institute
A visit to Meru / Usa forest plantations
A visit to a sawmill complex in the Mt. Meru area

Half day tours

Walk across the boundary of Meru / Usa Forest Plantation and the villages adjacent to the forest. Observe farming activities, the Olmotonyi river valley, blue monkeys, white and black colobus monkeys and birds. Climb tha Sambasha Hill (2000m) to see a mini crater and proceed to Kitakuk Hill to see an environmental project. Get a glimpse of Maasai culture before returning to the Osotwa office.
Start from Osotwa office and pass the primary and secondary schools. Enjoy the scenic plateau land covered with banana plantations and coffee farms. Walk through the villages and learn about the Selian and Ngarenaro rivers and a unique ‘strangler’ tree. Visit a traditional healer, and bead and handicrafts makers.

Full day tours

Start at the Osotwa office and walk through the Meru / Usa Forest Plantation and along Olmotonyi river to Sambasha Hill. Enjoy a view over Arusha town and see white and black colobus monkeys and blue monkeys, a caldera and many birds. Visit a boma where you will be served a hot traditional Tanzanian meal. Later, meet a traditional healer, and makers of beads and other handicrafts.

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