Maasai Village Tour And Chemka Hotspring
“Interact – experience – fish massage”
TOUR DETAILS:
After breakfast your guide will pick you from your hotel and the journey to Maasai village will start approximately one hour drive from Moshi. Upon your arrival at the village you will be welcomed by a Maasai warrior before introduced to the rest of the clan. He will introduce to you a Maasai guide that will accompany you in the tour with your guide you came with for any assistance needed such as language barrier or taking some photos. Your Maasai guide will take you inside a Maasai house for dressing in a Maasai costume. You (male tourist) will be dressed with a warrior and female tourist will be handled by Maasai ladies. When you come outside (now you look like a Maasai) your Maasai guide will take you in a special place for explanation about Maasai history, traditions, age-set systems and how to become a warrior. An interesting part awaits you: Maasai traditional dance. Maasai dance is full of fun, amusement, interesting and socializing. You will also have a chance to walk to see how Maasai graze cattle, their architectural designs and traditional medicines.
After this fun, you will join some of the Maasai warriors in making fire out of special piece of wooden stick and donkey dung/pup just by bare hand. This will leave you fascinated! You will finish your tour on a traditional tree for a Maasai herbal tea, When this is over you will say goodbye to the Maasai families and you will leave and drive you towards a Chemka hotspring (1hour).
Chemka hotspring represent one of the very few places in Tanzania that provide relaxation, refreshment and enjoyment swim on warm water with a fascinating free black fish massage. The place originates after a volcanic eruption of the Mt. Kilimanjaro 2000years ago that enabled the formation of depression feature that was once a lava outlet that emerged like oasis in the desert. The hotspring is surrounded by palm and fig trees with charming sprawling winding roots that makes it look like a hidden paradise with fairly deep attractive pond with turquoise water.
Upon your arrival at Chemka hotspring the crystal clear with turquoise water entice you to a refreshing swim with the black small fish along doing the massage taking away all your dead body tissues. It is also interesting to jump in the water using a swing rope something that provides unique experiences.
After some few hours in the water you will have your hot lunch of your preferences accompanied with banana or local beer of your choice close to the pool then swim back until evening for drive back to your hotel.
Price including services
– Village entry fees
– Professional English-Speaking Guides
– Private transport (Two way transport)
– Picnic hot Lunch.
– Maasai Traditional Dance
– Maasai herbal tea
– Local Banana Beer Testing
– Bottled Drinking Water