Chaga Tour Machame Villages And Cycling Adventure

The People of Mount Kilimanjaro, two main tribes live around the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro’s slopes, which are Maasai people on the western side of Mount Kilimanjaro and the rest of other bigger places covered by the Chaga people, the Chaga people were divided into multiple clans which were then further divided into chiefdoms in many years ago particularly from 18th to 20th century they were at war with not only their neighbors Massai people mainly for the area to feed their animal and ruling the place, but also with one another, each chiefdom had a distinctive territory along the southern, eastern and some part of western slopes of the mountain mainly sign of these territories were the rivers and small hills that used still today, at that time.

These areas were connected with footpaths and wooden bridges before being modernized later by the colonialists who succeeded in dominating the area (Germany) after the scramble and partition of Africa although it was not easy for Germany to dominate the Chagas land due to their experience in war and better strong fighter and they were real knew that if they lose the battle they would lose their land, it was a shame for them to lose any battle, however, these clans have continuously come together to form modern Chagas culture. Many years before a Missionary to Africa, particularly in the Tanganyika Chaga areas the Chagas had their own God trusted in him as a liberator and the power of sustenance he was known as “RUWA” which means GOD and believed RUWA was always living on Mount Kilimanjaro. That was why Kilimanjaro mountain was a very respective area

Machame village is located close to Moshi town 20 km from the town and is rich in tourism value, Chaga Tour Machame Villages And Cycling Adventure will start to cycle our bike from near Moshi town via Kibosho both tarmac and rough road, with the perfect clear sky we will get a best close viewpoint of Mount Kilimanjaro after shant town before we turn to banana forest Machame is a rural village where the majority of inhabitants rely on farming, particularly coffee cultivation and the growth of vegetables and fruits. The strategic positioning of Machame village makes it an ideal location for cultural tourism ventures.

Chaga Tour Machame Villages And Cycling Adventure will keep cycling via Banana forest and big coffee farm plantation in the different villages before getting to the destination center where we will be doing different tour activities such as visit chaga caves/tunnel where the Chagga tribes hide and fight agaist Maasai warriors during intertribal war, also where used for war between one chiefdom to another, other tour activities is to visity Nkosalulu water falls in Makoa River that flows from the Mount Kilimanjaro forest also Chaga dance and coffee tour a wonderful opportunity to learn local skillfull practices of producing the best quality Arabica coffee using traditional ways.

Note that: it will depend on the time we arrived to this cultural centre, the time will determin to finish all the activities before dark, whether you like to cycle back to town or take a jeep, that will be the point of discussion between you as a tourist and your guide we need you to meet your desire of learn and enjoying the African traditional culture, Machame villages can also be a perfect choice of tour package for any cyclists/tourist whose like to ride and learn.
The tourist/cyclist will have to pay 185$ price based on 2 person include the following services as listed in the table below. for any query please call us or send us a message for clarifications from our team. Book This Package Now