1 DAY - MATERUNI AND KURINGE WATERFALL TOUR

Let's take a day hike
Why not make a short journey away from the tourist trail? The foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro are truly hikers heaven with all the natural beaty emaginable to see and welcoming people to meet. Here the rich farmlands of the Chagbga people merges of natural rainforest. During a one-day visit you may see the natural waterrfulls seclueded in the valleys; this place remains a tranquil, unspoiled example of natural beauty. To get the most out of your visit you will walk with one of our professional guides who will provide you with the cultural and enviromental information and insights. walk through Kilimanjaro natural rainforest and if fortunes permit you will view some wild animals. Birds watching and great panoramic views from an altitude of between 1,900 metre to 2,400 meteres above sea level. Visits to the ancient hiding caves used during Chagga Maasai wars blacksmiths using traditional methods.

What do our customers say?
"Operated exclusively by Akaro tours, whose owner grew up in a nearby Shamba, this rewarding half-or-full day tour starts at the village of Materuni on the foothills of Kilimanjaro some 14Km from Moshi. The walk follows sloping raods and footpaths through the surrounding mountside top the loveliest waterfalls, a 70m-high bridal veil' fall set at the head of the steep wooded gorge. One of the visit, something i don't say lightly after having regularly hiked for miles in the line of duty to check out what transpired, was yet another unmemorable cataract. On the full day you continue from the waterfall, climbing steep cultivated slopes to a Chagga homestead, where lunch and homegrown coffee are provided. From here you can continue on to Rua forest, which harbours black-and-white colobus monkeys as well as most of the mountain forest birds associatd withe kilimanjaro. The full day version can also incorporate a visit to a typical Chagga coffe and banana subsistence farm.

Quoted::: Philip Briggs & Ariadne Van Zandbergen.
Tanzania Bradt Travel Guidebook, Fourth Edition on Page 201.