Tengeru Coffee Tour & Cultural Tourism Center
You will be picked from your hotel in Arusha or airport and drive to Tengeru village for great day with village local guides ready for cultural, coffee & banana plantation tours.
On arrival at cultural tourism center, you will be welcomed by a cup of aroma coffee drink and local guides will introduce you to the day activities ahead.
Thereafter you will take a nature walk towards mount Meru area; enjoy scenery, birds, flowers, trees, banana and coffee plantations. You guide will give you thorough interpretations of coffee plants, the origins, how to plant and harvesting it and how it holds the economy of Meru people. For more than 100years people of Meru have been growing coffee which favored by good climatic weather condition around the slopes of Mount Meru.
Local lunch will be served at cultural center
Afternoon enjoy pottery introductory experience where women do molds different vessels for domestic use.
Later on, by using local Meru mortar and pestles you will pound dried coffee beans and then winnowing to separate beans from chaffs, then you will roast polished beans to brown color and afterwards pound it again using mortar and pestle to produce brown coffee powder. Here you will enjoy bounty of your work from a cup of aroma African coffee drink at your leisurely afternoon time.
Afterward you will visit biogas plant at Cultural center which serve as cooking fuel and lighting.
In the evening you will drive to Arusha, drop off at your hotel
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Price Includes
- Transport using Toyota Alphard/Noah/Saloon
- English Speaking driver guide
- Mineral Water
- Entrance fees as indicated on the itinerary
- Meet and greet services
Price Excludes
- Tips, Porterage, beverages, items of personal nature such as laundry, phone, fax, insurance etc.
- International flights, visas and airport taxes
- Any other item not mentioned on the itinerary
Tour net cost in USD inclusively Transport, Entry Fees & Mineral Water
Important Travel Information
Tipping guidelines
It is habitual to tip your safari driver-guide. Tips are paid at the end of the safari and are given to your guide, below are just a guideline for tipping:-
- We suggest $20.00 per person in the vehicle per day for driver-guide during safari days
- $3.00 per group for porters/waitress upon checking in and when checking out.
General Terms and Conditions
Holiday Surcharge
A supplement of US $ 50.00 per person per day will apply to all bookings on the 24th, 25th, 26th and 31st December and 1st January except Zanzibar accommodation
A supplement of US $ 45.00 per person per day will apply to all bookings between Easter Friday and Easter Monday (for all 4 days) as Easter holiday surcharge
Validity of Prices
Prices are valid for the periods shown but are subject to change without notice in the event of Government action, i.e. increase in hotel tax or VAT, or to increase if prices are significantly affected by other circumstances beyond our control. Prices are based on exchange rates prevailing at the time of publication and may alter should any major variation in exchange rates occur.
Payment
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Prices Include
Prices quoted for safaris generally include transport as per the itinerary, airport transfers, game drives, flying doctor membership where appropriate and charged separate at price of $30.00 per person , full board accommodation, picnic/extra lunches where stated, scheduled charter flights where mentioned, Mineral water and park entrance fees.
Prices Exclude: Itinerary prices generally exclude international flights, visa costs, optional excursions, personal insurance (medical or other), drinks, tips, phone calls, laundry and any items of a personal nature.
Children Policy
Children between the age of 3 and 12years
- Pays 60% of the adult rate if sharing a room with two adults
- Pays 80% of the adult rate if sharing a room with another child
- Pays 100% of the adult rates if sharing a room with one adult
- No discount on Holiday and other supplements
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