by biking and walking adventure ways.
Welcome
to the extensive village of Sapuku on the foot of Mount Meru where you can
experience daily life of traditional Maasai and Wameru tribes, spot rare birds
and monkeys and get astonishing views of Arusha town and surroundings. Three
mayor viewpoints are part to this trip on Oldonyo Sapuku, or ‘Big Mountain’.
The full trip will take about 6, 7 hours; a shorter one of 4 hours is possible
as well You start walking from our
office/your hotel to the neighbourhood of Sanawari where the road leads up to
the beautiful village of Sapuku. You will pass Enaboishu Secondary School. Here
the road starts going up and passes many Maasai Bomas. At viewpoint “A” you will get a good view on
Sanawari village.
On the walk to viewpoint “B”, you pass the village office, where you will be asked to pay village development fee (V.D.F). Further, up the road beautiful waterfalls will astound you. Here at viewpoint “C” observe the spice plants of the Themi River that flows down and passes Arusha city.
On your way, back you will visit a huge plantation forest with indigenous trees and herbal plants. If you are lucky, you can see black and white Colobus monkeys, black faced velvet monkeys and Blue monkeys playing nearby. The guide will lead on nature trails and helps you to identify the many different bird species, including the Little Brown Job, a shy secretive little bird that spends much of its time stalking in dense bush. There is a wide variety of other African birds of prey.
Near the end of this trip, you visit the batik factory and see how batiks are made.
You can even learn how to make them yourself. To finish the trip enjoy a cool drink in the lively village bar near the main road Arusha-Moshi.
By cycling it will take about 5 hours to hike and 1 hour to descend.
Things to take:
Sleepers
Sunglasses
Swimsuit
Small Lunch Box
On the walk to viewpoint “B”, you pass the village office, where you will be asked to pay village development fee (V.D.F). Further, up the road beautiful waterfalls will astound you. Here at viewpoint “C” observe the spice plants of the Themi River that flows down and passes Arusha city.
On your way, back you will visit a huge plantation forest with indigenous trees and herbal plants. If you are lucky, you can see black and white Colobus monkeys, black faced velvet monkeys and Blue monkeys playing nearby. The guide will lead on nature trails and helps you to identify the many different bird species, including the Little Brown Job, a shy secretive little bird that spends much of its time stalking in dense bush. There is a wide variety of other African birds of prey.
Near the end of this trip, you visit the batik factory and see how batiks are made.
You can even learn how to make them yourself. To finish the trip enjoy a cool drink in the lively village bar near the main road Arusha-Moshi.
By cycling it will take about 5 hours to hike and 1 hour to descend.
Things to take:
Sleepers
Sunglasses
Swimsuit
Small Lunch Box
