Themes such as the diversity of wildlife and protected wilderness of Tanzania, public health, the environmental issues, globalization and education are focused in this program.

Foot2Afrika expert lecturers and group adventure leaders create exceptional educational and adventure opportunities for you by contributing their extensive knowledge about the culture, heritage and history of the places you're visiting. They are authorities on your destination and lifelong learners themselves who are excited to answer your questions, hear your opinions and share your experience.

Day one: Arrival at the airport – where by you will be met by our in country coordinator and be transferred to Moshi town for dinner and overnight; lodging downtown at a comfortable hotel.

Day two: After breakfast you will have a town excursion, this includes orientation of Moshi town. An expert lecture enhances a visit to Moshi’s unexplored history of Germany under the Second World War cemetery and later a visit to the street kid’s home and lunch together. The evening is for resting and getting ready for preparation for the next day trip, again lodging downtown at a comfortable hotel.

Day three: After breakfast you will start your journey to the Maasai land where you will have camp work and volunteering. After arrival you will have dinner followed by overnight at the campsite.

Day four: After breakfast you will have introduction and orientation and allocation of home stays for those interested. In the evening there will be a welcoming ceremony where goats will be slaughtered and you will have a merry time making dinner around the camp fire.

Day five: Very early in the morning the ladies will leave the camp and homes to go and fetch water as per tradition. This has to be done in the morning because after sun rise it is very difficult to walk under the scorching sun. Other ladies will leave the compound after breakfast to go and collect building materials. The men will leave the compound after breakfast to go to the fields and look after the animals.

Day six: After fetching water the ladies will assemble in a set place where they are going to build a maasai manyatta ( a house) and the men will go to the fields to look after the animals, collecting fire woods in the forest, building cows shade.

Day seven: After breakfast the whole group will be split into two groups, the men and the women. The men are going to have a meeting with the old men and the youths of the society where by they will be taught a lot of things that the men in this community do and the same case applies to the ladies. Some of the few things that you will learn are a) Medicines and health impacts, digging for medicine roots etc b) circumcision both in men and female and other FGM that are there in this community.

Day eight: After breakfast the group will have lectures about the environment and how globalization is affecting the weather and environment, they will also be given lectures on governance –about the local government and also about traditional leadership.

Day nine: after breakfast the whole group will leave the compound after packing all their belongings and visit the local schools where they will learn what problems the teachers get and how they deal with them. They will also learn the attitudes of the local community towards the school. Afterwards the group will also visit the local health centers and see how they do their daily activities and the problems that they face and how they solve them. In the evening the group will leave the maasai village and drive to the Tarangire campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day ten: After breakfast, leave the camp for a full day game drive in the Tarangire National Park. Once inside the park, the vehicle roof opens and the game drive begins! The game drive is followed by lunch box at picnic lunch before departing to an afternoon game drive. Tarangire National Park holds a diverse number of wildlife, so make sure to bring your camera! Some of the park animals include the: African Elephant, African Buffalo, Cheetah, Leopard, Lion, Maasai Giraffe,Spotted Hyena, Common Zebra, White-bearded Wildebeest, Warthog, Olive Baboon, and much more. There are many lions in the park, but the forest vegetations provide a perfect cover for them thus making it an adventure to locate them. The fantastic animals aside, Tarangire is one of the prettiest National Parks, in its terrain and landscape. The area is dotted with baobab trees and mopane brush. The Tarangire River is the only permanent water supply in this area, and attracts much wildlife. Views from the hill above the river make for wonderful game viewing in early morning and late evening. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day eleven: After breakfast leave the camp for a walking safari in the Tarangire villages. Visit the local farms and have a lecture on human and wildlife conflicts. Later in the evening we visit the Tanzanian fertilizers factory for its agricultural supporting impacts. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.

Day twelve: Drive to Lake Manyara, take a rest and then later in the evening have a game drive. Lake Manyara National Park is famous for its tree-climbing lions. You will then head off for game drive this time through the reddish brown escarpment wall of the Great Rift Valley! Much of the park appears to be in a heat haze created by the soda lake — Lake Manyara. This lake attracts a considerable amount of birdlife as well as other animals living in the local terrain. Dinner and overnight at Lake Manyara.

Day thirteen: After breakfast have a morning game drive in the Lake Manyara National park, later return to the campsite for hot lunch. In the after noon a guest speaker from the National park will give a lecture about community conservation.

Day fourteen: A morning breakfast followed by cycling along the Lake Manyara. In the evening enjoy dinner and some traditional dances at the Mto wa Mbu village. Mto wa Mbu village lies within the east African Valley, some 120km from Arusha City, Mto wa Mbu inhabits more than 18,000 people in which there are 120 tribes, Maasai being the original inhabitants of the area. Mto wa Mbu flourishes in the presence of three great rivers namely, Kirurumu river, Mahamoud River And Magadini river. If one is looking for the great taste of Tanzanian Culture, then choose Mto wa Mbu Village, a boiling pot of Cultures from different corners of the country! Learn what the people do for a living; learn different ways of production and what exists in these cultures.

Day 15 and 16: Visit the health clinic for public health awareness. The group will also participate in cleaning and painting hospitals and health centers.

Day seventeen: the participants will visits schools and there will be a guest speaker who will address the impacts of globalization and tourism as a vital tool for local community development.

Day eighteen: leave for the Bushmen where you will have a welcoming ceremony in the evening.The tribe is among one of the rare tribes in East Africa living primitive life almost unknown. The area is located by the Eastern boundary of the famous Ngorongoro conservation area that gives this amazing people an opportunity to survive on wildlife across the conservation. The drive takes us crossing the vast land of mountains and valleys which has unique beauty. After evening culture sharing, we walk back to our tents at the camp ready for dinner and overnight.

Day 19: Early morning breakfast is followed by a walk to the Bushman stepple ready for hunting. The group will be divided into small numbers lead by Bushman warriors. In the afternoon return back to the camp for lunch. Then have a rest.

Day 20: After breakfast the participants will leave for hunting later return to the campsite for lunch, in the afternoon there will be a rest as you later have lectures about the life styles of the bush men and their traditions.

Day 21: After breakfast help the local community in building toilets and teaching them health issues. Return back to the camp for lunch and then be ready to leave. Dinner and overnight at Kudu.

Day 22: This day you will rest and write journals, preparing for the forthcoming adventures and also some internet surfing.

Day 23: The adventure starts when you begin your journey to the Serengeti plains via the Olduvai Gorge where you will be given some lectures. Later proceed to Serengeti for dinner and overnight.

Day 24: Have a full day game drive in the Serengeti plains dinner and overnight at the campsite in Serengeti. Serengeti is Africa’s most famous and Tanzania’s largest park covering 14,736 sq km and is adjoining with the Maasai Mara national reserve in Kenya. With a wildebeest population of about 2 million and several other hoofed species (which include zebra, Thomson gazelle, impala, topi, Grant gazelle, hartebeest, eland, dik dik, klipspringer, roan. oryx, oribi, waterbuck, buffalo, giraffe and warthog) the Serengeti is sure to attract a string of hunters such as lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, jackals and bat eared foxes. Elephants are relatively scarce and few remaining black rhinos are restricted to the Moru copjes area. Serengeti also offer rewarding bird viewing with ostrich and kori busterd being common, a variety of larks, finches, secretary, eagles, vultures and more can be seen.

Day 25: After breakfast leave Serengeti to Ngorongoro with game enroute dinner and overnight at the campsite in Ngorongoro. The Ngorongoro Crater is the world’s largest intact crater, and was created during the formation of the Great Rift Valley millions of years ago. The crater floor measures approximately 260 square feet in size and holds the famous Lake Magadi (a sodium carbonate lake), an all-season hippo pool at the Ngoitokitok springs, Munge River and the Lerai forest.

Day 26: After breakfast you will descend to the crater for a crater tour. Dinner and overnight at the Kudu.

Day 27: After breakfast you will have lectures on the struggles that were made by Tanzania in protecting Rhinos. A farewell evening with following dinner and overnight at Kudu.

Day 28: In the morning you get packed up and, and you will be transferred back to the airport for your evening flight back to home or you can go to relax in Zanzibar island, or even go to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

Trip package includes: • All accommodations and 3 meals a day during entire program as indicated. • All ground transfers as indicated • Private 4X4 safari vehicle(s) and driver/guide(s) •All National Park entry fees • Lecturers and village government fee • Bottled water during the program • Coordination services • Emergency and first aid services • Team leaders and class room. • Donations

Trip package does not include: • Items of a personal nature • Drinks at meals, you will stop at local supermarkets to buy snacks and drinks. • Round trip airfare and taxes from your destination to Tanzania. • Tanzania visa (About 50-100 USD at arrival on the airport, the visa can also be arranged in advance with an extra processing fee of 20 USD to save time at the visa desk at the airport during arrival) • Unlimited medical insurance.