Intrepid Guerba- Community Projects and Zanzibar
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Basic Information
- December 6 - 13, 2008
- 8 day accomodated Safari including Lake Manyara, visits to Amani Home and Village Education Project, view of Kilimanjaro and 3 nights in Zanzibar
- Intrepid/Guerba adventure & discovery holidays
- Minimum group size- 5 persons
- Maximum group size- 12 persons
- Reservations Contact: Caroline-carolinet@intrepidguerba.co.uk
Pricing
- Per person (sharing) £960
- Per person (single accommodation) £1094
Travel Information
- Please allow US$80 for meals not included
- Pick up and drop off to be decided by tour operator
- Vehicles used will either be a minibus or a land Rover type vehicle. All accommodation on Safari and in Zanzibar is in Hotels
- Intrepid Guerba is a partner to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s ‘Know Before You Go’ Campaign & would like to draw your attention to the advice at www.fco.gov.uk/knowbeforeyougo
Itinerary
Day 1. You will be collected on the day after the conference ends from your hotel and then drive to the Lake Manyara Game reserve. We will arrive around lunch time. The Manyara has a very high concentration of animals for such a relatively small park and is probably best known for its tree-climbing lions and excellent hippo pool. It is also home to large numbers of elephants, warthogs, buffaloes and other savannah game animals, in addition to a wide variety of birdlife. We take and an afternoon game drive and return to the hotel for dinner.
Accommodation: Lake Manyara Hotel.
Meals: Lunch & Dinner.
Day 2. We head back out into the reserve for a morning game drive and return to Arusha for lunch (not included). En route to the Marangu Hotel, at the base of Kilimanjaro, we take a visit to the Amani Children’s Home. ‘Amani’ is the Swahili word for peace. 
Amani Children’s Home is a small non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation that runs a residential home for orphans and street children on the base of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Amani tries to help these affected children by giving them a safe home, attempting to reunite them with their families and offering them a variety of educational opportunities including Street Education, Social Work/Reunification, Education, Health and Upendo (Love) Program. To learn more about the program before you leave check out www.amanikids.org 
Accommodation: The Marangu Hotel on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis.
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner.
Day 3. Today we are taken on a tour of the village of Mshiri; home to the Kilimanjaro Village Education Project (KVEP). The KVEP is a registered charity that aims to improve the physical state of the primary schools in the Marangu area. It also provides teaching assistance in the form of gap year students and has founded a vocational training centre where local people can learn practical skills. Visit Village Education Project (see kiliproject.org) and walk through the villages. We will have lunch in village. 
This will be 6 or 7 hour visit, an insight into what life is really like in Tanzania.
Accommodation: The Marangu Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner.
Day 4. Today we will take a leisurely day walk at base of Kilimanjaro. A packed/Pick nick lunch will be provided.
Accomodation: The Marangu Hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 5. You will be transferred to Kilimanjaro Airport for flight to Zanzibar. Accommodation will be at the Mtoni Marine Hotel 10 minutes south of Stone Town. The stay at the Mtoni Marine will be on a bed and breakfast basis.
Accommodation: Mtoni Marine Resort
Meals: Breakfast (at the Marangu Hotel)
Days 6 & 7. You can travel into the Island to the Spice plantations (optional excursion) you are able to see a wonderful variety of spices including cardamon, cinnamon, cloves, black pepper and nutmeg, and tropical fruits like jackfruit, breadfruit, pineapples, bananas and coconuts which have all been introduced to the island over the centuries.
You can explore the rest of the island or simply relax. Zanzibar Town is a great place to explore, with many interesting relics left behind by former Sultans and a 16th century Arab fort.
Accommodation: Mtoni Marine Resort
Meals: Breakfast
Day 8. You will be transferred to Zanzibar Airport for your flight back to Kilimanjaro airport. You will then be transferred back to your drop off location
Meals: Breakfast
Other Information
TANZANIA
Population: 30 million approx. Area: 945,087 sq kms.
Capital: Dodoma. (Dar es Salaam, Mwanza, Zanzibar Town, Tanga and Arusha are the principal towns). People: 120 groups, mainly of Bantu origin. No dominant tribe. Religion: Christianity, Islam, Hindu and traditional religions. Language: Swahili is the national and official language. English is widely spoken in business circles. Climate: Tropical with variations according to altitude. Rainy season April-May and Nov-Dec. Warmer on the coast and cooler in upland regions. Temperatures range from 23-30C(73-80F) in Dar es Salaam. Currency: Tanzanian shillings (TAS) - 100 cents
*HISTORY
The unearthing by Louis Leakey of ‘Nutcracker Man’, indicates that Tanzania has been the scene of human habitation since the dawn of mankind. This discovery at Olduvai Gorge is amongst the oldest human fossils ever found. More recently during the 1st millennium AD, Bantu immigrants from the north brought with them iron workings and pottery making skills. Active colonisation began in the 8th century in Kilwa and Zanzibar with Arabs from Oman. Two centuries later Persians arrived on the coast and built prosperous stone cities of which remnants are still visible. The 11th and 12th centuries saw the evolution of the Swahili language from the intermarriage of Africans, Arabs, and Persians. Trade quickly developed in ivory, rhinoceros horn and coconut oil. Trading flourished in the 19th century with copper and gold from the interior and the notorious slave trade. Reports from early European explorers and missionaries led to the Sultan Baighash of Zanzibar being forced to outlaw slavery in 1873. Along the coastal regions, however, it continued illegally until colonial times. In the late 19th century the mainland was declared a protectorate of German East Africa and Zanzibar became a British protectorate. After World War I, the Germans were expelled and East Africa came under a League of Nations Mandate to the British, who renamed it Tanganyika. Tanganyika gained independence in 1961 and the following year was proclaimed a Republic within the British commonwealth. Tanganyika and Zanzibar united in 1964 to become the United Republic of Tanzania.
*ECONOMY
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, contributing almost 60% of the GDP and as much as 80% of the export earnings, as well as employing 90% of the total labour force. Major exports include coffee, cotton, minerals and tea. Cloves from Zanzibar are also important. Manufacturing accounts for approximately 6% of the GDP and is dominated by government owned concerns. Mining accounts for less than 1% of the GDP, most of which comes from diamond sales.
PEOPLE
*CHAGGA The Chagga live on and around Mount Kilimanjaro. They are expert farmers and coffee growers. The cultivation of this valuable export crop has become the main source of their wealth. One of the most fascinating aspects of traditional Chagga life is the use of water resources for irrigation. Kilimanjaro is the source of many rivers and the Chagga long ago developed a system of furrows to draw off water at high levels and divert it over long distances. The irrigation system makes the Chagga homestead a lush garden. Seventeen varieties of banana grow on Kilimanjaro and these provide the staple element of the Chagga diet.
*SWAHILI Swahili is the name given not only to East Africa’s widespread language but also to some of the people living along the coast. They form a collection of tribes who share a common culture and language, but the boundaries between the Swahili and their neighbours are never definitely clear. The Swahili do not stand alone as a distinct ethnic or tribal entity but form an element in a wider mixed coastal society. Little is known of the groups who were among their ancestors - the Diba, Debuli, and others from Persia and India. The Swahili emerged as distinct people with their own way of life by the 12th century at the latest. They have always produced millet and rice for their own consumption, as well as coconut products and fruit.
