FLAVORS, KNOWLEDGE AND SAVANNAH: TRANSFORMATIVE ENCOUNTER IN TANZANIA

Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport

Private transfer to community accommodation on the outskirts of Arusha

Volunteer house with tropical garden, common areas and outdoor dining area. Space designed for conviviality, with shared rooms and corners for reflection.

Lunch on the terrace surrounded by mango and papaya trees

Why it's unique: Swahili dishes prepared with ingredients from the garden. It is shared at a round table under a palm roof, accompanied by natural hibiscus juice.

Late:

•            Welcome walk through the village with a local guide

•            Secret visit to an artisan school where deaf children teach local sign language

Group dynamics with games, presentation and setting of intentions

Dinner with typical dishes and spiced tea

Integration activity: traditional dances led by a Maasai instructor

Accommodation in a communal house

Tropical breakfast with chapati, sweet banana and Tanzanian coffee

Volunteering in a rural educational center

•            Support in English and maths classes

•            Cooperative games with children

•            Mural painting with positive messages

Lunch prepared by mothers from the community

Why it's unique: They cook over low heat on a communal stove, with local flavors and lots of human warmth. It is eaten sitting in kikoy on the grass.

Afternoon: batik (African textile painting) workshop and explanation of its symbolism

Dinner at the accommodation with a discussion about Tanzanian culture

Group outing to local space with live music and drumming

Accommodation in Arusha

Breakfast and departure to Arusha Market

Guided tour of the market:

•            Handicrafts, natural medicine, fruits, fabrics

•            Exclusive access to an interior courtyard where women sell ancestral cosmetics with ingredients from the savannah

Self-care and beauty workshop:

•            Preparation of ointments, scrubs, oils with shea and baobab

Lunch in an open dining room inside a medicinal garden

Why it's unique: Each dish is inspired by African plants, served with natural infusions, and accompanied by traditional chants

Cultural Exchange Afternoon: Local Women Teach Kikoy Wrapping and Sharing Stories

Dinner under the stars with candles and traditional barbecue

Accommodation in Arusha

Full-day excursion to the mountainous area of Mount Meru

Guided hike with local ranger on nature trail

Secret visit to a hidden waterfall where symbolic bathing is performed with a Maasai spiritual guide

Lunch at boma maasai (traditional housing) with host community

Why it's unique: Group cooking, hands-on eating, and talking with local leaders about pastoral life

Question exchange activity and welcome ritual

Return to Arusha and light dinner with African soup and homemade bread

Accommodation in a communal house

Breakfast with millet biscuits and papaya juice

Visit to a social project of women entrepreneurs

•            Jewelry Manufacturing from Recycled Materials

•            Intimate Empowerment and Resilience Chat with Local Women Leaders

Lunch with live African flute music

Why it's unique: The food is simple, the experience is profound. You eat, you listen, you reflect.

Afternoon: percussion workshop and group singing with local musicians

Farewell dinner in a space decorated with African fabrics and flowers

Group party with music, toast and souvenir delivery

Last night in Arusha

Breakfast with fresh fruits and ginger tea

Symbolic circle closing ceremony

•            Reading messages

•            Gift of bracelet made by children of the educational center

Shared lunch at local dining room with farewell menu

Why it's unique: Every traveler receives a word in Swahili as a reminder of what they experienced

Rest and night in Arusha (if the flight is the next day)

Light breakfast in the garden

Private Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport

End of the trip before lunch