Arusha City Tour

You will start the day by visiting a local organic and Fair Trade coffee farm in Nkoaranga Village, 25km east of Arusha. Your local guide will show you the village and tell you about its history. You will see the oldest Lutheran church in Mt. Meru, visit a primary or secondary school, and as you walk to the farm you will see small shambas (farms), where people grow bananas, maize, beans, and other vegetables and fruits.

The farm you will visit is also the coffee nursery and you will learn and see the difference between organic and traditional coffee farming and see how coffee is grown from young trees to when it is picked.

Arusha City Tour

After walking down to the point of start, you are invited to a big Tanzanian lunch in the garden. You can taste chapatti, ugali, roasted banana, rice, spinach, salad, goat meat, and fresh fruit of the season, however, this is optional.

The last stop is the coffee roasting factory. Here, you can taste freshly roasted coffee while you see the process of roasting and grinding coffee. You will get a free bag of your favorite coffee bag to bring home, and there are other souvenirs from Tanzania.