We are offering and teaching short and longterm Kiswahilicourses as well as try to raise an understanding and love for the local people to help to get to see more than just a tourist view.
MZUNGU - JAMBO?! = How often have you heard this phrase, yet? 10, 20, or a hundred times?And don`t you ever wish to reply more than a helpless „Jambo“ and a uncertain smile?
WE MAY HELP YOU!
KARIBU RAFIKI LANGUAGE SCHOOL for KISUAHELI learners is there for your needs! Courses are offered using German or English language and material, depending on whats YOUR mothertongue.
Additionally we are able to provide a cultural, social, religious and economic background knowledge, so that you will be able to deal a lot better with the
T A N S A N I A N W A Y O F L I F E !

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You are in need of somebody to help you translating from German to Kiswahili, or English to Kiswahili or the other way round? Don`t worry, we can help you! No matter if its for privat, business or official issues. Just contact us and we will see what we can do for you. Anything connected to the Kiswahili Language, we will be happy to serve you!

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You don’t want to come to the country as a tourist? You have love for the people and the country? You are ready to put up with the other way of life in a different culture and want to learn and experience something different from what you are used to? You want to lend a HELPING HAND wherever it is needed or you want to serve the people with your profession or skills? Just let us know and we can help you to find a place, where your help is needed and where you feel useful. This can be working with children, working with HIV Victims or other sick persons, helping in an orphanage or with street kids. But also doing carpenter or electrical work, house building, computer stuff, translation work German-English, teaching English and German, helping church ministry and many other things. Just get in contact and explain your thoughts, than we will see what we can do for you!

Very special: We help you design and sew for you a typical african dress, made from beautiful african clothes, produced in Africa. You will look just beautiful!

The story of the people of Usambara, the Washambaa is exciting. They are an agricultural people who since the time of their ancestors have found the mountains more fertile and easily defended than the surrunding plains, belong linguistically and culturally to the Bantu family of peoples. Come and learn more about the different tribes of the Wazigua, Wabondei, Wataita and Wapare, the Wakilindi and Wambugu and others. Have a view into the history and daily life of the Wasambaa farmers.
Visit several development projects in the district, like soil conservation, irrigation, cross breeding, afforestation, health care, etc.
Meet with local people, building friendships and learn about and from them! Take a glimpse behind the usual touristview! We help you to get in contact and make the most out of your stay!

You want to see and experience from inside how the Tanzanian people live? We can arrange for you to stay with a local family or single person for some days or even a week and you can share the joys and sorrows of their lifes! This way you get a special inside view and will make friendship. Before staying with them, we will have one day of cultural teaching and some few Kiswahili words for you, as preparation! Communication for this programm should be made with us at least 14 days in advance!

Have you ever thought of or seen how to make delicious food without gas or electricity? What are the children playing with, where there are no toyshops? How it is to live in a mudhouse? What about catching water from the nearby river? What`s the way of making bricks and building a house? These and more questions you can get the chance to learn, see and experience for yourself. We will ensure you, you will never be the same again, but will return with your horizon widened and rich cultural experiences.

You want to have a coulorful wedding, maybe in a church filled with joyful people who are dancing and singing, enjoying with you this special event? It can be arranged!
WE also HIRE different kinds of WEDDINGDRESSES. You can choose out of nearly hundred different dresses, the one which suites you most. And after that we will help you to have a special day to remember for lifetime!

You want a HOME away from HOME? We will offer you great service for body and soul, to get the REST you need! No matter if you are an individual traveler, a family or a group.
Our large, inviting and selfcontained family-sized guestrooms in a quiet and beautiful surrounding of the Usambara Mountains are waiting for you!
Also we offer a huge variety of European (German) and local (Tanzanian) food. Come, visit and try us out, we will be happy to serve you!

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You long to see the Wildlife of Tanzania? You are at the right place! WE will HELP YOU to arrange the safari customised for you, the way you need it. There are closeby National Parks like the Mkomazi, but we also arrange tours to the more famous ones like Ngorongoro, Arusha National Park, Tarangire, Serengeti, etc. We are connected to trustful guides, who will take care of your tour for a reasonable price, so that you will get the best for your money. Just communicate with us and we will see what we can do for you!

These forests are hosts to intriguing flora and fauna, including rare and endemic (found nowhere else) species. The Usambaras have abundant and diverse bird life, and according to experts, is one of the best places in Africa for bird watching. Also Colobus monkeys can often be seen high in the forest canopy, especially along the Magamba-Lukozi road or in the Shume Forests. In the Magamba Rainforest you can also admire the rich vegetation and colourful butterflies. You can combine your tour with visiting the great Mkuzi Waterfalls, even with having a swim in the pool at the foot of the fall.
Guides can help you plan exciting and adventurous even overnight hikes throughout the mountains and accompany you on walks through the area.
Come and ask us, we will be happy to arrange everything according to YOUR desire!

The Usambara Mountains are truly hiker`s heaven with all the natural beauty imaginable to see and welcoming people to meet. There are roads and good path leading nearly everywhere, and – although much of the walking is at elevations from 5000 to 7000 feet – the climbs are rarely demanding.
The Usambara Mountains Tourism Programme offers a number of standard walking tours, that accommodate different interests, time schedules, and physical capabilities. These tours range from a few hours to a few days. The Usambaras as well offer great possibilities for mountain biking and even car safaris since the roads through the mountains are generally good. However, you can plan your own tour, just discuss your interest with us and the tour will be customized for you.

The Usambara are considerably older than Mts. Kilimanjaro and Meru. Through the mountains were thrust upwards around 25 million years ago, the rock which forms the mountains is at least 600 million years old.
The Usambaras are an island in this archipelago where plants found stability and refuge during millennia of climatic change. The Usambaras have many unique plant species, and are the source of the world-famous Usambara or African violet.The Usambaras have abundant and diverse bird life, and according to experts, is one of the best places in Africa for bird watching.
Lushoto District - long famous for its fruits and vegetables- , produces most of Tanzanian`s plums and pears, and much of the salad greens and vegetables used by Dar´s top hotels and restaurants come from Lushoto. Almost all visitors to the Usambaras return with a mental book of lovely memories; many come back wth a slew of photographs; some come away with locally made handicrafts or artwork. But one thing everyone brings back from the mountains is a basketful of fruits and vegetables. Also you can learn about local soil conservation, irrigatin projects and farming methods. So come, see and enjoy yourself!