USAMBARA: 4-Day Usambara Mountains Trekking Tour

Lushoto Eco Home-Single room- Lushoto town Bush baby homestay-Cottage- Lukozi town Emao lodge-Single room-Rangwi town Magumba View Cottage-Single room- Mtae

Public bus

Full board

Professional local tour guide

THREE DAYS TREEK TO MTAE MTAE TREK 4 days 3 nights trekking to Mtae Pre tour Arrival day Arrive and check inn at your own chosen accommodation. Relax for some minutes then meet the guide for tour briefing. Day 1: Lushoto to lukozi 8-9hrs 21km Approximate trekking distance coverage 21 km. After breakfast get picked at the hotel, start walking through the kwembago loyal villages uphill to the Magamba rain forest. Get into to the thick rain forest of Magamba a home for different primates. Spend your time watching the black and white colobus monkeys, velvet and blue monkeys. Keep trekking to an old Germany trench and hear about its historical military use by the Germany colonial solders and continue trekking to Kiguluhakwewa peak and enjoy the view of Lushoto town and other villages. Have your picnic lunch on the peak or somewhere in magamba village and overnight at Bush baby home stay and campsite in Lukozi. This is the day of trekking through the natural forest, home of black and white Columbus monkeys, two horned chameleons on the way and nice landscape. The lodge is basically local neat and self-contained rooms. Day 2: Lukozi to Rangwi 11km 3-4 hrs. Approximate trekking distance coverage 14 km. After breakfast start walking through the villages of Mgwashi, farming areas and having the lunch at Rangwi sister’s convent and spend the night there- lovely landscape and a chance to interact with the local ethnic groups in traditional villages and learning traditional local ways of living, visiting traditional irrigation practices by the Shambaa. It is a day to learn about medicinal and spiritual herbs on the way. Accommodation is not luxury but basic and neat shared toilets. Day 3: Rangwi to Mtae 10km 3-4 hrs. Approximate trekking distance coverage 13 km. Trekking through the villages, to the pottery village for the workshop and along the escapement of the mountains to Mtae – World class (The world class view point is because you will view about 180 degrees over the Tsavo west Kenya and Kilimanjaro). trekking proceeds to Mabughai the pottery workshop. Visit the pottery workshop and learn how to make pots using clay soil. Keep hiking to the end through the escapement of the Usambara Mountains while enjoying nice views of the plain. Have a lunch at Mambo viewpoint Eco lodge and check in also. Day 4: MTAE TO LUSHOTO 2:30hrs Driving distance 63 km from mtae to lushoto town. After breakfast departure to Lushoto town. Then cutch the buss to Dar es salaam or Arusha from Lushoto Town or Mombo Town. End of the tour.