Hadzabe Cultural Tour

HADZABE CULTURAL TOUR

Escape the well-trodden main safari circuit of Northern Tanzania and explore the Yaeda Valley, to the southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater. The area is home to the Hadzabe, who are traditional hunter-gatherer people who have one of the richest and most interesting histories. You will be accompanied by an expert guide who has a long-standing relationship with the group. This short trip offers a unique chance to learn and witness first-hand how the Hadza live off the land. Their bush skills are something that has been long forgotten across much of Africa, and time spent with the Hadza offers a very raw and authentic cultural experience – something you will never forget.
This tour start from Karatu early in the morning your guide will brief you about the tour and driven through the Ngorongoro highlands and down into the Lake Eyasi basin, characterized by open grasslands, rocky ridges and hundreds of baobab trees. The drive takes approximately 4 hours from Karatu, after all the culture visit is over we will drive back to Karatu late afternoon

Highlights

A private guided tour throughout the Lake Eyasi region

Meet the Hadzabe one of the last remaining hunting and gathering people on earth, and learn about their ways of life

Visit the Datoga people, traditional blacksmiths and watch them at work

Includes the expertise of knowledgeable Hadzabe and Datoga guides

What we will learn from the Hadzabe

Different kinds of materials being used to make arrows – arrow sticks, the preparation of poison and the point of poison in the arrow

Processing poison from the poison tree

Fruit, root tubers and honey collection

Shallow wells prepared by women for water collection from the ground for home use

Traditional dancing

Barbeque preparation of fresh meat for the lucky days of hunting, normally about 2 -3 days of big kills per week but small kills are regular and common

How to make fire the traditional way, in the ancient hand-drill method using palms of the hands and two pieces of sticks / wood

Training and exercise in arrow shooting and targeting

Preparation of huts for the women (being made of branches of trees)

Studying the availability of animals for hunting and timing too, as hunting is normally done early morning, and at night for the baboons and traps – common animals are monkeys, baboons, dikdik, kudu, impala, guinea fowls

Life in the caves in the rainy season, and under trees in the dry season

The monogamy practice for the marriage

Training of youngsters in hunting & targeting