Machame area is a mosaic of beautiful valleys, deep gorges, rivers, waterfalls, farms and is the home base of the Chagga people. Here you can experience and witness the only agro-forestry “best practice”, an intensive farming system of inter-cropping of mixed crops using traditional irrigation. Machame is an ideal place for acclimatization before climbing the mountain. From many points the snow capped peak can be seen.
Enjoy a warm welcome in a local Chagga household. Hikes through dense natural forests and farms for acclimatization along fast flowing streams.
Three different views of snow capped Mount Kilimanjaro, where local ancient Chagga legends recount tales of an Iron hut that brought them strength.
A visit to several development projects in the area (Coffee production, traditional irrigation, afforestation, cross breeding, bee-keeping, schools, health care, food processing, etc.)
Machame Cultural Tourism Centre, Kyalia, is situated 14km from the Machame junction, to the north of the Moshi – Arusha road. The Machame gate, a starting point for Kilimanjaro Mountains climbers, is about half an hour’s walk away.
Machame people have developed various tours that give you an opportunity to take an active part in our programme.
