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COUNTRY:
Tanzania
HOLIDAY TYPE:
Moderate walking holidays
DEPARTURES:
Departures from Arusha every Tuesday and Friday throughout the year
PRICE:
From US $800 (12 days) excluding flights. Price includes accommodation, meals, internal transport and taxes and is based on groups of 10-20 people working together - please request price for individuals and smaller groups
VOUCHERS:
Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday
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Volunteer travel - what's it all about?
Are you looking for an adventurous trip with a purpose, or on a gap year or career break? If you want to make a difference in some of the world’s most important conservation areas - and in community projects - then volunteer trips are for you! Volunteers tend to have a sense of adventure, and come from a range of different backgrounds and from all over the world.
Edward Abbey said 'sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul'.

How this holiday makes a difference

The visitors are interacting freely with the local community thereby breaking the racial barriers and hitherto black/white colonial hangovers. Through cultural exchange interviews, both visitor and host learn more about the cultural contrasts, and how the men manage many wives without the usual love hostilities. The men/women will tell/explain the benefits of marrying many wives and traditional reasons of allowing children outside marriage.

The visitor will learn more about real African Rural life as lived by ordinary people in the rural areas and know Africa in its real perspective compared to what is depicted in the International News Media. Through service charges to service providers the local women ' guides, family elders/fathers, children in the community earn direct income from tourists, hitherto denied them because of being outside the traditional wildlife tour routes. Through the Village and Local Government Levies and Project Work, the entire community benefit by having the hitherto compulsory contribution project works completed through our programmes.

By strictly adhering to proper environmental codes and health conduct throughout our programmes the community gradually psychologically adopt better environmental protection and improved health standards.

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Reviewed 21 Jul 2007 by Marianne Kent-Stoll5 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


The wildlife viewing and the opportunity to live with a local family was superb. I felt privileged to be allowed to share in the daily lives of a local village. The people were more friendly and welcoming than I ever imagined.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


If you come with an open mind, the willingness to be flexible, and reasonable good health, you will have a transformative experience.

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


I definitely felt that our experience benefited the local people. Although I would like to know how much of the money we paid for the trip went to the families we stayed with.

4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?


This was an incredible way to take a vacation. I spoke to many people who have taken vacations to Tanzania and few have had the opportunity to become a part of the lives of local people as we did.
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