Arusha shopping & craft tour
The Maasai market, a tanzanite museum, a recycled-glass workshop and lunch on a coffee estate.
For the last day, when you want something to take home that is not from the airport. A driver takes you round the Maasai craft market, a tanzanite showroom with a small museum on the stone that is found nowhere else on earth, the Shanga workshop where glass bottles become jewellery, a design shop and the Cultural Heritage Centre, with lunch at a coffee estate in between.
What makes this one
- The Maasai market for beadwork, carvings and fabric
- Tanzanite, the blue stone mined only below Kilimanjaro
- Shanga, where deaf and disabled artisans blow recycled glass
- Lunch on a working coffee estate
How it runs
- Step 1
Pickup in Arusha
From nine. The Maasai market first, while it is quiet.
- Step 2
Tanzanite and design
The tanzanite museum and showroom, then a shop of Tanzanian-made homeware.
- Step 3
Lunch
At the coffee estate on the edge of town.
- Step 4
Shanga and the Heritage Centre
The glass workshop, then the galleries and shops of the Cultural Heritage Centre, and back to your hotel by half past four.
Worth knowing: Some of the market stalls close on Sundays.
Want an earlier start, a different pickup or two of these in one day? Just ask.
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What $70 does and doesn't cover
Price is per person, group of 4 or more, in US dollars. It falls as the group grows, because the vehicle and the guide are shared.
| Group | 1 person | 2 people | 3 people | 4 people | 5+ people |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per person | $160 | $100 | $80 | $70 | $70 |
Included
- A driver and vehicle from nine to half past four
- Lunch at the coffee estate
- Help with bargaining and shipping
Not included
- Whatever you buy
- Tips
Tell us your date and how many you are and we'll confirm $70 or better.
We reply within 4 working hours. No deposit to ask.