Cultural Arts Centre Dance and Drumming:  Workshop The Cultural Arts Centre in Arusha, Tanzania was developed by Tumaini University’s Music Department with support from the European Union Development Fund between 2014 and 2018. It is located in Makumira, just behind the University. The Center aims to preserve and develop Tanzania’s music culture by acting as a base and archive for music research and documentation, as well as for running programs that empower and train up-and-coming artists and performers in the country. Participants will participate in a drum workshop which will be followed by lunch at the Cultural Arts Center and an afternoon dance workshop, at a Fig and Oliver restaurant, which will expose them to different dance practices in Tanzania and the wider continent Maasai

Medicine Walk:  Participants will take a leisurely late afternoon walk through the land surrounding the Isoitok campsite. The group, led by a local Maasai guide, will walk to one of several viewpoints overlooking Lake Manyara and The Great Rift Valley, and they will learn about the various root and plant extracts used by the Maasai to treat ailments of all sorts. The local Maasai guide will be available to answer any questions along the way. The walk concludes with a view of the sunset behind Lake Manyara.

Ngorongoro Crater Game Drive: The Ngorongoro Crater is a prime game-viewing area, making it one of Tanzania’s major game-drive attractions. The crater was formed when a volcano collapsed during the formation of the Great Rift Valley. Within the crater, large herds of zebras and wildebeest graze near lions, leopards, elephants, and black rhinos. Just outside of the crater rim, Maasai herdsmen co-exist with the wildlife in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania’s northern region. Participants will have the unique opportunity to descend into and go on a game drive in the crater, thereby exposing them to wildlife, including the Big Five, and biodiversity for which the country is known.