Mto WA Mbu is a village in northern Tanzania and it is located near Serengeti national park. This local village is in Manyara region just adjacent to Lake Manyara national park in Tanzania. Mto WA Mbu is a home to over 120 groups of people who gathered from across Tanzania and other neighboring countries like Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya. The population in Mto WA Mbu is estimated to be over 20,000 people. Mto WA Mbu is a Swahili word meaning “River of Mosquitoes”. The village is made of very fertile soils which have favored the growth various crops such as bananas, maize, rice, beans, vegetables among others. These fresh foods are later sold in the Mto WA Mbu market and this has made the place famous for different cultural engagements in the area. The local guides in the village will take you around the village for about 3hours where you will interact with the locals, visit different craft shops, artisans, enjoy a local meal with the locals.
Attractions in Mto WA Mbu
Guided Nature Walks: Learn about the ancient lifestyle of the locals who have been in this area for centuries. Engage in cultural experience of the local residents who dwell in Mto WA Mbu.
Cycling Tours: This is another amazing experience where you will explore all the corners of the village while you are cycling. You will enjoy the beauty of the village especially seeing the homesteads, landscape and the way of life of the locals.
Cultural Engagements: The village gives tourists the chance to interact with the locals and their day to day activities for example cooking, making banana beer, traditional dancing, weaving of baskets, mats, molding of pots among others. There are Masai people in the community where you will visit them in their Manyattas, learn more about their way of life in their Bomas and this has preserved the Masai community amidst other tribes and communities.
Local Food Tasting: Are you interested in organic food with no additives? The village has got you authentic foods, freshly prepared from the gardens with local ingredients.
Mto WA Mbu supports sustainable tourism and this is through establishment of various community initiatives for example education programs for the locals, healthcare facilities, environmental conservation practices like planting trees among others and these efforts have set Mto WA Mbu apart and attractive for tourists who are interested in Tanzania safaris.
