Karibu Ngerengere River Eco Camp

Are you looking for an adventure on your travels in Tanzania? Are you interested in sustainable travel far away from cliché touristic experiences? In that case Eco Camp is the perfect place for you! Bungalows, baboons, beautiful landscapes, vising local people including Masai families, activities in various workshops, trips to surrounding National Parks such as Mikumi, Tanzanian food and more. We invite single travelers, couples, families and groups up to 35 people to our beautiful Eco Camp. The space Location Our Eco Camp is located in Lukwambe, in Tanzania - a small village between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro at the bank of Ngerengere River. It is 150 km from Dar es Salaam and 45 km from Morogoro. For easy accessing the camp we have located a person in Bwawani (located directly at the highway between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro) who accompany our guests to Eco camp. A guest only need to inform us once s/he on the way coming. Moreover, we offer airport and ferry pickups from Dar es Salaam. Surrounded by Tanzanian bush and situated at the picturesque Ngerengere River, Eco Camp is the perfect destination for all age groups dreaming of experiencing Tanzanian life (75% of Tanzanians live in rural areas). Eco Camp is a great place for visitors to relax in a very quite and 100% natural environment. Accommodation Our camp is unique: all houses are built entirely of natural materials. Our houses are of diffrent sizes. You may like to use a comfortable single or double bed - of course all including mosquito nets. Each house also has a private bathroom. Our Eco Camp Msonge Hostel can even accommodate up to eight people. Since 2018 we provide a special family house, which includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a small living room. For camping lovers, we have plenty of space for tents. Apart from the houses, we have a dining hall, a kitchen and a great fire camp area. New: Since 2018 we are launching a more private camp, suitable for a family or couples who need to stay privately. This camp has three rooms contained with three bathrooms as well as a sitting room. It is a unique house! It is about 50 metres from the main Camp. Food Enjoy our 100% organic and freshly cooked food! You will get three typical Tanzanian meals per day. Our food is also suitable for vegetarian guests. We use fresh fruits and vegetables from our own garden whenever possible. Additionally, barbecue at the campfire is available. Activities 1) You have the chance to explore the natural environment with baboons, galagos, beautiful birds, chameleons and other animals. Refresh your mind while sitting on the stones of Ngerengere River. 2) We offer a unique cultural tourism experience. Through our extensive social network in the area we can provide guests with the chance to learn and experience much about the culture of Lukwambe´s people. You can get to know the diffrent lifestyles of the villagers through direct meetings and exchanges. Many of our guests find it also very interesting to visit a Masai family nearby. 3) Tourists have the chance to get to know our social projects in Lukwambe. In cooperation with the villagers, we improve conditions in Lukwambe through diffrent projects regarding education, health care, water quality and reforestation. 4) While you stay at Eco Camp you will have the opportunity to visit many fantastic places nearby. Our Eco Camp is close to the highway to Mikumi National Park which is located in the north of Selous - Africa´s biggest Game Reserve today! We can organize daytrips or overnights for you to Mikumi at a reasonable price. We recommend this National Park because of a big variety of animals live there such as zebras, impala, giraffes, wildebeest, lions, buffalo, elephants, hippos, antelopes, monkeys and crocodiles. But Mikumi is still not as crowded with tourists cars as many National Park in the Northern Zone. Apart from Mikumi, we can arrange safaris to Ruaha National Park, Udzungwa Mountains National Park and Saadani National Park. For hiking fans we organize trips to the Uluguru Mountains in Morogoro. The Uluguru Mountains are 2,600 meters high and the vegetation is very variable, ranging from dry lowland to diffrent kinds of forests and beautiful water falls! We can organize a daytrip or if you aim to reach the top of the Mountains, it is also possible to do some camping in the Mountains. 5) You can book one of our workshops which take place direct at Eco Camp or in the Lukwambe village. We offer the following workshops: - Make your own drum! Miraji, one man from Lukwambe, trains our guests and helps them to prepare their own drum out of 100% natural materials including goat skin! - Kiswahili language course! We offer either a basic Kiswahili language course for one day up to one week. Or an intensive Kiswahili language course which takes usually three up to four weeks. The workshop is in English language from Monday to Friday for four hours per day, either in the morning or in the afternoon. The intension of the course is to enable our guests to interact better with the locals. - Make your own Tanzanian sandals! Within two days you will buy the materials (like the needed skin of cow and goat can be bought from Masai people near to Eco Camp) and make your own comfortable sandals. This is a great chance for our guests to interact with the locals, to learn from the local knowledge, to get sandals of Tanzanian style or to bring a very unique gift to their loved ones at home! Services Phones can be charged and lights be used thanks to our solar power. We also have internet access! Even though it is not very stable, receiving and sending messages is possible in certain areas. We offer pickups from the airport in Dar es Salaam or from the ferry coming from Zanizibar to Dar es Salaam as well. Depending on your preference, we will bring you with our private Eco Camp car, or an Eco Camp staff member will pick you up and you can both take public transport. All details for your stay can be worked out together with us. We are flexible and respond to your ideas, situation and wishes. Please feel free to contact us for any questions. We welcome you very much to Ngerengere River Eco Camp! Guest access River side walk, Nearby Maasai family visits, bush walk, sport fishing, practice cooking in our kitchen, Making fire in the evening at our campfire etc etc. Other things to note If you are Luck you will have a chance to attend African weeding, Maasai ceremony, Maasai weekly market.