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Traveling with Tembo

A Unique Opportunity

Project TEMBO invites you to participate in a project tour, cultural visit, and safari to Tanzania, East Africa. You and five people will make a 14-day escorted trip to Tanzania to meet and talk to grassroots workers and project leaders. You will experience first hand the warmth and hospitality of the Tanzanian people, meet TEMBO’s African partners, and see the impact our support is making. While in Longido, tasty meals and comfortable accommodation will be at the TEMBO Guesthouse.

This is an exciting opportunity to:

  • meet and talk to community leaders;
  • visit village schools, communities, and women’s groups;
  • spend time with the Maasai in their tribal homeland; and
  • go on safari to see and photograph animals in the wilds of Africa.

Here’s what some of the  2012 travellers had to say…
 
“Traveling with TEMBO far exceeded my expectations. It was heaps of fun and so informative of the many challenges facing Tanzania. The program of activities in and around Longido really helped me understand the importance of TEMBO’s work in this area. The animals on safari were spectacular. Arlene was a superb guide and all my travelling companions were fabulous and so friendly.” – Nancy Garrard
 
“The TEMBO travel to Tanzania was an amazing adventure.  The two weeks  provided insights into another reality – the majesty of Kilimanjaro, African animals and birds, the desert and the Maasai culture. In Longido we got to know some of the Maasai women and see firsthand their resilience and positive attitude given a cultural and economic reality that could not be more different  than ours in Canada.  We also experienced the desert and wind, and learned how dust coats everything explaining why khaki  is the colour of choice for desert wear.  The 5 days on Safari were like living a wildlife documentary.  Yes, we saw the big five ,but more than that we saw birth and death, and sheer beauty of a Serengeti sunset and sunrise.  Truly a wonderful education!”
- Susan Fletcher
 
“We were blessed to meet some extraordinary women and young girls who are taking their destiny in their own hands, in spite of a very traditional patriarchal culture… May the Masai grow in their evolution, may the wildlife continue this great migration and may I transform myself after touching such a deep experience.” – Claudette Roy