Longido Maasai Cultural Walk

Longido sits 100 km north of Arusha at the base of the volcanic Longido Mountain, deep in the Maasai pastoral lands. This full-day cultural walk is led by Maasai warriors who live in the area and takes in cattle kraals, medicinal plant stops with a traditional healer, a working blacksmith making Maasai spears and arrowheads, and the daily water collection ritual at a shared community borehole. The landscape — open Maasai plains under a vast sky with Kilimanjaro visible to the southeast on clear days — is exceptional. Lunch is prepared by Maasai women in a traditional homestead. The most authentic and least-touristic Maasai experience available from Arusha.