Materuni Waterfalls & Coffee Tour

The Materuni experience combines three of Kilimanjaro’s best offerings: the lower-slope Chagga culture, coffee farming, and a genuine waterfall. The hike begins in Materuni village on Kilimanjaro’s lower slopes at 1,500 metres — banana groves, coffee bushes heavy with red cherries, and views of the mountain above the cloud line. The Chagga guide explains the full traditional coffee process from picking to roasting to grinding — and the cup drunk at the end with local sugar cane is excellent. The waterfall at the end of the trail is impressive: 80 metres dropping into a forest pool cold enough to swim in after the walk.