Butiama Museum Cultural Tour | Serengeti To Butiama Museum Tour

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Butiama Museum is on the north-western side of Serengeti National Park, 60 kilometres from Ndabaka Gate (Western gate to the Serengeti National Park). Butiama is the birthplace and burial location of the ‘Father of the Nation’, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, the founding president of Tanzania who began his political career in the early1950s, led Tanzanians to independence in 1961, and remained in politics until his voluntary retirement in 1985. You will meet and great Zanaki people named Wazanaki ethnic group. During the the visit to the mausoleum of Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere you will Trekking up the Chamuriyo hill, visit German soldiers hiding caves, graveyards and get a panoramic view of Lake Victoria, Serengeti plains and surrounding human settlements Cotton Farm tour: see how people practice cotton farming.

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Half Day Tour:

Option 1:

Butiama village tour: A welcome to Mwalimu Nyerere homestead. Get a guided tour around the home and the Mwalimu Nyerere’s mausoleum then proceed to the Mwalimu J.K. Nyerere Museum and then to the village area where cassava farms are found, Get a glimpse of cassava farming. Visit a traditional healer famous for treating infertility together with other diseases since the ancient times.

Option 2:

Visit Nyerere’s homestead and then proceed to the Butiama Museum before walking to Mtuzu hill, a short memorable Kili trekking tour which is organized every September to raise money for charitable ends.

Ngoreme Hotspring Tour:

Our visitors will have an opportunity to explore a hot spring found in the area while enjoying magnificent iconic kopjes dotting the land and finally get a cultural insight of Wangoreme inhabitants of the area. Listen to folklore and nice stories about their culture as its explained to you by Wangoreme elders.

Full Day Tour :

You will be guided to walk around Father of the Nation’s homestead and then walk down through a village to visit traditional Wazanaki homestead, to explore the culture and then proceed to visit Kyarano dam, and the farms of Mwalimu Nyerere. You may opt to visit the German soldiers hiding caves, a place used as armory for military weapon and German graves that exists since colonial times on Chamuriyo hill.

Traditional Ceremonies & Events :

The energetic Wazanaki traditional dancers will give you an insight into their culture by their captivating songs and dances. You can watch, experience and even participate in a variety of dances symbolizing various occasions and traditional events such as traditional marriage & bride-price giving ceremonies at home.