Materuni Waterfalls, Coffee Tour & Kikuletwa Hot Springs

A day off from game drives. You walk through banana and coffee farms to a high waterfall, learn to make coffee from the cherry to the cup, and finish in a warm, clear spring pool under fig trees.

Materuni is a village on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro, above Moshi. A local guide walks you to the falls, about 45 minutes to an hour each way, with some steep parts; you can swim in the pool at the bottom if you are brave about cold water.

Afterwards a village family shows you every step of coffee making, you eat a local lunch, and in the afternoon you drive down to Kikuletwa, also called Chemka, for a swim in water that is warm and clear all year.

• StartArusha about 07:00 or Moshi about 08:30
• LengthFull Day
• RunsEvery day
• StylePrivate Tour

Why travellers choose it

1. 01

   A day of walking, swimming and local life

2. 02

   Coffee you pick, roast, grind and drink yourself

3. 03

   Warm spring water shaded by fig trees

4. 04

   Pick-up in Arusha or Moshi

Your journey

1. Morning

   Pick-up and up to Materuni

   We collect you at about 07:00 in Arusha or about 08:30 in Moshi. From Arusha it is 2 to 2½ hours past Moshi and up the green lower slopes of the mountain; from Moshi, 30 to 45 minutes.

2. Walk
   

   The walk to the falls

   A guide from the village leads you along paths between banana and coffee farms to the waterfall, roughly 45 minutes to an hour each way, steep in places. At the bottom you can swim in the pool or just stand in the spray.

3. Lunch
   

   Coffee from bush to cup, and lunch

   Back in the village a family takes you through the whole process: picking the cherries, taking off the husks, roasting the beans over a fire and grinding them by hand. Then you drink what you made. Lunch is a local meal in the village.

4. Afternoon
   

   Kikuletwa hot springs

   After lunch you drive down to the plains to Kikuletwa (Chemka), a natural pool fed by underground springs. The water is clear and pleasantly warm under big fig trees: swim, float and relax.

5. Return

   Back to your hotel

   You are back in Moshi at about 17:00 or in Arusha at about 18:30. We can drop you at Kilimanjaro International Airport instead if you ask.

Bring swimwear, a towel, walking shoes with grip and a change of clothes. The path to the falls can be slippery after rain.

Where the journey goes

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Work out your price

Private trip for your group only: the more of you share the vehicle and guide, the lower the price per person. For 7 or more people we send a quote.

How booking works: a 30% deposit confirms your trip and the balance is paid on arrival in Tanzania, before the trip starts. We reply within 3 hours. Booking terms

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