CULTURAL TOUR
In
the 1960s, Mto wa Mbu was declared an “Ujamaa” village: a component of former Tanzanian
President Nyerere’s experiment in African socialism. The main effect of this (unsuccessful)
project is the extraordinary ethnic
diversity of this village nowadays. Members of almost 50 tribes live there.
Earlier, in the mid 1950s, an irrigation project from Lake Manyara
realized good farming there. Mto wa Mbu nowadays is a very fertile area; it even has its own rice fields.
At a guided cultural tour you’ll experience it
all, including a visit to the local market.
Fruit and clothes shops in Mto wa Mbu