Moshi tours - Brew your own cup of coffee

Pick your own coffee

This Moshi tour is an interesting and affordable way to spend a couple of days between your safari and beach and Tanzania. During this trip, you'll to take a peek into the everyday life of the Tanzanians and, at the same time, make a contribution to support the local community. You'll travel to the coffee plantations at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, where you'll experience the process of coffee making from start to finish.

During the Moshi tours, your guide will tell you about the coffee making process and then its time to actually do some work yourself. You'll pick, dry, burn and grind coffee beans and eventually you'll be able to drink your own cup of coffee..... delicious.

You'll also meet the friendly coffee farmers in Uru and even spend some time making your own coffee in an incredibly beautiful green area of Tanzania. Before you continue travelling, you'll spend a night in a simple hotel in Moshi. This Moshi tour is a short, but interesting trip that can easily be combined with a safari and/or beach getaway on Zanzibar.

Duration	2 days, 1 night Departs daily	Accommodation	Simple hotel in Moshi Comfort -level 2/3 (see accommodation)
Price	Please see our Contact Us page for further details	Includes	1 night hotel accommodation in Moshi including breakfast, coffee and tea with locals, tour through coffee plantations, coffee making and lunch
Transport	Coffee tour	Excludes	International flight and if you stay in Arusha instead of Moshi, transfer from and to Moshi (by bus approximately £16), tips

Day 1 - Moshi - Coffee picking

After breakfast you'll be picked up at your hotel in Moshi by our driver and you'll drive towards the rolling foothills of Kilimanjaro. With a little luck there will be a cloudless sky while you're there and you'll have an incredible view of the peak. You'll head up a bumpy road through the banana plantations. Along the way you'll see women with enormous baskets on their heads on their way to the colourful market. About an hour into your Moshi tours, you'll arrive in the village of Uru where you'll receive a warm welcome from an employee of the 'Coffee cooperative'.

After a cup of coffee you'll go for a walk to the one of the local coffee farmer's plantations. Nature is untouched in this area and among other things you'll see banana plants, palm trees, papaya trees and of course coffee bean plants. Once you reach the coffee farmer's home you'll get to meet the farmer and his family, a real highlight of your Moshi tour. It's customary to give the farmer a small tip for his hospitality (five to ten dollars). After you say goodbye you'll walk back to where you started, where you can sit down to lunch and enjoy the wonderful view out over green hills. In the afternoon you'll return to your hotel in Moshi (see pictures at the bottom of the page).

Day 2 - Back to Moshi - End of tour

After breakfast this Moshi tours module will end and you'll continue on your Tanzania journey.

If you would like to participate in outdoor activities, you can choose from our 3-day cycling module Tanzania camping, or challenge yourself with the ultimate Mount Kilimanjaro climb and finish with a few days on Zanzibar beaches.

If you choose the Zanzibar module, we'll arrange your transfer to the airport for you (approximately 1 hour).