PANGANI COAST CULTURAL TOURISM PROGRAMME.
TOUR PROGRAMMES AND PRICE 2012
Welcome to Pangani for splendor, exotic, historical cultural experience.
PCCTP OFFERS YOU THE FOLLOWING TOURS:
- WALKING TOUR TO HISTORICAL SITES buildings, ruins and monuments TIME (2:30 hours.
Price: USD $ 10 PER PERSON
Above 10 pax $ 5 per person
STUDENTS: USD 5 PER PERSON
RESIDENTS; TSH; 5000/=
TANZANIA STUDENTS; TSH; 1000/=
- BOAT TRIP TO MAZIWE MARINE PARK ISLAND. (7 hrs.)
USD 90 from 1-3 tourists minimum. ABOVE 3 EACH 40$ INCLUDING MARINE PARK FEE
Over and above 3 tourists 35 USD per person INCLUDING
MARIME PARK FEE:
CHILRED: 5 -15 YRS $ 5.PP
Including Snorkeling equipment and tour guide.
- PANGANI RIVER GRUISING. 3:00 HRS
USD 60 for 3 Tourists Minimum.
Over and above 3 tourists USD 15 per PERSON including Tour guide.
4. BOAT TRIP TO ZANZIBAR an island of Cloves.
USD 150 for 3 Tourists minimum
Above 3 people USD 40 per person.
5.BEACH WALKING TOUR MKOMA BAY MARINE PALAENTOLOGICAL SITE
(3 hours).
USD 20 PER PERSON including bicycle hire. Own transport- $ 10.
6. NATURAL CYCLING TOUR TO GERMAN FORT, through Mwera sisal Estate, Kikokwe, the birth place of sisal in Africa were Dr Richard Hindroph introduced Sisal for the first time in 1892 (6 hrs).
USD 30 PER PERSON. INCLUDING BYCYCLE HIRE, FERYCHARGES.
7. TOUR TO USHONGO BEACH AND RESORTS
CYCLING TO BEACH HOTELS: This tour allows you to experience both, beautiful scenery and culture of Pangani. The tour takes you on hired bicycle (9 hours)
USD 30 per Person. INCLUDING BYCYCLE HIRE, FERY CHARGES AND TOUR GUIDES FEES.
8. ONE DAY CYCLING TOUR (SAKURA)
Pick nick to see hippopotamus 36 km from Pangani town.
Time 10 hrs
Price USD 35 per pax Including bicycle charges, Ferry charges and drinking water.
- CYCLING TOUR TO MITI ULAYA Bushiri Village.
Visit former Abushiri Salim Residence in the Arab Epoch now owned by Mr. Wim Groenewerg, see cheese processing were killed by Bushiri apprising during Arab rule. 5 HRS.
Price 25 USD per pax Including Tour Guide fee, bicycle and water.
10. BEACH SPORTS TOUR
Walking along the beach, Open area near PANGADECO along the beach
Sports: Tag of war competition.
Cock catching competition (Whoever catches the cock owns it).
Coconuts Grating competition with a grating machine.
PER PAX $ 10
Payment in advance for material for facilitating the competitions.
- FISHING PROGRAMME WITH LOCAL FISHER MEN 7 hrs
can be arranged with local fisher men 140 use motorized boat 1-3- people
SAILING Dhow 20 $ PER PERSON 1-3 PEOPLE
12. HOME STAYS 10 USD PER PERSON. -You stay for some hours with Swahili families and enjoy the local recipe (Maize mill or rice in the coconut milk, drink spiced tea roasted fish, Hinna decoration etc). You can dress in kanga or salon with a cup, typical Swahili head dress. It is a wonderful experience of cultural tourism. Other coasts will be met by the client
13. LONG SAFARIS: SAADANI- NATIONAL PARK Can Be Arranged By Our Information Center Transport charges can be arranged from PCCTP Office. There are numerous wild life and Green turtle breeding centre at Madete sanctuary, camp sites and lodges where the Bush meets the ocean, SAADANI HISTORICAL VILAGE.
14. TONGONI RUINS –TANGA Ruins dating 13 century.
USD 30 PER PERSON including guides fees and entrance.
Transport : Car or bus hire not included
15. AMBONI CAVES
USD 30 PER PERSON INCLUDING FEES AND ENTRANCE.
Transport: Car or bus hire not included
16. AMANI NATURE RESERVE AND BOTANICAL GARDENS
(Charges according to Amani Nature reserve Tariffs)
Amani is the only place where the flower St Pauli or African Lilly still growing naturally. In the Amani forest nature reserve, THE botanical garden in place, where you are directly connected TO the nature walking and hiking through the forest is the main attraction.
Emau hill. 2 HRS
Botanical Gardens 3 HRS
Mobole hill walking tour 3HRS
Derema trail 5 -7 HRS
Kwa mkolo trail and tea factory 7 HRS
Turacco trail 7 HRS
Zigi spices and Botanical Gardens 5 HRS
Night walking tour 2 HRS
Medical center tour 3HRS PRISES CAN BE ARRANGED
17.DAYS STAYS IN THE AMANI CAN COVER ALL TOURS ABOVE.
Car Park Entry fees , Guiding fees , Medical center fees , Emau hill fees, Botanical gardens Including guiding, Car Park fees and fare from Pangani to Amani
Day 1 Safari to Amani
Day 2 Safari to Amani
Day 3 Safari to Amani
Day 4 Safari to Amani PCCTP shall ARANGE ALL COSTS WITH THE CILIENTS
18. CAR HIRE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.
In Amani Village, boarding houses and camp sites are available.
(NB prices can change due to devaluation)
19. OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA.
Personalized guided tours can be arranged in the evening by guides who will guarantee your safety, to disco halls, local dance hall with prior arrangement. Guide fee USD 15 per person.
Money to be paid in the TIC and receipted
Always avoid unauthorized tour guides!
CONTACT WITH YOUR TOUR ORGANIZER
WELCOME!
Taarifa kwa vyombo vya habari uhamasishaji kupigia kura mlima kilimanjaro
TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI
UHAMASISHAJI WA KUPIGIA KURA MLIMA KILIMANJARO,
BONDE LA NGORONGORO NA TUKIO LA KUHAMA WANYAMA
KATIKA HIFADHI YA SERENGETI KATIKA SHINDANO LA
MAAJABU SABA YA ASILI KATIKA BARA LA AFRIKA
Hivi karibuni pamekuwa na shindano jipya lijulikanalo kama seven Natural Wonders linaloshindanisha vivutio mbalimbali vya asili vinavyopatikana katika kila bara. Shindano hilo linaloendeshwa kwa kupiga kura kupitia tovuti ya http://sevennaturalwonders.org linashindanisha vivutio vya utalii kumi na viwili (12) katika bara la Afrika. Tanzania ni nchi pekee yenye vivutio vingi katika orodha hiyo. Vivutio vya Tanzania ni Mlima Kilimanjaro, Bonde la Ngorongoro, na hifadhi ya Serengeti. Watanzania na watu wote duniani wanahamasishwa kuvipigiakura vivutio hivyo vitatu
Ili kurahisisha upigaji kura kwa vivutio vya Tanzania, Bodi ya Utalii Tanzania imewaomba waandaji wa shindano hilo kuandaa tovuti maalum ambayo ni http://sevennaturalwonders.org/tanzania/ itakayomuhitaji mpigakura kutuma barua pepe yenye kichwa cha habari “TANZANIA” inayoorodhesha vivutio hivyo vitatu (3), na vivutio vingine visivyozidi vinne (4) vilivyopo Tanzania ambavyo mpigakura anaona vinafaa viwemo katika orodha ya maajabu saba ya asili ya Tanzania, kwenda kwenye anuani hii vote@sevennaturalwonders.org. Kwa maelezo zaidi kuhusu vivutio vya utalii Tanzania tembelea www.tanzaniatourism.go.tz.
Shindano hili linaweza kuwa fursa nzuri kwa Tanzania kujitambulisha pamoja na kuitangazia dunia kuwa Mlima Kilimanjaro, ambao ni mlima mrefu kuliko yote barani Afrika; Hifadhi ya Serengeti, ambapo tukio la kuhama wanyama hutokea kila mwaka; na eneo la Ngorongoro, ambalo ni urithi wa dunia wa asili na utamaduni (natural and cultural World Heritage Site), vyote ni vivutio vilivyopo hapa kwetu Tanzania.
Vivutio vitakavyoshinda vitatangazwa na vyombo mbalimbali vya habari duniani na kupewa hadhi zaidi ya kimataifa.
Tumia fursa hii kupigia kura vivutio vyote vya Tanzania ili viweze kuwa miongoni mwa maajabu saba ya asili ya bara la Afrika.
Imetolewa na Mkurugenzi Mwendeshaji
BODI YA UTALII TANZANIA
Tanzania Home Of The “World’s Best Hotel” Singita Grumeti Reserves
Singita Grumeti Reserves named best hotel in the world for the second consecutive year by Travel + Leisure magazine’s World Best 2012 Awards.
Photo: Honorable Ambassador Khamis S. Kagasheki, Tanzania’s Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism and Luke Bailes, CEO and Founder of Singita.
(July 24, 2012, New York, NY) Singita Grumeti Reserves, located along the Western corridor of Tanzania’s legendary Serengeti National Park, was named best hotel in the world for the second consecutive year by Travel + Leisure magazine’s World Best 2012 Awards. Five luxury properties in Tanzania were among the Top 20 Lodges and Resorts in Africa and the Middle East selected by Travel + Leisure magazine’s readers, as well.
Honorable Ambassador Khamis S. Kagasheki, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, in commenting about Singita Grumeti being awarded the “World’s Best Hotel” second year in a row, said “this demonstrates that Tanzania is increasingly being recognized for its growing number of world-class properties and its expanding luxury safari product. Tanzania aims to provide the best travel experience possible to every visitor to our country.”
Hon. Amb. Kagasheki added, “Tanzania is especially proud that Singita Grumeti received this honor two years in a row because of the luxury property’s efforts on behalf of sustainable tourism development through its Grumeti Fund.”
The other properties in Tanzania designated World’s Best are Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge; Kirawira Luxury Tented Camp, Serengeti National Park; Serengeti Sopa Lodge, and andBeyond Ngorongoro Crater Lodge.
Travel + Leisure has the largest audience of any travel magazine, with a readership of over 1.5 million people. For the past 17 years, Travel + Leisure readers have voted on the World’s Best Awards for the top hotels, destinations, airlines, cruises, outfitters and transportation companies. The criteria determining the Lodges and Resorts category are rooms/facilities, location, service, restaurants/food and value.
The Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2012 are featured on http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest and will appear in the August issue of Travel +Leisure magazine.
About Tanzania
Tanzania, the largest country in East Africa, is focused on wildlife conservation and sustainable tourism, with approximately 28% of the land protected by the Government, the largest percentage of any country in the world. It boasts 15 National Parks and 31 game reserves, 50 Game Controlled Areas, one special Conservation Area (the Ngorongoro) and three Marine Parks. It is home to the tallest mountain in Africa, the legendary Mt. Kilimanjaro; The Serengeti, home to the “Great Animal Migration” that was named the New 7th Wonder of the World by USA Today and ABC TV’s Good Morning America; the world acclaimed Ngorongoro Crater, often referred to as the “Eden of Africa” and the “8th Wonder of the World”; Olduvai Gorge, the cradle of mankind: the Selous, the world’s largest game reserve; Ruaha, now the second largest National Park in Africa; the spice islands of Zanzibar; and seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Most important for visitors, the Tanzanian people, with a rich history and diverse blend of cultures, are warm and friendly. On December 9, 2011, Tanzania, an oasis of peace and stability with a democratically elected and stable government, celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Independence.
For more information on Tanzania, visit www.tanzaniatourism.go.tz.
Editorial contact:
Karen Hoffman/ Chanel LeMond
The Bradford Group
(212) 447-0027
Travel Agent’s Jena Tesse Fox Wins Tanzania Tourism Award
Jena Tesse Fox, staff editor for Europe, Australia, South Pacific, Hawaii and Africa for Travel Agent magazine, has won the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) Travel Media Award 2012 for her coverage of Destination Tanzania and the Southern Circuit.
L-R: Dr. Aloyce K. Nzuki, managing director, TTB; Jena Tesse Fox, staff editor, Travel Agent magazine; Hon. Amb. Khamis S. Kagasheki, Tanzania’s minister of natural resources and tourism; Mr. Ibrahim Mussa, director of tourism, Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourism
By: News Wire
July 26, 2012
Tanzania to host First Pan-African Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management in National Parks and Protected Areas
At the gracious invitation of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the World Tourism Organization is organizing the First Pan-African Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management in National Parks and Protected Areas: Challenges and Opportunities in Arusha from 15 to 18 October 2012. The Conference is being organized in collaboration with the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.
TTB SPORTS OPTION CAMPAIGN MOVES TO USA
Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) promotion campaign via sports option has moved to the United States of America. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) and Washington – based Seattle Soccer LLC (SSL) which took place in Dar Es Salaam in mid July 2012.
The inauguration of the campaign, which is jointly funded by the TTB, Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), and The Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA), took place at Renton
The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Khamis Suedi Kagasheki (MP), as leader of the Tanzania Delegation.
According to the MoU, Tanzania’s tourist attractions including National Parks, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Culture, Beaches and Historical sites, would be displayed during major league soccer events of the season to attract more tourists from the US market.
After holding talks with the campaign hosts, The Tanzania delegation travelled to New York, where they met other tourism stake holders.
At the same time, TTB renewed it campaign contract with Lantech Service Limited of London to carry over the tourism promotion activity to the next English Premier League kicking off mid August 2012 to May 2013.
Tanzania is a wonderful country – Microsoft Co-Founder
Source: wotepamoja.com
Published: Friday 20 July 2012
Microsoft Co-Founder thanks the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism for dynamic partnership
The delegation from Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism; headed by the Honorable Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism and also including Dr. Aloyce Nzuki, Managing Director of the Tanzania Tourism Board, enjoyed a morning meeting with Mr. Paul Allen co-founder of software giant Microsoft at the global headquarters of his investment firm Vulcan in downtown Seattle, Washington in the United States recently.
Delegation from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism with Mr. Paul Allen
Dr. Aloyce Nzuki – Managing Director Tanzania Tourism Board
Egidius Mweyunge – Assistant to the Minister
The Honorable Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki – Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism
Mr. Ibrahim Mussa – Director of Tourism – Ministry on Natural Resources and Tourism
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RAIS AVUTIWA NA BANDA LA WIZARA YA MALIASILI NA UTALII
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mh. (Dkt)Jakaya Kikwete amelitembelea Banda la Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii katika maonesho ya Kimataifa ya biashara yanayoendelea katika viwanja vya Mwalimu Julius Nyerere barabara ya Kilwa jijini Dar es salaam na kujionea shuguli mbalimbali zinazofanywa na Wizara hiyo. Mheshimiwa Rais aliyefuatana na mkewe mama Salma Kikwete alionyeshwa kuvutiwa sana na kazi nzuri inayofanywa na Wizara sambasamba na kujionea bidhaa mbalimbali na kupata maelezo ya kina na ya kitaalamu kutoka kwa waoneshaji wa idara, taasisi na mashirika yaliyo chini ya wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii ikiwemo Bodi ya Utalii Tanzania. Katika Banda hilo Rais Jakaya Kikwete alipata pia fursa ya kucheza bao na mkewe mchezo wa asili wa bao ambao ni maarufu na unaochezwa na makabila mengi hapa nchini.
Rais Jakaya Kikwete akiwa ameshika pembe za ndovu ambazo ni miongoni mwa bidhaa zinazoonyeshwa katika banda la wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii. Kushoto kwa Rais ni Mkuu wa Banda la wizra ya Maliasili na Utalii ambaye pia Mkurugenzi wa Idara ya Utalii Bw. Ibrahim Mussa.
Rais Kikwete akifuahia sanamu ya fisi ambayo ni moja vionyeshwa alipotembelea Banda la Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND TOURISM
On 20th June 2012, around 11pm, an incident happened where armed bandits raided a tourist camp in the Wildlife Management Area of Ikoma in Rubanda village, in the outskirts of Serengeti National Park. In the event, one of the foreign tourists and a Tanzanian were killed. The deceased tourist is Mr. Eric Brekelmans, a native of the Netherlands. A Tanzanian who was killed is Mr. Renatus Benard, an Assistant Manager of the camp.
The raided camp is known as Moivaro owned by the Moivaro Coffee Lodge. The deceased tourist was a client of the Leopard Tours Company of Arusha. During the event the camp had forty guests who were robbed of their possessions and travel documents.
Together, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania National Parks Authority, and the companies of Leopard Tours and Moivaro Coffee Lodge have taken steps to comfort the affected individuals, including the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Annelnes Brekelmans. Procedures for transporting the body of the deceased to Arusha today on June 21, 2012 have been completed. Other plans regarding funeral are in progress.
Police and Wardens of the Department of Wildlife and TANAPA, have jointly strengthened security in the tourist areas, and a search has begun to seek the bandits. The Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Hon. Khamis Kagasheki and Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Nchimbi have already gone to the scene of the incident using the TANAPA aircraft. Similarly, the Assistant Commissioner of Police who is in charge of tourism affairs, Mr. Kitalike has gone to the scene by the Police helicopter to enhance security operations and investigations.
The Ministry conveys its condolences. We would like to take this opportunity to assure visitors that every effort is taken to ensure their safety is in place, along with comfort when they are in the country.
Hon. Ambassador Khamisi Kagasheki
Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism
June 21, 2012