Matunda Cultural Tourism & Safaris
- Located In:
- Size:
- 10-20 employees (Founded in 2000)
- Member Of:
- TATO & TACTO
- Tour Types:
- Custom budget & mid-range tours that can start every day
- Destinations:
- Price Range:
- $150 to $500 per person per day (USD, excl. int'l flights)
Reviews
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Email Katie | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Gracious hosts and excellent game finders
After visiting both the school and orphanage project as well as taking a 5 day organized safari, Peace Matunda earned my highest recommendation on all accounts. Kaaya, Peace Matunda’s founder and director, worked directly with me and my husband to coordinate a safari itinerary that included the specific highlights we were hoping to see. This included a well-organized tour of three parks (Tarangire, Serengeti, & Ngorongoro) as well as a Maasai village visit and various stops for cultural shopping and education along the way – all while fitting our budget and accommodating last minute changes to our travel schedule. He, his family and the students of the school and orphanage provided welcoming and friendly hospitality to us while we overnighted at the School and Orphanage site. If you’re looking to support a Safari company who utilizes the funds to support the local Arusha area community through education & employment, Peace Matunda is a highly worthy organization. They reinvest some safari profits back into the school and orphanage project & employ well-experienced safari guides from the Meru community. Our guide (Gaspar Gadiel) was especially knowledgeable about local culture and a consummate naturalist, providing information and answering wide-ranging questions about all the wildlife so many come to see. Yes - we saw the big five and many more! Our guide impressed us further by having additional expertise in birds, insects, and plants of each park. Our experienced safari chef (Habibo) prepared well-rounded meals of meats, vegetables, grains and fruits with traditional Meru dishes available on request. Accommodations at both the school site as well as on safari were clean and comfortable (cushioned cots are provided in large tents so there was no sleeping on the ground). I highly recommend working with Peace Matunda to design a safari that works for you.
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Email Kathi und Nici | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A wonderful time, which will be remembered forever!
We went by Bus from Dar Es Salaam to Arusha/Tengeru. There we were picked up from Kaaya at a petrol station and taken to Peace Matunda. At the Evening we were warmly welcomed, got a excellent dinner and a very comfortable, warm bed at the guest house.
The next day we started at 8:00 am to our 4-day Safari (Ngorongro-Krater and Serengenti Nationalpark). It couldn´t have been a day shorter. We saw every day a lots of animals very closed to us and we saw fantastic sunrises and sunsets. We slept in the Nationalpark. Our tent was extraordinarily comfortable and very warm (we could have saved the many sweaters). At morning we got a rich breakfast consisting of fried eggs, pancakes, fruits, toast, coffee, juice and tea. For Lunch we got a main dish (e.g. pizza or pasta) and for evening a 3 course menu from the finest. At this point a great praise to our chef. Our Guide Gasper has always ensured that we had a super view for watching the animals. He knows a lot of the animals and about their habitat. We felt each time cared for and we loved it to cruise with the jeep at the roads.
After our Safari we couldn´t let it take and spent the day at the Peace Matunda School. A day that will remain forever in a beautiful memory. we watched at the classroom, corrected the english exercise und spoke with a lots children. They told us about their dream job, where they are from, which is the favorite subject and a many other things. Most of them walked after school to home the other live at the orphange.
We still think of this day and yearning us back. A great praise for the crew which created this wonderful, peaceful place for kids und orphans.
All the best
Katharina and Nicole