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Chagga Museum
PG68+9Q4, Marangu, Tanzania
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Chagga Museum

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Yu
Review №1

A great place! We had a very good experience- saw the real changa caves and houses, heared about their history and finished with a coffee making experience. Our guide was the best!!We had the tour with kandoo company combined with the waterfall tour. Half day for 40$. Really recomended!

Ol
Review №2

Ridiculously pricey one day trip from Arusha for very basic attraction worth not more than few dollars. For 100$ per person you got the long road, small walk to the waterfall ( nice but nothing special or spectacular) and Chaggy museum. Coffee tour - nothing to learn, just a very basic info and like 15 minutes presentation of the production on traditional items ( more acting than a real experience). Not interesting at all. Chagga caves - 10 minutes walk through the tunnel with very bored guide who couldn,t answer even simple questions about the place. The only information we received was just a basic sentence like “ here was a kitchen” . At the end short walk on the hill were we supposed to see Kilimanjaro. The mountain was covered by clouds, of course it cannot be plan. But the Kilimanjaro view from the hill is mostly covered by antenna tower, so there is no chance for clear view even on the great weather.The whole trip is just a tourist trap.

An
Review №3

Great staff. Awesome experience ❤️👍

Br
Review №4

Surprisingly good, great guides, could really relate to the Chagga/Masai conflicts that influenced the culture. Well worth a visit. Plan for 2 hours. Think about it as a historical precursor to the VietCong tunnels...many parallels.

La
Review №5

Wonderful museum of the culture and history of the Chagga tribe. Very friendly and informative guides and a nice little gift shop as well. Definitely something that more visitors to Kili should familiarize themselves with; also a very convenient stop to include on a visit to the nearby waterfalls.

Mi
Review №6

Very cool cultural experience. Not for people with claustrophobia!

ca
Review №7

Our trip was organized through trekking hero and included a trip to the waterfall beforehand. Our guide, Honest, was AMAZING and we highly reccomend asking for him!We had an amazing time learning about the caves and doing a coffee tour. Def not a museum in the traditional sense--it consists of the caves and an old-school Chaga home. We first had a conversation with the owner, who told us about the history and building of the caves, warfare between the Maasai and Chaga people (woof, fascinating but brutal), various ceremonies (like genital mutilation-extra woof-thankfully the practice has been discontinued), and then were given a tour through the caves and home.After this we were brought through the traditional coffee refining, roasting, and brewing process which was a lot of fun, and at the end enjoyed a cup of the Arabica we brewed.Definitely a great time for those looking for a cultural experience.

Na
Review №8

It was such a good place and I was really happy to know my Tribe Background

Ca
Review №9

Very nice place to learn about Chagga traditional

Lu
Review №10

Maybe it would be worth a while but to pay 20 000 tzs for a 30 minutes walk?! The price was ridiculously high and I was really disappointed, would not recommend. There are many amazing natural gems where you can see spectacular views and enjoy nature. This wasnt even worth 10 000 tzs to be honest.Usually, I dont give bad reviews but this one is mainly to warn people for spending money for seeing a small cave and one hut ...like..really?

Al
Review №11

Beautiful chagga history, how they managed to winover their war against maasai

Ma
Review №12

High price, guide couldnt really explain anything, very short walk. TOTAL tourist trap.

Be
Review №13

Interesting place to visit. Chagga history is amazing. Caves digging is ingenuity at its best

An
Review №14

Top class historic site with Information. Regarding the Chagga culture. Good Ancient Cave marking down to the Middle stone age . many artifacts and Cultural Information. Not forgetting the nearby Ndoro Water falls.

Mu
Review №15

Place to find best moments and scenes

Am
Review №16

It was interesting to know the chaggas historical background

Te
Review №17

Listen to the stories and learn from their forgiveness. Caves are incredible but not reccomended for the claustrophobic.

FR
Review №18

Its such a wonderfull experience to go back in time for some minutes.

St
Review №19

A vintage place close to my home.I ❤ Marangu

ob
Review №20

Nice

Li
Review №21

A facinating place.

Sa
Review №22

Nice place to be,is the place which can help to get the real picture of the real history of the place

go
Review №23

A place to be Kilimanjaro to history or origin of people living around the mountains Kilimanjaro

Im
Review №24

A wonderfull place with a lot of authentic Information about chagga culture

Th
Review №25

Its better Chagga Museum in Kilimanjaro

jo
Review №26

The best place to know the culture

Ch
Review №27

Tools and equipments all about Wachagga

Ya
Review №28

Simple one

ki
Review №29

Very informative Guide.

Am
Review №30

Great history lesson

Jo
Review №31

Nice place

An
Review №32

Very nice place

De
Review №33

It is an amazing place

Ja
Review №34

Amazing its a must

St
Review №35

Awesome

An
Review №36

Not so interesting.

Ha
Review №37

Good

as
Review №38

Very nice place

Si
Review №39

Wonderful

Ki
Review №40

The historical tour

Aw
Review №41

Kind staff

Mi
Review №42

Asante sanaa

za
Review №43

It is about more than 30 kilometers from the small town of Moshi, and it is easy to find at the nearby fork. The cost of $6 per person is a bit like a ticket. You can taste handmade coffee in it. The experience is not bad. You can visit the cave and see it.

R
Review №44

It is not worth going that far just to see this museum, the caves theme is curious but not to go specifically only to that. If you go to Kilimanjaro, find nearby and you can visit it.

Ca
Review №45

Very interesting for the historical explanations provided and the elements to visit. Obligatory stop to fully understand the roots of a people.

Fr
Review №46

Interesting but dont spend more than a couple of hours

Bo
Review №47

Interesting place with an interesting history of the people who lived there. Amazing how the Chagga tribes, in order to defend themselves against the Maasai, were able to build underground villages with many kilometers of corridors.

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  • Address:PG68+9Q4, Marangu, Tanzania
  • Phone:+255 621 056 202
Categories
  • Tourist attraction
  • Museum
Working hours
  • Monday:7AM–6:30PM
  • Tuesday:7AM–6:30PM
  • Wednesday:7AM–6:30PM
  • Thursday:7AM–6:30PM
  • Friday:7AM–6:30PM
  • Saturday:7AM–6:30PM
  • Sunday:7AM–6:30PM
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
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