Tanzania 2025

I was going to make this trip for the safaris, the giraffes, the elephants and all the adventures that Tanzania can offer, but Tanzania is much more than that! It's also authentic and welcoming people. Among these people are the Maasai tribes. These tribes still live according to ancestral traditions, in small isolated villages where they often have to walk for miles to fetch water and where the ground is a mixture of earth, goat and cow dung. In these tribes, a man's wealth is measured by the number of goats or cows he owns. In these tribes, circumcision with a machete is still a warrior ritual. In these tribes, women perpetuate the tradition of beadwork. This tradition I discovered in Sidia Designs jewelry. I fell in love with her jewelry made according to Maasai traditions and with the values of this company that allows Maasai women to earn a living from their art and pass on their knowledge to the next generation.

*For a safari I recommend eastafricanvoyage.com. The guides are great and everything is super well organized. For organizing a trip to Tanzania or other destinations, I recommend odysseeagence.com.