Kahawa Shamba is in the beautiful Kilimanjaro Region. I stayed in one of the four dwellings built in the Chagga tribe style. Mine was set in a lovely garden and one morning I sat outside of the hut and watched Mount Kilimanjaro in the starlight and in the rising sun light.

The visit included delicious, fresh food including fruits and vegetables raised in nearby gardens. The women of the project have been trained in proper food preparation and sanitation at the local technical college and I felt entirely safe eating everything put in front of me.

The huts are lovely and comfortable with in-door bathrooms.

My guide, Charlie, introduced me to the village and took me down a steep path to the river where I got to see 7 waterfalls. Charlie introduced me to a local coffee farm where I learned how coffee is grown and produced. We visited a nearby village where we met Tom Ngowi, a local historian, who has built two replicas of Chagga huts and shared with us an... more