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If you want
to see the country
and meet the people
you are
in the right
place
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Claudia Koller
Booking Office Europe
Call us
+255/784 605 785
+255/787 209 787
+43 664 2603721 (Austria)
Kulstrunkstraße 8A
A-5026 Salzburg, Austria
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Active Tanzania Adventures Travel Policy
Financial Support
*Our business partners are small scale enterprises. If our guests
want to hire extra gear for mountain we connect them to former porters who are
making small money renting it out. The cleaning of our tents, sleeping bags,
Safari equipment gets done by private persons as an income for their families.
*We support women having dukas (small shops) with our free help in teaching them
bookkeeping or giving them money to attend schools for driving license in order
to get better jobs *We are encouraging young people to start business with microfinancial
support for dealing with cereals, bureaucratic support and sharing our business
knowledge.
* Financially we support :
1. Samaritan Village Orphanage Center.
This Center is situated in Moshono/Arusha. It is uprising small
children who are orphans giving them accomodation, food, education and a center
to live. Abandonded babies that are left in the streets are found and brought
to the Samaritans in order to get a new home.
2.The Federal Hospital of Arusha.
Active Tanzania has a close contact to the Eye Department
supplying them with glasses and frames to give them to patients which could
not efford a reading aid. We get the glasses from clients and friends coming
over from America and Europe.
Environmental Responsibility
*We buy food for Safaris and Kilimanjaro Trekks on the local
market only. The food comes in baskets and not wrapped in plastics , vegetables
we by from an Organic Farming Project in Tengeru. *We train our guides, drivers,
cooks and porters regularly to collect rubbish even of other people and not
dispersing any into the environment. * Touring we inform our guests about
the ecological and environmental achievements made in Tansania so far using
our knowledges of the field . We are in a vital contact with the Ministry
of Natural Resources and Tourism and get briefed ourselves being Member of
the Tanzanian Association of Tour Operators. *Traditionally, tourism in Tanzania
has been dependent on the natural tourist attractions. (See our TANZANIA
section on the website). All attractions are conserved and sustainable managed
through park fees.* Our tours in the Usambara Mountains help to maintain
the original rainforest. The Usambaras are a biological and botanical treasure
house with a huge numer of endemic trees and plant species.
Social Responsibility and Competence
* We take most care of our Porters. We make sure that they have
their own tents and sleeping bags and are outfitted properly and they get payed
well and promptly. They deserve the same standard of care and treatment that
are expected for our visitors.
*We provide our travellers with pre-trip informations on the social and political
situation in each destination. * Active Tanzania Adventures provides you with
all its intercultural competence.
Tanzanians, speaking the Kiswahili language, are very communicative approaching
you saying “Mambo?” (whats the matter?)” and you replying “Poa” (cool)
makes them stunning and stopping for a further chat. If you hear the questions “habari
gani?” (what kind of news?) then reply in any case “nzuri”,
which means “good” to make contact.
Tanzania is full of street vendors and open markets. Many dealers are aware of
the figures and numbers in English language. . There is hardly any Tanzanian
who would pay the price he is quoted neither in a market nor in a shop. He says “Nipe
bei nzuri” (give me a good price) !
It would be an offend to pay the price quoted and demasks you as a typical “Mzungu” (white
person) who has to much money. You can either say “Pongusa” which
means “reduce” or you can suggest a new price even telling half of
it. Then you are going to wait for the reaction, which can even be a loud sound
made by the tongue (it sounds like “click”) which indicates you that
the vendor does not agree at all. Now a long process of negotiating can follow…
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