Join us on an exciting journey through time to the last hunter-gatherers in East Africa, the Hadzabe. During your visit, you have the opportunity to participate in hunting in the bush, an unforgettable and authentic experience
Hadzabe Tribe
The Hadzabe are indigenous ethnic group in Tanzania who are hunters and gatherers. They live around Lake Eyasi basin in the central Rift valley and in the neighboring Serengeti plateau. Their ancestors have probably lived in their current territory for years. The Hadza neither have domesticated livestock nor grow their own food. They survive by hunting using their handmade bows and arrows. They also forage for edible fruits and plants. Their houses are made up of dry grasses and branches. The Hadza people speak their unique language which incorporates clicking and the language was once classified as the Khoisan languages because of the clicking sounds. The Hadza language is actually thought to be unrelated to any other. Genetically, the Hadza show one of the oldest lineages of contemporary humans. The Hadza live in caves and don’t wear any kind of clothes but animal skin.
Datoga Tribe
Datoga Tribe are a semi nomadic and pastoralists tribe who live in the Manyara region of Tanzania. They are also Nilotic group that live around the lake Eyasi basin as well as around Mt Hanang. The Datoga people have resisted development and a small percentage is illiterate. The Datoga people have unique identifications that include markings on the face and stretched earlobes. These markings are cut deep into the skin and are a form of identifying someone to a family. They practice polygamy and marry outside their clan. Illegitimate children and children born outside marriage are considered clan less and the property of the mother’s father. The Datoga people keep livestock such as cattle, sheep, goat and donkey and feed on milk, blood, meat, maize beans and millet.
