About Rungwe Tea & Tours
Rungwe Tea & Tours is a community based tourism project of the tea farmers association of Rungwe (RSTGA). This association of 15,000 tea farmers was set up in 1998. They managed to buy a share in the local tea factory, assuring a better kilo price, and started selling tea to a fair trade company in the UK. The fair trade premium that this company (Tea Direct) pays the farmers is used to build schools and water projects, and to set up a community health fund.
Fair trade, fair tourism
To develop Rungwe area even more, the farmers association has started a community based tourism program. The aim of this program is to show you the most beautiful parts of Rungwe and to tell you about its tea and its community.
In return, the farmers are asking you to pay a small development fee. With this fee, they can build classrooms, a water pump or support the orphans in the village.
Tours and fees
Here you find all the tours you can book with Rungwe Tea & Tours. We do not only take you to the natural attractions, but offer something extra on every tour: a stop at a tea estate or a visit to a traditional healer, for example.
The price of the tour includes:
- a village development fee;
- entrance fees;
- Payment for your tour guide.
Of course you are free to give your guide an extra tip.
The tour price does not include transport or lunch, but both we can arrange.
Bookings
To book a tour, you can email or call us, or visit our office in the centre of Tukuyu.
The Tea Tour
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Rungwe is known for its high quality tea. The rolling hills of this lush area are covered with the green tea bushes. The farmers of the Rungwe Smallholder Tea Growers Association (RSTGA) are inviting you to come and have a look on their shamba.
Your guide, a tea farmer, will tell you anything there is to know about tea.
He or she will also show you around on the expansive Rungwe Tea Estate with its beautiful views.
On your way to the tea estate you pass small villages and schools and you will have the chance to get a view of every day life in Rungwe.
If you have booked in advance, you can finish the Tea Tour with a tour of the tea factory. Here you can see how the tea leaves are being processed to packed tea. You might even be able to do some tea tasting! |
Village: Syukula
Distance from Tukuyu: 11 km / 15 minutes
Development fee for teacher and materials for the village nursery school.
Half day tour TSH 12,00
Half day tour including factory visit TSH 13,500
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Tea souvenirs
Don’t leave Rungwe without a tea souvenir:
Rungwe Tea in a cotton bag TSH 7,000
Tea shirt TSH 10,000
… Maasai crafts.
Ranges from Tsh: 4,000 / Tsh: 10,000
And don’t forget to send a card back home!
Handmade cards TSH 1,000/TSH 1,500 |
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