Lake Duluti Canoeing:
One of our most popular activities!
Our Rivertrees driver will take your group to Lake Duluti to begin your canoe tour. This activity is perfect either early in the morning or late in the afternoon due to the high activity of wildlife around the lake. It is especially stunning in the late afternoon when the Cattle Egrets come on to the lake to roost for the evening.
After your group pulls the last canoe to shore, a refreshing beverage will be served, allowing you the time to reflect on the beauty you have experienced.
Price: US$25 per person + US$30/per car round trip for the taxi ride to Lake Duluti (up to 6 persons)
Tanzanian Coffee Tour
Begin your journey by meeting our local guide at Nkoaranga whom will take the group to the orphanage and the local schools. Thereafter, you will walk through the village to the Aranga Organic Coffee Nursery. One of the farmers in the group will show and explain the process of growing coffee. After this visit your group will continue to walk down to the garden of Wild Tracks Safaris. Here a hot local lunch will be served. After lunch, the group will go to the coffee roasting factory where you will see how coffee is roasted, ground and packed. You will return to Rivertrees by approximately 3pm.
Pricing:
Group of 1 $104
Group of 2 $58
Group of 3 $49
Group of 4 $40
Group of 5 $35
Local Village Tour
Our local village walk will take you into the surrounding village of Usa River. During the walk your guide will lead you through local farms where you can explore local farming methods and meet the people in the fields. This part of the walk is very peaceful and relaxed.
After visiting the farms, we will head into the village of Usa from where we will experience ‘real modern day’ Tanzanian life and interact with the locals. Here we will visit places such as a local school, shops, milling machines, churches, restaurants, bars and much more. This is a stunning quick look in to day to day Tanzanian life.
Price: US$25 per person
Mountain bike ride
The mountain bike ride will cover the same topics as the above described hike, also starting from Rivertrees and accompanied by our local guide. The difficulty of the ride can be adjusted to the desired level of the group.
Price: US$25 per person
Riverwalk
Our guide will meet your group at Rivertrees and first take guests through a short trail along the Usa river inside the lodge. From there, the tour will take the group outside of the lodge premises and head in to the near by villages. The tour will walk through local farms, coffee farms and all points on interest in the near by village.
Price: US$20 per person
Cook the Garden!
With our own Rivertrees team of chefs
This scrumptious way to spend the afternoon will begin in the garden with our chef team where they will explain what is ready for cooking. After the group decides and picks a beautiful basket of fresh fruits and vegetables, you will proceed to the kitchen for an afternoon of chopping, sautéing and of course…eating!
Price: US$55 per person
Self Guided Birding Tours
The grounds of Rivertrees Country Inn attract many bird enthusiasts due to the wide variety of species living right on the property. Spend the afternoon wandering freely and exploring the treetops through binoculars with our bird list in hand and please, do let us know if you spot one that is new to the list!
For the complete list of the birds that have been seen on our property by our birding community, please click here.