Mto Wa Mbu is a small town located between Manyara and Ngorongoro, is home to around 18,000 people that comes from different tribes in Tanzania. During your visit will get a good feel for the social side of the village - the farms and the milling machines, the schools, and local markets. Tours last around 2-3 hours but are flexible.
You will have the chance to visit the village banana plantation, where the community grows more than 30 different varieties of bananas. As well as finding out how this staple fruit is grown, you will get new knowledge on how it is grown and used in different ways. You will have an opportunity to visit the painters, the artifacts and learn different cultural things. You will visit a wood workshop, where you can watch skilled members of the Makonde tribe carefully carving intricate figurines, masks, and household objects. They will show you the different types of wood and finishings and explain some of the historical and cultural meanings behind the carvings.