Private Tour
Arusha in a Day: City Tour, Cooking, Napuru Waterfall & Coffee
Overview
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10 hours
Mobile ticket
Discover the vibrant city of Arusha with a full-day guided tour that combines cultural immersion and local experiences. Start your journey with an enlightening walking city tour, visiting key historical sites, museums, and local markets. Engage in a hands-on cooking class, where you’ll shop for fresh ingredients and prepare traditional Tanzanian dishes. After enjoying your culinary creations, embark on a scenic hike to one of Arusha's highest waterfalls, learning about local tribes along the way. Conclude your adventure with a coffee tour in Nkoaruma village, where you’ll experience the coffee-making process firsthand. This tour, lasting 8 to 11 hours, allows for flexibility and personal exploration to enrich your experience.
- Full-day guided tour of Arusha, lasting 8 to 11 hours
- Explore historical sites, local markets, and cultural heritage
- Participate in a cooking class and enjoy your homemade meal
- Experience a coffee tour with hands-on coffee preparation in Nkoaruma village
Additional Info
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Arusha
Guided walking city tour will start after get picked up from you're hotel and you will learn much about Arusha from History, cultural, lifestyle, and traditional. You will pass in some landmark of the city with our knowledgeable guides, like natural history museum, historical sites, Tanzanite experience museum and small shops, pass in the clock tower, Maasai market curious and shop, Central food market, African art gallery and cultural heritage. On the way your local guide will tell you much about the city from past to present. With your questions too you can learn much about Arusha
After the walking city tour, the driver and guide will drive you to Sanawari and pass from one of the small street market for shopping the fresh food for cooking according to what you decide for cooking on the day. After shopping you will go home for having the cooking class where you will meet the local chef who can lead you for the cooking class and you will decide to cook more that one food and after finishing for cooking you will seat and having it as your lunch on the day
What‘s Included
Guide fee
Pickup and drop-off at your hotel in the City of Arusha
Guided Tour
2 Bottle of drinking water per person per day
All entrance fee that will be collected
Coffee that you will prepared on the day
Guide Tips (Gratitudes)
Fees for extra activities
Soda and Alcoholic drinks
Lunch and Coffee in the Restaurant
Options
Arusha City & Napuru Waterfall
The city tour & hike waterfall: experience the city of Arusha with local guide and then accompany you by drive from the city to hike the waterfall.
Excellent for nature & culture: This is the best option to learn more about modern culture, food market, history and hike in Napuru waterfall
Duration: 7 hours: Approximately this tour will cost from 6-8 and half hours depends on your time and how interest with the tour.
Food is not Included : Immediately after your booking you can organize with operator or our guide even in the tour for any kind of foods and drinks.
Arusha region: This tour will only be in Arusha region and small part of the village for the short hike of Napuru waterfall.
Comfortable Van: You will be picked up at your hotel near the city center for all tours and after drop-off at the same hotel or meeting point.
Time : The time we write is not fixed, can be longer or shorter so if you have limited time please request to us after book the tour
Pickup included
City + Cooking & Waterfall
Duration: 9 hours
Meal Included: The only meal inclusive is after a cooking class lesson
Arusha: The route of the tour is within Arusha region
Car: we will drive from these different destination
Time : The time is not fixed we can use more or less than we write on description but you should tell us if you have limited time
Pickup included
Arusha City, Waterfall &Coffee
Accommodation is exclusive
City Tour, Waterfall & Coffee : This is the tour where can bring you to the city of Arusha, Hike to Napuru waterfall and local coffee experience.
Excellent Local experience: Our tour is with the main target of bring every of our travelers to the heart of the local and nature of Napuru waterfall.
Duration: 8 hours: This tour is roughly take from 7-9 hours, will depends on your time and interest while on the tour.
No Meal Included: Meal will be arranged for an extra costs and our operator can arrange or our guide while on this tour.
Arusha region: This tour is only in Arusha region from the city and drive to the waterfall and then to small village for the coffee tour.
Normal Van: We will be able to drive you with our transport from all part of the tour and pickup and drop-of at your hotel near the city
Time: The time is not fixed please if you have a limited time request as immediately after booking the tour
Pickup included
City Tour, Coffee & Cooking
3 Top activity: Meet the local guide that can bring you in the city of Arusha for wonderful tour and experience like a local.
Excellent: We will make sure you experience the city like a local from modern culture to food market and local coffee tour
Duration: 9 hours
Meal is inclusive : Meal is included for the food that will prepared together on the cooking class.
Arusha region: The tour will be in Arusha region include the short walking city tour and drive to the small village for coffee and Napuru
Small van from the company: We will pickup all the travelers per request at their hotel near the city center
Time: The time on description is not fixed, please if you have limited time request to us after booking the tour
Pickup included
Cooking Class &Napuru Waterfal
Duration: 8 hours
Not Included : The Meal is not inclusive but for an request and your guide or operator can assist you with meal preparation
Arusha
Car: We will use a car to drive from one destination to another
Pickup included
City Tour and Cooking Class
Duration: 8 hours: Roughly the tour will take from 7 to 9 hours
Meal Inclusive: After the city tour we will bring you to the Cooking class experience for the local food and after tour we will eat the food
Arusha town: The tour is covered with short distance in Arusha town
Car: This tour include the driving of the car from different and far destination
Time: The tour don't have fixed time and please request from us once you have a limited time.
Pickup included
Reviews
34 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Coffee Tour and Arusha City Tour
peterlD5937DG,,Feb 15, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00100% worth an exceptional tour we did in Arusha. I'm so glad we booked this experience, we learned so much, our guides are very open and friends to tell about the culture of Tanzania, history and landmark of the city where mostly we discovered by our foot., The coffee tour we enjoyed as well, the organic in a small village where the host told us so much about organic coffee and mostly we didn't know before, Thanks for everything on this tour.
Highlight of the trip to Arusha 10/5 Stars
456Kohlerp,,Feb 13, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This full day tour, is absolutely great and worth having it in Arusha. No rush at all, much time the guide tells about history, culture, foods and coffee plantation tours. Our guide Israel, is top notch, he answered all our questions and he's the young guide who's dream to be the best Tanzania guide and I'm sure he can for how smart he is, Israel knows what you want to learn as a tourist, his patient, very friendly, I like the joking from him and his very helpful. Our full day in Arusha with Israel is one of the best moments and highlights we have for our trip in Africa. I recommend to take this trip with Israel, where you will learn, feel home, very welcoming always and be with the honest guide.
A Day of Discover Arusha (Culture, history, coffee & Cascades)
allenn349,,Feb 12, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was a very nice day and we were all happy for our visit for this great tour in Arusha. It's almost a full day where you can learn much about Culture, history and coffee plantations. The tour was led by our knowledgeable guide Baraka and his friend's driver. It was our last day and we didn't know that we hadn't seen a lot and learned about Tanzania and Arusha. If you have time and want to learn much, this is the best tour I can recommend in Arusha.
Nice Experience for Coffee, Waterfall and City tour.
Curious55791214469,,Feb 11, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is our last and also best day in Arusha, We spent almost all day in Arusha with Yusuph again for this wonderful experience, We went to the downtown area of Arusha where we discovered the food market, museum and handmade market, where we bought our souvenirs. Our tour went above and beyond the Napuru waterfall where we experienced the beautiful nature and they called the paradise of Arusha, we had a simple and short hike in the Napuru waterfall and our last part we had our cup of coffee where we met family from the village and they leading us for the coffee experience from all stage and we learn so much about the local way of make coffee and organic coffee which is different taste than the coffee I used to, Thanks so much for this tour and I 100% recommend this tour in Arusha.
Super Tour, sehr empfehlenswert, sehr faires Preis / Leistungsverhältnis
Traveler10334298235,,Feb 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Israel is a brillant guide with much experience, very friendly, big knowlegde, lead us everywhere we wanted to go, either nature , places in the City or whatever. He gave us a lot of informations, we really enjoyed the tour very much
A Beautiful Day in Arusha (Coffee, City and Waterfall)
michellep6087,,Feb 4, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Our beautiful day begins in the morning by warmly welcomed by our friendly guide James,. James is a very kind and funny human, he made our day great by showing us the city of Arusha. As a tourist it's so hard to see by yourself, we went to the historical sites, food market and the big gallery,. Our second time we went to the beautiful waterfall of Napuru and James still covered and led us for the super and smooth hike to the waterfall which is beautiful. Our last tour is to make our own cup of coffee and we went to another village with James friends and took us to the coffee farm where we learn a lot about different crops and medicine plants. Thanks to our guide James and all the staff companies for organizing this trip for us, You made our day better and thanks so much, we are so happy to have this trip with.
Three tours in one day in Arusha (Excellent Tour)
cndyfr,,Feb 3, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Had a blast with Israel ((the guide), we luckily had the weather on that day on our side, not much hot and not cold at all. Israel was a 100% gem of patient guide, highly knowledgeable and even more good is very friendly and can be able to share to share with Tanzania and people; by looks how he talks you know he's a good person. If anyone wants to spend a better day in Arusha by visiting the city, waterfall and coffee tour, This team will be the best choice to take you for the Trip.
City tour, Coffee tour and Waterfall together in a day
098Rayan,,Feb 2, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Best experience we have proud ourselves to select in Arusha, we get much time to learn on this day and appreciate so much the knowledge from our guide that took us to the city tour, waterfall and coffee tour. Very good in time keeping and they are really updated for any emergency happened. I recommend the tour 100% for anyone looking for this tour and very interesting to learn.
Excellent Experience with a Nicest Guide.
Inspire63446202599,,Jan 29, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The guide is very friendly and explains everything, we also asked many questions and he was happy to answer all of our questions, he's too funny too. I recommend this tour in the morning and evening probably that you can have a chance to see some animals like monkeys and birds, but in the afternoon it is very nice to skip the heat in town, It is good to take a clean breath in the forest. The cup of coffee is very nice and we really enjoyed it the most and our guide who's also the owner of a farm, he got a rich education about coffee and other crops around. We learn so much and we definitely recommend this tour.
City Tour, Waterfall and Coffee Tour, (3 Best Tour in Arusha).
lomitol,,Jan 27, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It's an incredible day, a lot of things to do; we had James as our guide who picked us up at our hotel and we started our tour by visiting the town of Arusha; we are happy to learn so much in Arusha town with James, this include learn of History, cultural and interact with the people and experience some daily routen of the life. Our tour was accompanied by a short drive to the Napuru waterfall where we had a smooth hike to the waterfall and last we had the best coffee tour and it's not far villages each other of coffee and waterfall and even not far from town, so most of the time you can spend on tour than driving. We came to love this tour the most and the destination we went to was not the tourist crowd and it was the tour I can recommend if you get the time in Arusha by any chance.
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