Mbeya Motorcycle guided tour

Duration: 10 Hours:

Explore the real side of the city, with a mixture of tourist sites and hidden treasures off the beaten track.

Mbeya is the large agricultural capital of southwestern Tanzania (275,000 inhabitants), in a region of beautiful scenery. A large missionary centre, the city was only founded in 1927 by the British. This period is also the period of the gold rush as precious minerals were discovered. Today, the race has faded, but Mbeya continues to provide his golden weight every year. Situated about 100 km from the Zambian border and 860 km from Dar es Salaam by road (which never ends!), it is a beautiful city at an altitude of over 1,700 m, at the foot of mountains rising to over 2,400 m. Although few tourists come here, Mbeya (pronounced [Mbea]) is well worth the detour.

This agricultural region is still little explored by visitors. As the second largest coffee producing region in Tanzania, but the best in the whole country (to the point of having gained popularity in Germany), Mbeya is an important trading centre as it is the only major city between Iringa, Malawi and Zambia, both by road and by train on the Tazara Line (Tanzania Zambia Railway). We also grow tea and bananas.

A few million years ago, it was the scene of very violent volcanic and seismic activity, which today is responsible for the presence of numerous craters, gorges and deep river valleys. So it is worth visiting for example the waterfalls of Kapologwe (in Makete), Nzovwe, Mlowo, Salala, Kitekelo, Nagwamo, Nyihemi or Nyengenge.