Due to the proximity to Moshi, one of the main tourist places in Tanzania, the Maasai village that we take you to as well as any other Maasai village in the area might not match a certain idea of secluded traditional villages with no access to any ‘modern’ facilities.

It’s a ‘real’ Maasai village, where people actually live, but you will definitely not be the first foreigner to visit. The people you’ll meet in the village are used to welcoming tourists and have a relatively modern lifestyle compared to Maasai populations in certain other areas. They purposely open up their village to tourists in order to gain some much-needed money to maintain the village and support its people.

These people have phones and access to the internet. They know what is going on in the world and they might even spend their time off in a bar in Moshi, dressed in ‘normal’ clothes. They don’t live like Maasai in very secluded areas or like Maasai from 100 years ago. But that doesn’t make them less authentic. They’ve evolved as any other ethnic group would evolve and they are just as interested in staying connected to the world as you and us.