Situated only 25 kilometers from Arusha and 20 kilometers from Kilimanjaro Airport, Imbaseni is a quiet rural Meru village that is largely undisturbed by the thriving safari and trekking tourist industry in North Tanzania.  The village offers a once in life time experience in Eastern African Meru culture on your route to the world famous wildlife safari and trekking.

Visit us. Get the memory of a unique culture and community that you will cherish for a long time.

In Imbaseni, you will see

• giant fig trees shadowing endless green banana, coffee and maize fields

• the remains of century old colonial mansions, which today, coexisting with traditional mud huts and modern brick houses 

• old mamas quietly watching grand children playing in the increasingly crowded family bomas

• colorfully dressed women's and girls fetching water and preparing morning tea and cook traditional roshero to fill up husbands and brothers’ gourd bottles

• uniformed children hiking up the hill and studying in outdoor classrooms at the local primary school

• the traditional healer sharing the secrets of the local herbs and her plan to pass on her skills to the next generation

• cheerful locals brewing banana beer and welcoming you to a taste of the season