Renew your spirit in Tanzania's great plains. Experience 9 full days of healing yoga, meditation, safari, and cultural immersion. Your time exploring this great country will leave you feeling grounded in your body, free in your mind, and light in your soul. Commit to practicing yoga 1-2 times per day, daily meditation, amongst the most beautiful landscape East Africa has to offer. Learn from the Maasai their herbal healing traditions, and join a 3 day safari to the stunning National Parks in Northern Tanzania (Tarangire, Manyara and Ngorongoro Crater). Enjoy meals created from fresh, local and (when possible) organic foods, cultivated from the fertile land of the Kilimanjaro region. We will close out our retreat by taking our personal work "off the mat" to engage mindfully with the community in which we are staying.
If you are looking to reset, renew, and restore in one of the most beautiful and healing places on Earth, join us for this incredible adventure. . This journey is open to all levels, from beginning practitioners through advanced. This journey is open to all souls!
Daily Schedule is subject to change based on availability of accommodation, guides, weather, and any other unforseen circumstances. We aim to provide all activities and excursions included in the itinerary.
Save your spot with a $500 non-refundable deposit. The following payments can be made in 3 installments by April 15, June 15, and July 15.
We hope it doesn't happen, but if you must cancel your trip, here is the cancellation policy:
On Booking: $500 non refundable deposit.
Before June 15: 50% refundable
After June 15: No refunds possible
Stay in single rooms, or share with a friend. All accommodation is included in the price of the trip.
Enjoy 3 healthy meals per day, prepared by Tanzanian chefs. Coffee, tea, and snacks available throughout the day.
Each day you will participate in a healing and grounding yoga session. Depending on the daily schedule, there will be a second yoga class, or meditation session as well.
Experience the breathtaking wonders of a game drive through Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Crater. Witness the beauty of wildlife, and this earth in its most raw form.
Participate in a local cooking class, learn from a Maasai herbalist, and experience nature on many informational walks led by local guides.
You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro International Airport, and dropped off for your flight home (or on to another destination)
It is recommended to purchase your own travel insurance.
Airfare to and from Kilimanjaro (JRO) airport
Visa can be purchased ahead of time online, or upon arrival for $100 for US Citizens
It is customary to tip at your lodges, as well as to your driver/guide on safari
Please research the CDC website for additional recommended vaccinations. Speak to your medical professional about malaria prophylaxis.
Arriving in Tanzania is quite an experience in and of itself. Take time to arrive and settle into your surroundings. We will join together in the afternoon for an opening circle and dinner to welcome everyone to the retreat.
You will stay at the Amani Light Wellness Eco Retreat. Situated about 45 minutes from Moshi town, this retreat is nestled in nature with expansive views. It invites the visitor to slow down and take in the rhythm of the culture and life that we can see all around.
A little about the retreat space: At Amani Light, we embrace sustainable living. Our accommodations feature thoughtfully designed spaces that prioritize eco-conscious practices. We aim to preserve water, as our neighbors still walk many kilometers to fetch water; however, we ensure all guests are comfortable with the following amenities:
Bucket Showers: Water is heated over a fire each evening and placed in a self-directed spout system for refreshing showers. Choose between private indoor showers or a serene outdoor, roofless shower under the stars.
Compost Toilets: An eco-friendly solution to conserve water while maintaining cleanliness and comfort.
Hand Washing Stations: Buckets with taps are filled by our staff and placed in rooms for convenient use.
Begin your morning watching the sunrise over Mt. Kilimanjaro. An early morning yoga practice will work out any aches and pains from travel, and leave you feeling grounded in the earth and your new environment. After breakfast, you will drive to town and explore the local markets. Take in the tastes and vibrant colors of the market, and then head to the village to be welcomed into the heart and home of the women who will teach you to cook authentic Tanzanian food. Enjoy your meal together when it is all prepared!
Drive back to the retreat site for yoga or meditation as the sun sets.
Begin your morning with a healing yoga practice. After breakfast, take off on a nature walk to learn from a Maasai herbalist about how the Maasai traditionally use plants in their medicinal practices. When you return, you will make some of the medicines, boiled over the fire, and try some...see if you can cure what ails you with these traditional medicines :-)
Depart early in the morning on Day 4 (optional VERY EARLY yoga session). The safari will include game drive in Tarangire National Park (Day 4), and Ngorongoro Crater (Day 5), and Manyara National Park (day 6) with astonishing views and experienced guides. We partner with Caracal Safaris to deliver a one of a kind experience.
The Ngorongoro Crater is home to Africa's Big Five; lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo & elephant – as well as large resident populations of giraffe, hyena, several species of antelope.
Each evening at the lodge, there will be evening activities such as a fireside chat, watercolor painting, and expressive journaling options. Take time each evening to internalize your day and begin to explore all of the facets of healing that you would like to achieve.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Farmhouse - https://twctanzania.com/ngorongoro-highlands/ngorongoro-farm-house/
After returning from safari we will take the day to truly arrive with our bodies and minds in one of the most breathtaking places in Tanzania, the Original Maasai Lodge. We will also settle physically into our own bodies, and start the journey of making friends, with our own selves and others. Our yoga practice will physically lead us through poses that help to release tension and trauma in the body so that we can be free from our past. Your transformation may begin.
~ Morning Sit
~ Breakfast
~ Journaling and Yoga Practice
~ Lunch and Free Time - Optional Nature walk or trip into town for a market tour or to head to some tailors to get clothes or other gifts made.
~ Yoga and Tea
~ Masai Boma (Fireside Dance and Chat)
~ Dinner
~ Evening Sit and Reflection
Your accommodation: Original Maasai Lodge - https://www.africaaminilife.com/original-maasailodge
Awaken to your full spirit and soul with a day of immersion in Massai culture. Participate in a nature walk, have breakfast in the bush.
Also included in our day is a sunrise and sunset yoga session and one session of mindfulness meditation during the day.
Our post sunset yoga will end with a traditional Massai boma with songs and dancing.
After a morning practice and closing circle, it's time to say bye for now. Catch your flight home, or onwards to Zanzibar
