You can explore Tanzania every day, city by city, island by island, or you can go to the small village of Makumbusho. It is located in one of the districts of Dar es Salaam.

This small patch of land represents Tanzania in miniature. So you can learn all the traditions, beliefs, customs of local tribes, how and where people lived in this unusual African country just in one day.

Being there is like reading a summary of the book, which presents the juiciest and vivid moments of history. Very informative, interesting, and unusual. The village of Makumbusho became a museum at the very end of the XX century. It is part of the National Museum of Tanzania.

There are no actors, no one acts out prepared performances. People just live the way their ancestors lived a few centuries ago. So coming to the village is like going back in time. All around are round, square, rectangular wooden huts with thatched roofs, gaumed with clay for strength. You can bend your head and look inside to discover the inner world of a Tanzanian family and get even closer to the culture of the country.

Everything there is thought out to the smallest detail: wooden loungers that serve as beds, tables, pottery, bright clothes. There are tools on the doorstep to the huts, and someone is working in the cattle-pen nearby. It is a pleasant surprise that customs and cultural peculiarities, as well as life in general, represented in the village - all this exists now. This is how some tribes live in the dense forests of Tanzania.

The village of Makumbusho is worth a visit, even if you still have the whole of Tanzania to visit. After this excursion, you start to relate to some things differently. This way of life is impressive and surprising. How great is the power of tradition, respect for culture, that people of the XXI century live in houses with thatched roofs?