Onsea House & Machweo Retreat

Activities

• Accompany Axel on his morning fruit and veg run to the colourful Arusha market
  
  
• Take a day trip up into the Arusha National Park. It gets less press than the Kilimanjaro Park but the walking, scenery and birdlife are all simply amazing
  
  
• Head out on a “bird-watching day trip” with an English expert birder in the area around Arusha, Arusha National Park or Tarangire National Park
  
  
• Bicycle into Arusha for an evening at the Via Via cultural centre. There are frequent musical events, but even when there's no live music it's a great place to have a drink or meal and to meet fellow travellers
  
  
• Relax on a lounger by the pool then head up to Onsea's top terrace for an avocado oil Jacuzzi followed a Swedish massage at Machweo Wellness, the on-site spa
  
  
• Walk out along the dirt track that cuts round the Namasi hillside, perhaps in the company of Terry, Onsea's recommended guide
  
  
• Take a hot-air balloon over the Serengeti at sunrise and watch the animals at their most active
  
  
• Brush up your culinary skills: the Cultural Tourism programme can arrange Tanzanian cooking lessons, or Axel can teach you Belgique/French techniques
  
  
• Climb Kilimanjaro - Africa’s highest mountain (5895m) and the world’s tallest freestanding volcano. It can be climbed in 4-7 days without specialised mountaineering experience or equipment, and the hotel can arrange this for you
  
  
• The hotel can also arrange a host of other activities and excursions, including trekking, day safaris, golf, tennis and canoeing