Top Tanzania Cooking Classes

This small-group class in Arusha will teach you how to cook traditional Tanzanian dishes and learn some Swahili, too, by a group of resilient women in the community. By booking this tour, you will also contribute to supporting Lifted Strong Community Organization (LISCO), which aims to help women facing hardships.

Experience a tour of a spice farm in Zanzibar and learn about the origins of spices and their importance in Zanzibar cuisine. Harvest ingredients from the farm and cook a traditional Swahili meal.

Most visitors come to Zanzibar for its beautiful beaches, but you shouldn't miss out on experiencing its eclectic cultural heritage. This small-group tour is led by a social enterprise and lets you experience Swahili culture. You'll relax in the healing waters of an ancient sacred cave, watch traditional dancing, join local musicians in a jam session, and enjoy a delicious included lunch of local Swahili food.

Learn to cook traditional Tanzanian cuisine with a view of the amazing Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. This small-group cooking class is perfect for those who want to learn more about Tanzanian culture and the history behind traditional dishes. Get your hands dirty as you follow along with your guide and then enjoy your creations with your group. Round-trip transportation from Moshi is included.

With the help of our guides, you will discover the unique flavours of local cooking while learning about traditional ways of life. As part of this class, you will visit a local market, negotiate prices for exotic ingredients and learn to cook different typical Tanzanian dishes.

Learn about the local spices grown on a spice farm and how they are used in traditional dishes. With hands-on instruction, you'll have the opportunity to cook 4-5 different dishes and enjoy your creations as lunch.

Learn about how spices are grown and how to best cook with them with this package, which combines a guided tour through a local spice farm with a cooking class. You'll start with a spice tour, where you'll see, smell, and even harvest ingredients to then use for your meal. You'll then learn how to make a variety of local delights, which you'll get to enjoy with your hosts.

Most visitors to Zanzibar settle for just eating the local cuisine at the archipelago's hotels and restaurants. Go deeper with this market, spice farm and cooking experience that peels back the layers of regional culinary traditions. Learn about locals’ favorite ingredients on a guided visit to Stone Town’s Darajani Market, tour and enjoy tastings at a spice farm, and finish with a cooking class with a local cook, prepping and then savoring some classic Zanzibari dishes.

This activity offers the perfect mix of culture, tradition, and flavor. You’ll explore a real Zanzibari village, meet local people, and see how they live and work every day. What makes it special is the chance to learn to cook traditional dishes side by side with local chefs, using fresh ingredients and family recipes passed down through generations. It’s more than just a tour

Be immersed in Tanzania’s great outdoors on this full-day tour to Materuni and Kikuletwa–ideal for culture vultures and active travelers in the region. Start off on a hike to Materuni Waterfalls and enjoy a refreshing dip. Next, head to a local farm to learn more about Tanzania’s coffee industry before finally unwinding in the Kikuletwa Hot Springs. This comprehensive tour also includes round-trip transportation from your Arusha hotel, plus lunch.

Experience local traditional culture on this exciting day trip. Spend a day interacting with the Chagga; the indigenous population of Machame, as you’re invited to learn about their way of life. Enjoy a banana tour, a visit to Ntondolo Caves, and a hike to the picturesque Nkosalulu Waterfalls. Finish the day with an afternoon coffee, and learn about the process of coffee making in the area.

There are many parks to go on safari in Africa, but none quite like Ngorongoro Crater, which combines highlands with the crater space. This Ngorongoro Crater Day Trip from Arusha lets you get the most out of the area with a guide who takes you all around to see the wildlife, including zebras, lions, and wildebeest.

Learn to cook Zanzibarian fare by signing up for this small-group cooking class. You'll start with a visit to a local market to purchase ingredients, you'll start your lesson, where you'll learn the intricacies of Swahili cooking. After your lesson, you'll get to dine on what you made in class.

Learn how to cook a number of delicious Tanzanian dishes within a welcoming, homey environment with this private cooking class. Following pickup directly from your Moshi hotel, head to your host family’s mud house. Over the course of several hours, you’ll help your instructors prepare ugali (a traditional cornmeal dish), dishes made from green bananas or millet and coconut, meat stews, and more. At the end of class, enjoy your feast together, followed up by peanut brittle for dessert.

Travelers will visit an organic spice farm on this guided activity that allows travelers to experience different spices grown in the Island. Soon as we reach the farm, our guide will start explaining how spices like Cinnamon, Cardamom, Ginger, Vanilla and others are cultivated, harvested and even how they are used in term of medicine or for cooking. Climbing of coconut palm and buying spices from local community spice shop is also part of the tour. Later, travelers will join Local Zanzibari women in the making of Zanzibar local cuisine and they will fully participate in the activity and then have lunch in the farm before making their way home.

Experience the journey of Tanzanian coffee from bean to cup on this locally guided coffee experience in Arusha. Discover how coffee is grown, processed and prepared, and learn about its importance to local communities and everyday life in Tanzania. During the experience, you will learn about coffee beans, see how they are traditionally roasted and ground, and discover the steps involved in preparing a fresh cup of coffee. Enjoy the aroma of freshly roasted beans and taste locally prepared coffee while chatting with your local host. Along the way, hear stories about Tanzania’s coffee culture, local traditions and the people behind the coffee you enjoy. Whether you are a coffee lover or simply curious about Tanzanian culture, this experience offers an opportunity to connect with local life through one of the country's well-known agricultural products. Come curious, enjoy the process, and experience Tanzanian coffee one cup at a time.

Learn about how spices are grown in spice farms. With the close assistance of the local experienced cook, you will learn how these spices are used in traditional dishes. You will have a chance to cook 3 - 5 different traditional dishes and enjoy them as your lunch.

Visit a local home for a private cooking class that starts with a trip to the market to see the fresh ingredients at the heart of Tanzanian cuisine. Next, head to your hosts’ mud house to grate coconuts and use a wood fire to prepare ‘ugali,’ a cornmeal dish. Join the whole family to enjoy the meal on benches outside the house, eating ugali with peanut brittle and homemade alcohol.

You will get time to learn about African local food and culture also you will experience Arabic coffee and how we make our coffee in a local industry also you will be able to taste the cup of coffee that will make you feel different

If you have an interest in Zanzibar cuisine, this traditional cooking class is the easiest way to get closer! By joining us, you’ll learn not just about the recipes and the cooking procedures, but also the history and the stories related to the different dishes you will cook. This traditional cooking class starts from the local Market in Stone Town (Darajani Market) where you will do shopping and have some Zanzibar local Market experience.

This community-based experience offers a rare opportunity to learn traditional cooking or jewellery-making in a local setting while contributing directly to sustainable community development.

Learn how to make authentic Zanzibar food. We meet in Darajani market to choose your ingredients, before heading out to a spice farm on a private car from there, you will have an hours spice tour and then join me to cook some delicious lunch from a traditional Zanzibar home with spice tour offer.

With the help of the native, you will discover the unique flavors of local cooking while learning about traditional ways of life. As part of the class you will learn how to make local coffee and other typical dishes. In addition to seeing banana fields, visit coffee farms. After processing your own coffee, enjoy a cup. On the slopes of Mount Meru, the Nguruma hamlet of the Meru people have been cultivating coffee for more than a century. Visit the fields of our neighborhood coffee farmers to learn about the history of coffee, how it is grown and harvested, and how to extract coffee from the plant.