Chemka oasis – (Natural swimming pool ) is the only place in Tanzania where the underground water aquifer and river are pushed to the surface and if interacted with geothermal sources, forming a hot or warm spring. Generally, the place is still virgin whereby there is no any study conducted concerned with its formation and other governed information until now.
We’ll pick you up from your accommodation in Arusha in the morning and drive for about 2 hours before we reach the Kikuletwa hot spring, also called Maji Moto hot springs or Chemka hot springs. We’ll drive you back around 5 in the evening, and everything you do in between is completely up to you. Take a dip in the refreshing water (Surpriiiise! The water’s not hot as you might have expected, as it comes directly from Kilimanjaro), walk around the surrounding area, watch local boys jump from a rope into the water, showing some seriously impressive moves, or eat some chips mayai or chips kuku (an omelet with chips inside or chicken and chips) as you enjoy the shadow of the beautiful palm and fig trees. The drive from and back to Arusha is beautiful in itself, as we already mentioned above. Part of it leads over a paved road, but the rest of the time you’ll be driving over dirt roads through the country side. Dry riverbeds, baobab and acacia trees, tiny villages, Maasai with their cattle, and old broken railways determine the scenery.
