ABOUT US
We are Sustainable Eco & Cultural Tourism Enterprise Connecting Community, Visitors and Rau forest.
ABOUT US
WHO ARE WE
Rau Eco & Cultural Tourism Enterprise is a youth led community based and sustainable tourism programme, which was established in 2013 following the guidelines for Cultural Tourism Programmes of Tanzania (CTPT). The CTPT is under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism supervised by Tanzania Tourist Board section of Cultural Tourism Programme and was officially registered in 2014 with registration No. CTP/REG.014.
We organize eco-friendly tourism activities involving the local people who live in the skirts of Rau Forest Reserve around Moshi. One of our main strategies is to empower youth and women through eco and cultural tourism activities and to increase people’s awareness on environmental conservation.
We organize eco-friendly tourism activities involving the local people who live in the skirts of Rau Forest Reserve around Moshi. One of our main strategies is to empower youth and women through eco and cultural tourism activities and to increase people’s awareness on environmental conservation.
Protect your life
We're here for look even you from start to finish.
We are taking leadership for the following topics:
Sustainability
Wildlife protection and conservation
Cultural tourism
Forest protection and conservation
Eco tourism
Community awareness towards life in the forest, climate change, eco tourism and waste management
Food
Cooking
Cycling
Tours
Adventure
Tours
Walk and
Meditation
OUR VISION SPEECH
Dear friends of Rau Forest Reserve Community.
Today, on August 1, we – Daniel, Hamis and Linus - are very proud to stand here amongst all of our friends. In 2013 we founded Rau Forest Eco & Cultural Tourism Enterprise. In the past seven years we have encountered many ups and downs, we have had challenging and joyful times. Being role models, leaders and visionaries we knew that we never give up and just followed our path. And that’s where we have arrived today:
Our enterprise – Rau Forest Eco & Cultural Tourism Enterprise – is healthy and strong. Right now we are 20 people, who are working for us: full of joy and passion for the important work we do. By following our purpose – which is to protect the Rau Forest Reserve and to be a Role Model for other CTEs and young people - we have developed a handful of unique tours.
Our target group – young people from 18 to 35 – are attracted by our purpose and by the benefits they get from our tours: they like to contribute to afforestation, like to learn, like to get to know the local food and our local people and like to relax in the silence of the forest. We are the number one destination in Moshi town for tourists interested in sustainable tourism, wildlife conservation and hiking.
Currently we have managed to plant more than 100,000 indigenous tree species in collaboration with different stakeholders such as the Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Clubs, Tanzania Forest Services Agency, Operational Groundswell, Enadallal Cultural, Tumbili Voyages and Osiwoo Safari, the local government Authority and many others.
With your help and support we will go on growing – in an organic way like the trees in Rau Forest Reserve do.
Our enterprise – Rau Forest Eco & Cultural Tourism Enterprise – is healthy and strong. Right now we are 20 people, who are working for us: full of joy and passion for the important work we do. By following our purpose – which is to protect the Rau Forest Reserve and to be a Role Model for other CTEs and young people - we have developed a handful of unique tours.
Our target group – young people from 18 to 35 – are attracted by our purpose and by the benefits they get from our tours: they like to contribute to afforestation, like to learn, like to get to know the local food and our local people and like to relax in the silence of the forest. We are the number one destination in Moshi town for tourists interested in sustainable tourism, wildlife conservation and hiking.
Currently we have managed to plant more than 100,000 indigenous tree species in collaboration with different stakeholders such as the Jane Goodall Roots and Shoots Clubs, Tanzania Forest Services Agency, Operational Groundswell, Enadallal Cultural, Tumbili Voyages and Osiwoo Safari, the local government Authority and many others.
With your help and support we will go on growing – in an organic way like the trees in Rau Forest Reserve do.
TEAM MEMBERS
Meet our best professional travel agents
Linus Lasway
Co Founder & Program Coordinator
Daniel Maembe
Co Founder, Conservation & PR
Hamis Msuya
Co Founder & Assistant Program Coordinator



METAPHORIC VERSION OF OUR VISION
We are a very healthy tree with strong roots, which are on one hand our time together in school and college and on the other hand our common founding of Rau Eco & Cultural Tourism Enterprise.
Our powerful trunk bears testimony to the challenges we have faced and to all the knowledge and wisdom we have gained.
The main branches are diverse and attractive and visited by many birds, butterflies, bees and monkeys.
The leaves shine in a colorful green and enjoy being part of the tree.
The tree produces many sweet and delicious fruits.
Everything is fertile and wealthy.

Quality Servies
To take trivial example which of ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from but who has any right to find fault with man who chooses to enjoy.

Christine Eve
Founder & CEO
Quality Servies
To take trivial example which of ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from but who has any right to find fault with man who chooses to enjoy.

Kevin Smith
Customer
Quality Servies
To take trivial example which of ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from but who has any right to find fault with man who chooses to enjoy.

Jessica Brown
Founder & CEO