Tanzania Cooking Class: Traditional Food Journey

Discover Tanzania’s culinary secrets with a market tour and cooking class. Shop, cook, and savor traditional dishes like Ugali and Pilau.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Arusha - Clients will first visit the central food market for a 30-minute tour before proceeding to the cooking lesson. This market is an excellent spot for travelers to immerse themselves in Tanzanian local life, offering a variety of local foods, mostly sourced from within the country, with a small percentage being imported. Visitors will have…
What's Included
  • Pickup and Drop-off at your hotel near the city center
  • Guided tour in the central food market and cooking class lesson
  • Experience cooking in a local Tanzanian kitchen
  • Cost of fresh market ingredients included
  • Use of local transport for market shopping
  • Enjoy meals prepared during the class for lunch or dinner
What's Not Included
  • Drinks (Water, Soda, or beer is not included) but on the way our guests can buy it.
  • Tips (Not must, but traveler can tips according to the satisfaction of the tour)
  • Spice from the market
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in the rich cultural experience of Tanzanian cuisine, starting from selecting fresh ingredients at the market to preparing a delicious meal that lets you savor the flavors like a local. Once you book, you will receive a confirmation via WhatsApp or email. On the day of the tour, our guide will pick you up from your hotel in Arusha city…

Location
Arusha
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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David
Oct 23, 2025
Unforgattable expérience in Arusha! - We had the honor and the chance to be welcomed at Chef Zaina’s place to prepare a magnificent local meal: chapati, ugli and Ndizi. It wasn't just a cooking lesson, we discovered this beautiful Tanzanian culture where we had unforgettable exchanges and laughter. Thank you to Zaina for inviting us to her place, to Leroy for accompanying us and for the translation and to Israel who offered us this magnificent experience. Israel is a wonderful person, who really took care of us!
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J5870aqannaf
Oct 23, 2025
A must do in Arusha! - With my husband we got this experience yesterday and it was absolutely great! Israel was a fantastic point of contact, ensuring everything was going smoothly. We also had to adjust date and time and there was great flexibility. Leroy was an amazing guide at the market, explaining a lot of details and providing much information also on Tanzanian and African history and culture, everything in a very professional way. Neema was a superb teacher, making us preparing all dishes with simplicity and clear instruction. There were a lot of laughs and fun moments. Cooking and then eating all together sharing what we just prepared is a memory will last forever. Asante sana marafiki!
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Onair569910
Oct 12, 2025
A beautiful day....( visit to local markets and cooking classes ) - An extraordinary day with wonderful people. We visited local markets, took the time to chat with the merchants. The guide bought the products we were going to cook with and then we all cook together. The guides (Israel, Leroy) and the cook (Neema) were very kind and attentive. They tell us about their Tanzanian culture, we really felt like friends. A nice meeting and in addition to the good food we cooked and enjoyed all together. Thank you.
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Sandralorenag958
Oct 11, 2025
Great market visit and amazing cooking experience with local people - It was an amazing day! We visited the market with Israel and Leroy and had a great time and lot of information. Then we did the cooking class with Neema and we shared a very good moment with her, we cooked together, learnt many things and the most important, the food was really good! We highly recommend to live this experience in Arusha!
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367juliusl
Oct 8, 2025
You should Book this tour to connect with Local people and get a chance to prepare and trying the local Foods - Incredible experience, very local tour from staring to the end we feel like a local, our tour start by come and picking us to our hotel and we went for the tour in the food market, with not touristic and by chance you can see some other guide bring also other tourists there, our guide Justin tell us a lot about the food market. The local are very charming and very helpful to let us take time and discover. After we went for the cooking class that we cook in a local way with local kitchen, don't expect nothing touristic (this make me feel enjoy the most on this tour). A lot of stories with our chef and guide while we prepared and continued cooking the local dish, after we had delicious local lunch together. For anyone who wants to see the really local experience, this is the tour you should take. Everything is safe and based to enjoy the local experience. Definitely recommended.
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Ingrid
Sep 30, 2025
Great combination of foodmarket and cookingclass. - Nice tour, Israel is a nice,competent and international guide.The combination of shopping at the food market and then Classic cooking at a chef’s Home was great.
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Tulipanaros
Sep 30, 2025
Food and culture - Fantastic tour of local market with shopping and then cooking. Together we had a meal and talked about cultural differences.
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Martin23000
Sep 21, 2025
Very good experience of the market and cooking class afterwards - Very good communication with Israel. He introduced us to the Arusha market and Tanzanian culture. A colourful market. The cooking class with Neema very fun, smiling and we had a great time and enjoyed very good dishes. I highly recommend this attraction with eyes closed and to do again without hesitation
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Journey03117272923
Sep 19, 2025
Highly recommend this experience!! - Isreal and his cousin are incredible! Super knowledgeable, very friendly, and really patient when it came to explaining things and answering questions! The tour through the market was very interesting and Isreal knew so much information that he was happy to share and catered the experience to our questions and interests! Isreal took the time to explain local names, where things are from, best seasons for different items, and even taught us some Swahili words that have come in very handy in the rest of our travels through Tanzania! I highly recommend this experience to anyone in the Arusha area and hope to see Isreal again on another visit or somewhere else along the way!! Asante sana
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Sanfran58
Sep 5, 2025
DO THIS WHILE IN ARUSHA!! - This market tour and cooking class with Israel and Neema was an extraordinary excursion in Arusha. We were picked up by Israel and a driver at the Arusha Coffee Lodge (staying pre-safari) and went to the Central (good) Market for a long and wonderful tour-cultural and food oriented. So great! Then taken to a small local market where food for the meal was purchased. We went the little “kitchen” and charming and talented Neema took over and showed us how to prep and cook (and eat!) Ugali, meat, plantains and delicious greens. It was so much fun. Do NOT miss this if you have some time before or after your safari. I am paranoid about eating food/food safety, but it was all fine! This tour is a highlight and getting to know the lovely Israel and his cousin Neema made our trip to Arusha! Israel also was so responsive to us on WhatsApp and showed up on time to our hotel. Do this! (I also told our Asilia guide about this tour so he can recommend it to his clients).
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From $43
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).