ART, LIFE & FESTIVALS
Select resident artists and scholars share their style and research according to season. Cultural festivals make up the fabric of the land, each are celebrated on the farm four about weeks time. Align your travel dates with cultural events to enhance the safari experience.
Join in the fun for any of the week-long events listed below and receive the following benefits:
Supplemental charges may apply.
See details for each promotion or event.
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•ALL Farm Life activities listed below.
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•General Conditions:
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✓2 or more night stay at full board (American Plan - three meals) from the second night until departure.
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✓Deposit and reservations made according to policy. Please note the refund procedures.
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✓May not be combined with any other package or promotion.
CHRISTMAS & NEW YEARS
There is nothing like Christmas, Boxing Day or New Years on the farm. Special menus with farm spit-roast sucking pigs, cured hams, pies and more. Everything is home made, even the music: Christmas Carols, and traditional ngoma drum entertainment by the farm music clubs.
SCHEDULE
December 25
Week 4
December, 31
Week 1
FARM OLYMPICS
Week long event celebrating staff competition with indigenous and traditional sports.
SCHEDULE
April
Week 1
November
Week 1
NANE NANE HARVEST
In time for the harvest celebration Gibb’s Farm prepares with the annual drum competition. Iraqw people of Tloma have a special relationship with ngoma or drums. Called ngoma in Swahili and Oyyi in Iraqw, they have traditionally been used for communication and celebration as well as being a symbol of authority.
SCHEDULE
August 3~8th
Week 1
EARTH WEEK
Globally celebrated April 22, at Gibb’s Farm we have two events, one Mid-April when the farm is seasonally slow and everyone has time to participate and learn. The second is later in the year, May. In recognition of the world earth day’s start 40 years ago in 1970, Gibb’s Farm launches its first festivities.
SCHEDULE
May 17~21st
Week 3
ART CLASSES
SANAA resident botanical artist Riziki Kateya’s 20 commissions capture the floral and medicine plants of the estate. Select resident artists and scholars share their style and research according to season/schedule.
SCHEDULE
March
Week 2-4
November
Week 1-2
INDEPENDENCE: Ujamaa Festival
The nation was founded in 1961. Nyerere, the ‘Father of the country,’ promoted community dependence with Ujamaa collectivisation and self sufficiency. As a result Tanzania remains one the most stable regions on the continent. We celebrate this achievement with inter-cultural activities all week long.
SCHEDULE
Dec 6~11th
Week 2
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