Go beyond the exhibition floor with hands-on sessions, farm visits and evening events
Make more of your visit
The exhibition floor is just the beginning. Walk the fields of the region's leading farms, celebrate the launch of HortiLogistica Africa, and end each day with Arusha's music, food and African Vibe evenings. Pick the experiences that fit your trip and book them in minutes.
TZS prices are for Tanzanian citizens only. Regional and international visitors pay in USD.
Farm Visits
Leave the hall. Walk the fields. See world-class growing up close at one of the region's leading farms, guided by an expert. Your fee covers lunch and transport, so the whole day is taken care of. Exhibiting companies get one complimentary pass. Choose from Kibo Berries: frozen berries and IQF (Moshi DC), Africado Ltd.: avocado farm and exporter (Siha), World Vegetable Center: vegetable genebank (Duluti, Arusha), Burka Coffee Estates: coffee farm visit (Arusha DC) and Rijk Zwaan: seed breeding & multiplication (Arumeru).
The day after the exhibition, 11 November 2026. TZS 50,000 per visit for Tanzanian citizens, or USD 20 for regional and international visitors.
The destinations
Kibo Berries
Moshi DC
Kibo Berries is a Tanzanian horticultural enterprise based in the Kilimanjaro Region, specializing in the commercial production and marketing of raspberries for domestic and international markets. The company provides valuable exposure to modern berry production systems, quality management, and post-harvest technologies designed to maintain the freshness and quality of highly perishable fruits.
Its operations offer learning opportunities in freezing technologies, cold-chain management, and the preservation of berries for extended shelf life and market access.
Learning opportunities: modern berry cultivation, efficient harvesting practices, post-harvest loss reduction, freezing and cold-chain technologies, quality assurance, product preservation, and export-market requirements.
Experiences
Hands-on modern berry farming
Production and harvesting
Post-harvest handling
Marketing high-quality berries
Africado Ltd.
Siha
Established in 2007, Africado Ltd. is one of Tanzania's pioneering commercial Hass avocado producers and exporters, operating an integrated business that combines commercial orchards, a packhouse, and an outgrower scheme involving over 2,200 smallholder farmers. The company connects local farmers to export markets, particularly in Europe, while promoting improved production practices and quality standards.
Africado provides exposure to modern avocado orchard management, harvesting, grading, packing, cold-chain management, and compliance with international export requirements. Its model demonstrates how commercial investment and smallholder partnerships can create employment, strengthen market access, improve rural incomes, and develop Tanzania's avocado export value chain.
Experiences
Modern avocado production
Orchard management
Harvesting and post-harvest handling
Market-oriented farming practices
World Vegetable Center
Duluti, Arusha
The World Vegetable Center is an international nonprofit agricultural research organization focused on improving vegetable production, nutrition, and farmers' livelihoods. Its Eastern and Southern Africa regional center in Duluti, Arusha, hosts Africa's Vegetable Genebank, which conserves valuable vegetable genetic resources, particularly traditional African vegetables.
The genebank holds 5,623 seed accessions. WorldVeg has distributed over 110,567 seed samples weighing more than 500 kg to 15 African countries, and in 2024 backed up 2,137 accessions representing 73 species at Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
The centre offers exposure to vegetable research, seed conservation, crop diversity, improved varieties, and technologies that strengthen agricultural productivity, climate resilience, and food security.
Experiences
The genebank
Innovative vegetable varieties
Modern production technologies
Climate-smart practices
Demonstrations of improved varieties and farming technology
Burka Coffee Estates
Arusha DC
Established in 1899, Burka Coffee Estates is one of Tanzania's oldest coffee estates, located at the foothills of Mount Meru. The estate manages approximately 342 hectares of Arabica coffee grown under shade, producing high-quality specialty coffee for international markets. Its operations integrate modern agronomic practices, harvesting, wet processing, sun-drying, grading, and quality control to meet export-market standards.
Burka Estate also demonstrates a strong commitment to environmental conservation, preserving 118 hectares of indigenous forest and promoting biodiversity through sustainable farming practices.
Learning opportunities: commercial coffee production, sustainable agronomy, harvesting and post-harvest handling, coffee processing, quality assurance, export standards, and environmental conservation.
Experiences
Coffee field management and harvesting
Processing, from wet processing to sun-drying
Grading and quality control
Rijk Zwaan
Arumeru
Rijk Zwaan Q-Sem Ltd., established in 2002 in Meru District, Arusha, is part of the international, family-owned Rijk Zwaan group, specializing in vegetable seed production. Tanzania's favourable climatic conditions support the production of high-quality vegetable seeds for commercial horticulture.
The company provides valuable exposure to commercial seed multiplication, crop management, seed harvesting and processing, quality assurance, and modern seed production technologies. A visit offers insights into how specialized seed production contributes to improved vegetable productivity, quality, and sustainable horticultural production.
Discover Tanzania's rare blue gemstone. Join a complimentary visit to The Tanzanite Experience in Arusha on 11 November 2026 to explore the story and beauty of tanzanite, a gemstone found in Tanzania and known for its striking blue-violet colour, and discover how this rare stone is transformed into fine jewellery. You can select this visit together with a paid farm excursion.
Experiences
Discover the history and rarity of tanzanite
Explore tanzanite gemstones and fine jewellery
Learn how the gemstone is transformed into jewellery
Where capital meets the field. Celebrate the official launch of HortiLogistica Africa with investors, buyers and growers. Free for every attendee. Register in advance; passes are issued by TAHA.
When the halls close, Arusha comes alive. Every evening across all three days, 8–10 November, unwind at African Vibe: African cuisine, fresh-produce culinary arts, dance and music. Coffee shops and food courts are open all day long.
Choose an Experience
Choose a farm visit, The Tanzanite Experience, or both to continue.
