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Saturday, March 5, 2011

A local herbalist making waves in Loliondo with his Aids cure Claim


The Loliondo area in Tanzania is found near the world renowned wildlife sanctuaries of  Ngorongoro conservation area and Serengeti National Park, both Ngorongoro and Serengeti are famous for tourism activities such as game viewing on the crater floor and Serengeti plains, walking adventures in Olmoti and Empakai craters. The area is in Maasai land and  is located at the southern border of Ololosokwan at Serengeti. Footed at the Ngorongoro Crater at a height of 7000ft, and  encapsulated by dense acacia woodlands. Loliondo forms a significant area of the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem. Wildlife viewing and other tourism activities such as walking adventures  are considered to be the most sought after tourist attractions in Loliondo, there is even a high possibility of meeting the semi nomadic Maasai people there.


But this time the area is making headlines for a complete different reason. Pastor Ambilikile Masapila, the local herbalist resident in the area, has added the attractiveness of the area, all roads lead to the area at the moment. The herbalist who is a retired pastor of the Lutheran church is making news by claiming that he is capable of treating and curing chronic diseases that patients currently control with life-long drug therapy, these dieses includes cancer, diabetes and even Aids.


He claims that God revealed  the treatment to him in a dream. As it is the norm  with many people in the medical community, they will be tempted to brush a side his claim as a joke but I would advise them to “hold their horses” before doing that as a lot of people  have confirmed  that the herbal medication  has the potency to  treat and cure patients infected with the HIV virus  and other chronic ailments.


Some of his patients who were HIV positive claim that they now test negative after taking the concoction from the herbalist  and they that they have stopped  their normal anti-retroviral therapy.


A word of caution to HIV  positive patients who claim that they have tested negative after taking the miracle cure. Basically viral load test measures the amount of active HIV virus in your blood, usually reported as copies of HIV in one milliliter of blood. The best viral load is “undetected”. If they say a test cannot detect the virus in your body, it does not mean that the virus is absent in your blood. It means the virus is undetectable within the limits of the sensibility of the equipment employed, however it wouldn’t be a bad idea for a team of international scientist to be invited to come and investigate this miracle cure by trying to identify the active compound in the herb that is  giving it the potency.


While I have no comment about the herb curing Aids, I can confirm that the concoction is working against other chronic ailments such as asthma, diabetes and high blood pressure etc. I have been following the treatment offered by the herbalist for a long time and has been hesitating to write about him but I have met friends who were suffering from diabetes but now  are cured completely after taking the wonder herbal concoction. That has compelled me to write this blog post.


The dose of this cure and treatment is single dose of 100ml cup, and it costs approximate USD 50 cents, he does not accept more. The journey to the area begins in Arusha, Tanzania’s tourism capital and East Africa’s diplomatic hub.


Alpha Mantai is a travel writer and a leading tours & travel consultant based in Arusha. To connect with him drop him a line at sales@smartafricantravel.com

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

What is the climate in Tanzania?


 Tanzania has a tropical climate along the coast but it gets temperate in the highlands.
April & Mid – May = Long rains (Green Season)
June – Sept = Cool season
Nov – Dec = Short Rains
October – March = Hottest season
The range of Temperatures in Tanzania is fairly limited and always hot, running from 25 to 30 degrees C on the coast while the rest of the country apart from the highlands run from 22 to 27 degrees C.