Please make your reservation here For further information please contact: Miss Noreen Masaki                         or Lapidary Training Centre P. O. Box 19668 Dar es Salaam Tanzania +255 787 721 761 www.noreen.ch	Mr. Hubert Heldner Free Form Artists Avenue des Alpes 70 CH-1820 Montreux Switzerland +41 21 963 89 77 www.free-form.ch

We provide:

• Privileged access to the mines.
• The stones you find are yours to keep. We negotiate and cover the necessary mining fees.
• Guides with a solid mineralogical and gemological background.
• Transportation within Tanzania including airport transfer, Hotel and breakfast during the entire Gemstone Safari.
• A team of cooks will take care of our 3 meals a day at the Umba river mine,
• and we have 9 self-contained double rooms at our disposal.
• Experienced miners, who will assist you on the mining sites.
• The necessary mining equipment is put at your disposal.
• We organize the necessary paperwork for export of all cut and rough gems.
• The export of rough stones and minerals is again permitted since mid February 2019.
• A restriction is in place for 8 rough minerals in facet quality larger than 2 grams. They are : Tanzanite, Diamond, Spinel, Tsavorite, Chrysoberyl-Alexandrite, Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.
• Access to a gem cutting workshop, equipped with Ultra-Tec faceting machines and cabbing machines.
• A professional gem cutting service. Samples to appreciate our cut quality are here.
• And last but not least, expect to travel on rough roads and some nights with only basic facilities.

You organize yourself:

• Work clothes and appropriate boots for working in the mines.
• Sunscreen and sunhat (average temperatures 24-29°C / 75-84 F).
• One long sleeve shirt and mosquito repellent.
• Malaria prophylaxis is strongly recommended, see vaccination. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC
• Not included in the package price are the lunch and dinner outside of Umba Valley mine.
• You make your flight arrangements to Dar-es-Salaam.
• Export taxes for cut gemstones 3%, for minerals and rough stones 7%, plus a commission for preparation of the necessary papers, are not included. You pay the additional cost during the trip yourself.

Sapphire	Zircon	Amethyst & Garnet	Sapphire
Garnet	We cut on Ultra-Tec faceting machines.	Garnet	Sapphire

The gemstones you found and cut yourself in Tanzania can be set at your local jewelry shop.
You will wear not only a lasting value but also extraordinary memories.

The experienced team is welcoming you to a unique and exciting "educational adventure".

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