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(9-Days including Arrival & Departure day – 2-Nights in Lodge)
7-Days-6-Nights on Mountain
The seven day Machame variation is the ideal schedule for this route and is highly recommended. On the 7 days Machame route, the trek from Barranco to Barafu is broken up into two days, allowing for a short day just prior to the summit attempt. This is important because summit day begins very early, around midnight, so climbers are sleep deprived going into the toughest day on the mountainBy having a short day beforehand, climbers can be better rested.
(ARRIVAL DAY)
You’ll be picked from the airport and transferred to your lodge in Arusha or Moshi. Your names will be printed on the sign to make easy for you to recognize your host.
DAY 1
•Machame Gate to Machame Camp
•Elevation (ft): 5,400ft to 9,400ft
•Distance: 11 km
•Hiking Time: 5-7 hours
•Habitat: Rain Forest
You’ll drive from your hotel in Moshi or Arusha to the Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. The journey passes through the village of Machame which is located on the lower slopes of the mountain.
After clearing the park procedures you’ll leave the park gate and walk through the rain forest on a winding trail up a ridge. Lower down, the trail can be muddy and slippery. Gaiters and trekking poles are a good idea here. We continue until we reach the Machame Camp.
DAY 2
•Machame Camp to Shira Camp
•Elevation (ft): 9,400ft to 12,500ft
•Distance: 5 km
•Hiking Time: 4-6 hours
•Habitat: Moorland
After breakfast, we leave the glades of the rain forest and continue on an ascending path, crossing the little valley walking along a steep rocky ridge, covered with heather, until the ridge ends. The route now turns west onto a river gorge. Time for rest, dinner, and overnight at the Shira campsite.
DAY 3
•Shira Camp to Lava Tower to Barranco Camp
•Elevation (ft): 12,500ft to 13,000ft
•Distance: 10 km
•Hiking Time: 6-8 hours
•Habitat: Semi Desert
From the Shira Plateau, we continue to the east up a ridge, passing the junction towards the peak of Kibo. As we continue, our direction changes to the South East towards the Lava Tower, called the "Shark's Tooth." Shortly after the tower, we come to the second junction which brings us up to the Arrow Glacier at an altitude of 16,000ft. We now continue down to the Barranco Hut at an altitude of 13,000ft. Here we rest, enjoy dinner, and overnight. Although you end the day at the same elevation as when you started, this day is very important for acclimatization and will help your body prepare for summit day.
DAY 4
•Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp
•Elevation (ft): 13,000ft to 13,100ft
•Distance: 5 km
•Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
•Habitat: Alpine Desert
After breakfast, we leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge passing the Barranco Wall, to the Karanga Valley campsite. This is a short day meant for acclimatization.
DAY 5
•Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp
•Elevation (ft): 13,100ft to 15,300ft
•Distance: 4 km
•Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
•Habitat: Alpine Desert
After breakfast, we leave Karanga and hit the junction which connects with the Mweka Trail. We continue up to the Barafu Hut. At this point, you have completed the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles. Here we make camp, rest, enjoy dinner, and prepare for the summit day. The two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo are to be seen from this position.
DAY 6
•Barafu Camp to Summit to Mweka Hut
•Elevation (ft): 15,300ft to 19,345ft (and down to 10,000ft)
•Distance: 5 km ascent / 12 km descent
•Hiking Time: 7-8 hours ascent / 4-6 hours descent
•Habitat: Arctic
Very early in the morning (midnight to 2am), we continue our way to the summit between the Rebmann and Ratzel glaciers. You head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This is the most mentally and physically challenging portion of the trek.
At Stella Point (18,600 ft), you will stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see (weather permitting). From Stella Point, you may encounter snow all the way on your 1-hour ascent to the summit. At Uhuru Peak, you have reached the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro and the continent of Africa. Faster hikers will see the sunrise from the summit.
From the summit, we now make our descent continuing straight down to the Mweka Hut camp site, stopping at Barafu for lunch. You will want gaiters and trekking poles for the loose gravel going down. Mweka Camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon. Later in the evening, we enjoy our last dinner on the mountain and a well-earned sleep.
DAY 7
•Mweka Camp to Moshi
•Elevation (ft): 10,000ft to 5,400ft
•Distance: 10 km
•Hiking Time: 3-4 hours
•Habitat: Rain Forest
After breakfast, we continue the descent down to the Mweka Park Gate to receive your summit certificates. At lower elevations, it can be wet and muddy. Gaiters and trekking poles will help. Shorts and t-shirts will probably be plenty to wear (keep rain gear and warmer clothing handy).
After clearing the gate formalities and good-goodbyes to the crew who accompanied you on your expedition, you’ll continue another hour to Mweka Village. A vehicle will meet you at Mweka village to drive you back to hotel in Moshi or Arusha.
Day. 8 Departure
Depending on your flight time, you’ll leave the lodge after breakfast or lunch and transferred to Kilimanjaro airport in time to catch your flight back home.
(Northern Circuit) 6-Days-5-Nights
Tarangire/Serengeti/Ngorongoro
Day 1. Arrival
The Guide will be waiting for you with sign board with your names, so you’ll be easy to pick him, after short brief, you’ll be transferred to your accommodation in Arusha.
Day 2. Tarangire National Park
After breakfast, you’ll leave to Tarangire National park with lunch boxes, you’ll do game drives into the park, later afternoon you’ll drive to the lodge. This park is known for large herds of Elephants, birds over 500 species. Tarangire River offers reliable source of water during dry season and draws a large number of game.
Day.3 Way to Serengeti
After breakfast with lunch boxes you’ll drive to Serengeti National park, (game drive en route), today you’ll see as if the truly adventure safari has just began! Will pass through Ngorongoro Conservation Area, (a multiple land use, as Wildlife, Livestock and people-Maasai, use the same area) after driving up the highland, will stop at the rim of the crater to have a beautiful view of Ngorongoro crater (if the day is clear) then will continue to Serengeti. Along the way in ngorongoro you’ll see some Maasai settlements.
Day.4 Serengeti National Park
Exciting game drives in Serengeti, Today you’ll do a full day game drives in Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti National Park, meaning “endless plains” in the Maasai language, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most celebrated Wilderness areas and is an ongoing source of inspiration to tourists, photographers, filmmakers, writers and researchers. Here you’ll see animals year round, predators, and quite a number of herbivorous and birds.
Day.5 Ngorongoro Crater Tour
Today you’ll do game drive en route to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for game drive in the crater, later drive to your accommodation in Karatu.
The Ngorongoro Crater, is home to more than 30,000 protected animals. It is an area of spectacular beauty and excellent game viewing, a truly unique safari destination in Africa. The crater shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Fresh springs, quench the thirst of all the inhabitants. Here you have the chance of seeing the few remained Black Rhino.
Day.6 Departure
Depending on your flight schedule, after breakfast or lunch you’ll leave the lodge in time to catch your flight back home. In case you’ll be leaving after breakfast, you’ll take lunch boxes with you.
Good Safari for Nature & Wildlife Photographers
(Southern Plains - Ndutu) (December – March) 9-Days-8-Nights
Lake Manyara/Serengeti/Ndutu/Ngororngoro Crater
Day.1 Arrival
The Guide will be waiting for you with sign board with your names, so you’ll be easy to pick him, after short brief, you’ll be transferred to your accommodation in Arusha.
Day. 2 Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast, will drive to Lake Manyara National park with lunch boxes, all the way to Manyara, you’ll enjoy the beautiful scenery, you’ll break for lunch at the picnic site, you’ll continue with the game drives in Manyara National Park, later afternoon you will drive to your accommodation in Karatu. Despite being so close to habitation and farmland, Manyara has remained a unique sanctuary for wild life and more than 400 species of birds. Is best known for its baboon population. In addition, this park has many herbivores such as hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalos, warthogs and giraffes. Some lucky visitors have even spotted the rare tree climbing lion here.
Day. 3 Way to Serengeti National Park
Today, you’ll make your way to Serengeti National park, (game drive en route) with lunch boxes, today you’ll see as if the truly adventure safari has just began! Will pass through Ngorongoro Conservation Area, (a multiple land use, as Wildlife, Livestock and people-maasai, use the same area) after driving up the highland, will stop at the rim of the crater to have a beautiful view of Ngorongoro crater (if the day is clear) then will continue to Serengeti. Along the way you’ll see some maasai settlements in Ngorongoro area. After getting into Serengeti you will continue with game drives towards your accommodation.
Day. 4 Serengeti National Park
Exciting game drives in Serengeti, Today you’ll do a full day game drives in Serengeti National Park. Serengeti offers the most expansive game viewing in Tanzania. The Serengeti National Park, meaning “endless plains” in the Maasai language, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most celebrated Wilderness areas and is an ongoing source of inspiration to tourists, photographers, filmmakers, writers and researchers. Here you’ll see animals year round, predators, and quite a number of herbivorous and birds.
Day. 5 Way to Ndutu Area
Today you’ll drive to Ndutu Area, whereby this time of the year the wildebeest migration is around this area.
Today and following two days, you have the chance of seeing spectacle of the famous wildebeest migration on the southern plains, depending on the weather. This nearly three million animals mostly wildebeests, moves in a basic clockwise direction throughout the year in the Serengeti eco-system. It’s one of the safari highlights of Africa. This epic, seasonal journey is a deeply moving experience and a wonderful photographic subject. Sightings cannot be guaranteed as the herds move according to the availability of food, water sources and migration movements can be erratic. The wildebeest herds are accompanied by zebras and Thomson's gazelles and are stealthily hunted by local predators such as lions and hyenas. This is the good area to see predators in close up as well. Anyone can book this safari, for those with passion for Nature and Wildlife photography this is for you!
Day. 6 Game Drives in Ndutu Area
Today you’ll have a full day game drive in Ndutu area. You’ll discuss with your guide how you’ll spend this day. You can either go early in the morning after breakfast, then come back to the camp for hot lunch and later for another game drive. Or you can go for a full day game drive with lunch boxes.
Day. 7 Game Drives in Ndutu Area
Today you’ll have a full day game drive in Ndutu area. You’ll discuss with your guide how you’ll spend this day. You can either go early in the morning after breakfast, then come back to the camp for hot lunch and later for another game drive. Or you can go for a full day game drive with lunch boxes.
Day. 8 Crater Tour
After early breakfast, with lunch boxes you’ll drive to Ngorongoro for game drives in the crater with lunch boxes, later you’ll drive to the lodge in Karatu for dinner and overnight stay.
The Ngorongoro Crater, is home to more than 30,000 protected animals. It is an area of spectacular beauty and excellent game viewing, a truly unique safari destination in Africa. The crater shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Fresh springs, rivers quench the thirst of all the inhabitants. Here you have the chance of seeing the few remained Black Rhino.
Day. 9 Departure
Depending on your flight schedule, you’ll leave the lodge after breakfast with lunch boxes or after hot lunch to catch up with your flight back home.
Short Safari and Zanzibar Excursion
10-Days – 9-Nights
Tarangire/Ngorongoro Crater/Zanzibar Excursion
Day.1 Arrival
The Guide will be waiting for you with sign board with your names, so you’ll be easy to pick him, after a warm welcoming and a short brief, you’ll be transferred to your accommodation in Arusha.
Day-2 Arusha – Tarangire National Park – Karatu
After breakfast, you will drive to Tarangire National Park for Game drives with lunch boxes. Tarangire, well known for its large number of elephants and many other animals, Tarangire River the main source of water draws large number of game during dry season, you will break for lunch during lunch hours at the picnic site. Later you will drive to Karatu to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.
Day-3 Ngorongoro Crater Tour – Karatu
After early breakfast, with packed lunch boxes you’ll go to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and for the game drives in the famous Ngorongoro Crater. The crater home to more than 30,000 protected animals. It is an area of spectacular beauty and excellent game viewing, a truly unique safari destination in Africa. The crater shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Fresh springs, quench the thirst of all the inhabitants. Here you have the chance of seeing the few remained Black Rhino, among many other animals, like wildebeests which makes 75% of the animals, Zebras, Hyenas, Hippos Elephants, and Lions.
You’ll leave the Crater late afternoon and drive back to the same lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day-4 Transfer to Arusha Airport (Maasai Visit on the way) - Zanzibar
After breakfast, with lunch boxes you’ll leave the lodge and continue to Arusha or Kilimanjaro Airport in time to catch your flight to Zanzibar. On the way you will visit a Maasai traditional boma here they’ll dance and sing, you can participate as well if you like especially the part whereby they jump!! It might be a good opportunity for you to stretch! You’ll have a local Maasai guide here, who will explain to you about the Maasai culture while taking you around and into their traditional houses (huts) there after you’ll continue to the Airport for your flight to Zanzibar.
On Arrival to Zanzibar you’ll meet with your guide for your activities and transferred to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay
Today your guide in Zanzibar will discuss with you how/when you’ll do the activities. The following morning and the rest of the days, you’ll do your activities as you have discussed with your Guide. (You can do the activities for the following two days, then the rest of the days relax at the lodge, but this will entirely depend on your interests and the discussion with the guide)
Day-5 to Day-9 Zanzibar Excursion
For the Five days, you’ll be relaxing in Zanzibar, doing activities as you have discussed with your guide. Popular activities in Zanzibar are Prison Island tour, Spice tour, Stone town tour and snorkeling, otherwise you can just relax at your lodge or beach.
Day-10 Transfer to Zanzibar Airport for your flight to Dar es Salaam/Kilimanjaro/Arusha
Depending on your flight time, you’ll leave the lodge in time to catch your flight to Dar es Salaam/Kilimanjaro/Arusha to connect your flight back home.
Good Safari for Nature & Wildlife Photographers
(1st June – 31st July) 8-Days – 7-Nights
Lake Manyara/Serengeti/Ngorongoro Crater/Tarangire
Day.1 Arrival
The Guide will be waiting for you with sign board with your names, so you’ll be easy to pick him, after short brief, you’ll be transferred to your accommodation in Arusha.
Day. 2 Game Drives in Lake Manyara National Park
Again after breakfast, will drive to Lake Manyara National park with lunch boxes, all the way to Manyara, you’ll enjoy the beautiful scenery, you’ll break for lunch at the picnic site, you’ll continue with the game drives in Manyara National Park, later afternoon you will drive to your accommodation in Karatu.
Despite being so close to habitation and farmland, it Lake Manyara National Park, remained a unique sanctuary for wild life and more than 400 species of birds. Is best known for its baboon population. In addition, this park has many herbivores such as hippos, impalas, elephants, wildebeests, buffalos, warthogs and giraffes. Some lucky visitors have even spotted the rare tree climbing lion here.
Day. 3 Way to Serengeti National Park/Oldupai Museaum visit
Today, you’ll make your way to Serengeti National park, (game drive en route) with lunch boxes, today you’ll see as if the truly adventure safari has just began! Will pass through Ngorongoro Conservation Area, (a multiple land use, as Wildlife, Livestock and people-maasai, use the same area) after driving up the highland, will stop at the rim of the crater to have a beautiful view of Ngorongoro crater (if the day is clear) then will continue to Serengeti. Along the way you’ll see some maasai settlements in Ngorongoro area. After chek inn into Serengeti, you will do game drive towards your accommodation.
Day. 4 Western Serengeti
Today you will do the game drives around central Serengeti and towards Western Serengeti, you’ll explore the area on the western before heading to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay. You’ll take lunch boxes with you.
Serengeti National Park, meaning “endless plains” in the Maasai language, is undoubtedly one of the world’s most celebrated Wilderness areas and is an ongoing source of inspiration to tourists, photographers, filmmakers, writers and researchers. Here you’ll see animals year round, predators, and quite a number of herbivorous and birds.
Today and tomorrow you have the chance of seeing spectacle of the famous wildebeest migration and most likely crossing Kirawira or Mbalageti Rivers, depending on the weather. This nearly three million animals mostly wildebeests, moves in a basic clockwise direction throughout the year in the Serengeti eco-system. It’s one of the safari highlights of Africa. This epic, seasonal journey is a deeply moving experience and a wonderful photographic subject. Sightings or crossing cannot be guaranteed as the herds move according to the availability of food, water sources and migration movements can be erratic. The wildebeest herds are accompanied by zebras and Thomson's gazelles and are stealthily hunted by local predators such as lions and hyenas.
Day. 5 Western Serengeti
Today you’ll be having a full day in Western Serengeti, you’ll discuss with your Guide the best way to spend this day. You may go after early breakfast and come back for hot lunch and go out again in the afternoon for game drives, or take lunch boxes and spend the whole day out there.
Day. 6 Game en route, Western Serengeti – Ngorongoro – Karatu
After breakfast, with lunch boxes you’ll set off and drive through Serengeti, Ngorongoro and to your lodge in Karatu. This will be a game drive en route.
Day. 7 Game drives in the Crater Tour
After breakfast, with lunch boxes you’ll drive again to Ngorongoro, but this time, descend down the crater floor for game drives in the crater, later you’ll drive back to your accommodation Serengeti offers the most expansive game viewing in Tanzania.
Ngorongoro Crater, is home to more than 30,000 protected animals. It is an area of spectacular beauty and excellent game viewing, a truly unique safari destination in Africa. The crater shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth. Fresh springs and a large soda lake quench the thirst of all the inhabitants. Here you have the chance of seeing the few remained Black Rhino.
Day. 8 Tarangire National Park for Game Drives
After breakfast, with lunch boxes you’ll go to Tarangire National Park for game drives, later you’ll drive to your accommodation.
This park is known for large herds of Elephants, birds over 500 species. Tarangire River offers reliable source of water and draws a large number of game.
Day. 9 Departure
Depending on your flight schedule, you’ll leave the lodge after breakfast with lunch boxes or after hot lunch to catch up with your flight back home.