12 DAYS SAFARI ITINERARY –6 DAYS KILIMANJARO TREKKING & 5DAYS WILDLIFE SAFARI
Description
As safari specialist we are recommending to start with Kilimanjaro and after summit at Kilimanjaro Mountain, wildlife safari will be the next package where you will have a chance to see African animals & birds during a day with a relaxation at Lodges or tented camps after safari game drive. Wildlife safari offers a diversity to see varieties of animals, birds, tree species and amazing landscape. Upon arrival in Arusha, you will start with trekking in one of the highest elevations in Africa (Kilimanjaro Mountain) using one of the easiest routes- cocacola route/marangu route for 5 to 6 days.
Please see the detailed safari itinerary.
KILIMANJARO TREKKING -MARANGU ROUTE
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0 | ARRIVAL IN ARUSHA.
You will be picked from your provided location and you will drive to Keys Hotel. There you will meet our trekking guide for briefing and inspection of trekking gears, there after you will be briefed about a starting time for driving at the Marangu gate on the next day.
1 | MOSHI -MARANGU GATE TO MANDARA HUT- Elevation: 1200 meters 1,750 meters 2,750 m
Distance: 9 km, Trekking Time: 3 hours Habitat: Montaine Forest, after breakfast you will be transferred to Marangu gate from the hotel and do a registration at the gate. Afterwards, you will begins trekking through the rainforest to Mandara hut. Here you will have an acclimatation opportunity of visiting Maundi Crater. Dinner and overnight at Mandara Hut.
2 | MANDARA HUT TO HOROMBO HUT Elevation:2750 meters 3,807 m, Distance:13km. Trekking
time: 5-6 hours, Habitat: Midlands. After breakfast you will out climb the rainforest and continue trekking to Horombo hut where you will trek through rolling moorlands and get your first clear view of towering Kilimanjaro, dinner and overnight at horombo hut.
3 | HOROMBO HUT (This day is omitted if choosing a 5-day itinerary).
Spend an extra day here at Horombo during the 6-day itinerary for acclimatation purposes. This day you will hike to Mawenii Ridge or Zebra Rock to have your body adjust to higher altitude’s. After this session you will return back to Horombo hut for lunch, resting until dinner and overnight.
4 | HOROMBO HUT TO KIBO HUT: Elevation(m):3807m- 4725m, Distance: 13 km, Trekking tme:5-6hours,
Desert After a good night rest and breakfast you will trek past the last water point to reach saddle area, a great desert between the two peaks Mawenzi and Kibo. An early dinner and overnight at Kibo hut.
5 | SUMMIT DAY (KIBO HUT TO UHURU PEAK & LATER TO HOROMBO HUT- Elevation: 4,695 Meters 5,895 meters 3,690 m, Distance: 4 km up, 1
Wake up at midnight to a light breakfast then prepare for your summit ascent. Because you will climb to the summit in the dark you will need to have your headlamps / flashlights. It will also be very cold until you start descending, so you will need to have all of your warm layers. This is an important time to keep on slowly slowly (pole pole in Swahili). The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 f between 4 and 6 AM. At this point, you will have a view of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro’s true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend some times for taking photos. After your summit photos and taking in the view, descend back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment and continue down through re-cross the saddle to the Horombo Huts. Have dinner and overnight at Horombo Camp.
6 | HOROMBO HUT/CAMP TO MARANGU GATE & LATER MOSHI: Elevation: 3,690 M 1,830 M 1,387m, Distance: 18 km, Hiking Time: 5-7 hours
After a long sleep you will be awaked for breakfast and pack, continue your descent through the moorland to Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch then proceed your triumphant recessional down through lush forest to Marangu park gate. After the gate sign out, a vehicle will take you to back to the hotel where it is definitely time for your certificate presentation and celebration. After that you will be transferred to Planet Lodge or in Arusha for dinner & overnight stay. Arriving at Planet Lodge
WILDLIFE SAFARI PORTION
7 | TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
you will be picked from your lodge and you will drive to Tarangire National park, Tarangire is among of Tanzania national park as its famous for large group of elephants, big baobab trees, termite mounds and varieties of birds species, giraffe, cats like lion, leopard cheetah can be seen, later you will drive to Marera valley lodge for dinner & overnight stay.
8 | NGORONGORO CRATER- SERENGETI.
Am breakfast, drive to one of the famous cratersin the world (Ngorongogo crater), descend down to crater for crater game drive, arriving at the Ngorongoro crater you will be amazed with the beautiful landscape of the crater and animals like lion, buffalos, antelopes, elephants, hippos, rhino etc., picnic lunch and you will ascend crater walls and start driving to one of the Africa leading national parks (Serengeti Np) dinner & overnight stay at Heritage Tented Camp or Intimate Tented Camp
9 | SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
You will leave with your lunch boxes and you will have a full day game drive in Serengeti National Park. Serengeti Np offers a diversity of animals and as it’s a home of big cats like lion, leopard, cheetah different antelope species etc. later evening you will drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay
10 | SERENGETI NP-KARATU
Am breakfast, am game drive till lunch time and after lunch you will drive to karatu bougainvillea lodge for dinner & overnight stay.
11 | LAKE MANYARA NP
This day you will have a full day game drive at lake manyara national park, lake manyara is among of the great rift valley features, the lake manyara enables concertation of animals in the park. At lake Manyara you will see elephant, lion, if lucky-leopard, baboon,hippo & different birds spicies like flamingo, kites, horn bills etc. dinner & overnight stay at Kibo Palace Hotel.
12 | Breakfast at leisure, Excursion preference-
You will have one among the following, Arusha city town tour, Coffee cultural tour or Chemka Hot Spring tour & later you will be transferred to Airport for your departure flight.
PRICE -KILIMANJARO TREKKING PORTION
Price from $ 2000 per person.
Price Include: Transport from your hotel in Moshi to Marangu gate and from the mountain gate to Moshi, all park entrance fees, rescue fees, professional mountain guide, porters, cook and food.
Not Included: International fight, visa, tips and things of personal nature.
PRICE- WILDLIFE SAFARI PORTION.
Price from $ 2015 per person.
Price Include: All park fees entrances, meals & accommodation, 4x4 Safari Jeep, driver guide, 1.5ltr @day -mineral drinking water
Price doesn’t Include: Tips & other things of personal nature like drinks, cigarettes souvenirs etc.
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