Mount Kilimanjaro & Wildlife Safari

Altitude: 2,200 m – 2,780 hiking distance: 7 km Hiking time: 5 hours. Our Mount Kilimanjaro & Wildlife Safari begins today. After breakfast, drive to the Londorosi Park Gate. The drive is about 5 hours. The drive through the Shira plateau is one of the best opportunities to see big game on Kilimanjaro. Walk up to Mti Mkubwa camp. Arrive at the campsite, set up camp, and enjoy dinner.

Altitude: 2,780 m – 3,500 m, Hiking distance: 5 km Hiking time: 4–5 hours. Wake to breakfast and begin the short hike from Mti Mkubwa to Shira camp. This usually takes no more than 5 hours, but a calm pace is required for adequate acclimatization. The west face of the Kibo volcano looms above the campsite. Have lunch, set up camp, rest, or take a day hike. This hike traverses the lower moorland, where large shrubs and wildflowers dominate the landscape.

Altitude: 3,500m – 3,840 m, Hiking distance: 5 km Hiking time: 5–6 hours. Wake to breakfast, break camp, and briefly hike to Shira Camp 2. This makes it a perfect acclimatization day. Enjoy and take in the views.

Altitude: 3,840 m – 3,960 m, Hiking distance: 11 km Hiking time: 7–8 hours. The route now turns east into a semi-desert and rocky landscape surrounding Lava Tower, where you reach an altitude of 4630m after about a 5-hour walk. Lunch is served in a designated area before ascending the rocky scree path to Lava Tower. Definitely the toughest day so far. It is normally around this point where, for the first time, some climbers will start to feel symptoms of breathlessness, irritability, and headaches. After lunch, you descent again by almost 680m to the Barranco camping area and after reaching the high altitude of Lava Tower, the true acclimatisation benefit of this day becomes clear. The camp is situated in a valley below the Breach and Great Barranco Wall, which should provide you with a memorable sunset while you wait for the preparation of your dinner and overnight at Barranco Camp.

Altitude: 3,960 m – 4,640 m, Hiking distance: 11 km Hiking time: 7–8 hours. The summit is now a further 1345m up, and you will make the final ascent the same night. Prepare your equipment, ski stick, and thermal clothing for your summit attempt. This should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries and make sure you have a spare set available as well. To prevent freezing, it will be wise to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at round about 19:00 and try to get some precious rest for no more than 5-hours.

Altitude: 4,640 m – 5, 895 m – 3,090. hiking distance: 17 km, Hiking time: 15+ hours

Rise around 23h30, and after some tea and biscuits, you shuffle off into the night. You head north-westerly and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This 6-hour walk to Stella point is for many climbers the most challenging on the route. At Stella Point (5685m), you 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 normally encounter snow all the way on your 2-hour ascent to Uhuru Peak. The time you spend on the summit will depend on the weather conditions. Do not stop here for too long, as it will be extremely difficult to start again due to cold and fatigue. Enjoy your accomplishment, and a day to remember for the rest of your life.

Altitude: 3,090 m – 1,650 hiking distance: 10 km. Hiking time: 4-5 hours. After Breakfast, from the Mweka Gate, you will continue down into the Mweka village, normally a muddy and long hour walk. From the Mweka village, drive to Kibo Palace Hotel, and you will be served a hot lunch and a long overdue shower. Overnight in Kibo Palace Hotel.  Tips can be given to the guide at Kibo Palace Hotel. This is also where successful climbers receive their summit certificates. Those climbers who reached Stella Point (5685m) are issued with green certificates and those who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates

Overnight at Kibo Palace Hotel or Similar.

After breakfast, you’ll embark on a drive to Tarangire for a captivating game drive. This park is renowned for hosting the world’s largest concentrations of elephants and a diverse array of breeding bird species. The Tarangire River attracts massive herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, along with their predators. In the afternoon, you’ll head to the lodge. Your overnight stay will be at Tarangire Safari Lodge. Or Similar.

After Leasure breakfast, you’ll go on for a full day wildlife captivating game drive. This park is renowned for hosting the world’s largest concentrations of elephants and a diverse array of breeding bird species. The Tarangire River attracts massive herds of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles, along with their predators. In the afternoon, you’ll head to the lodge. Your overnight stay will be at Tarangire Safari Lodge. Or Similar.

After Morning breakfast, Youl drive to Lake Manyara Park with packed lunch, you will have a game safari witnessing the primate animals, hot spring and the bird life sanctuary of the park. Later Proceed to Karatu for Dinner and Overnight.

Accommodations Country Lodge or Similar

After breakfast, depart for Serengeti Park. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, where you’ll have the opportunity to see the breath-taking Ngorongoro Crater from the best View point before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, where we will reach by midday. The Serengeti National Park, the largest park in Tanzania, is a land of diverse landscapes and habitats such as grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah, and mountains. After our extensive game drive, we head to the Lodge where we can unwind and have our dinner before relaxing by a fire under an endless African sky.

This entire two day is set aside for further game drives in the park. The Serengeti is the habitat for an abundance of wildlife, such as impala, buffalo, crocodile, and hippo, but is more well- known for its great migrating herds of zebra and wildebeest. The animals’ trek is determined by the rainfall and varies from year to year. Apart from the migrating herds, we have the big chance to spot predators such as leopard, cheetah, and lion, ever and always lurking close by. With our full day on the plains accomplished, we return to our campsite for a well- deserved rest, encased in our comfortable sleeping bags, dreaming of wild cats.

After an early breakfast, your journey starts shortly from Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater. Drive and descend to the Crater floor the world’s largest unbroken caldera for the most wonderful day of game viewing. Explore Wildlife inside the Crater, like Lion, wildebeest, buffaloes, Zebra, hippos and many more. We will have lunch at the designated picnic site at the side of the hippo pool and continue with a game drive. Later check out from the Crater and drive to Karatu for Dinner and Overnight at Country Lodge.

On your last safari day, you’ll go on a two hours walking tour in the farming town of Mto wa Mbu. This village is unique in Tanzania, as it is home to over 120 different tribes from across Africa, creating a colorful mix of languages and customs. Your walking guide will take you to rice and banana plantations, a local beer factory, a school, and a carving factory. You’ll discover the traditional way of life of the villagers. Later, after Enjoy the Hot Local Lunch you’ll drive to Arusha then continue to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your departure. The end of your Mount Kilimanjaro & Wildlife Safari Package in Tanzania.