Day 1:
Arrivals at Kilimanjaro International Airport . Finish all the entry formalities Visa and Stamping of the pass ports. Meets and greet then with your picnic lunch drive to Arusha National Park famous with its nice view of Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru. Its one of interesting parks with Soda Lake with allots of Birds. Animals like Elephant, Giraffe etc till late in the evening drive to Arusha overnight NEW SAFARI HOTEL FB or similar
Web site: www.newsafarihotel.co.tz
Day 2:
Early breakfast with picnic lunch and drive direct to L/Manayara for game viewing having a chance to see Elephants, Buffalos, Giraffe, Lions baboons and many other animals. Dinner and overnight at the lodge. TWIGA LODGE/ JAMBO LODGE FB or similar
No web site
Day3:
Early break fast with your picnic lunch drive to famous Serengeti national Park. Having a chance to see all big five. And also Immigration of wild best. Afternoon game drive then dinner and overnight at the lodge. Seronera Wildlife Lodge or Serengeti Sopa Lodge FB or similar
Web site: www.hotelsandlodges-tanzania.com
www.sopalodges.com
Day 4:
Early morning game drive till late in the morning in famous Serengeti national Park. Having a chance to see all big five. And also Immigration of wild best. Afternoon game drive then dinner and overnight at the lodge or for those wish to do other activities like Balloons or walking Safaris.
Seronera Wildlife Lodge or Serengeti Sopa Lodge FB or similar
Web site: www.hotelsandlodges-tanzania.com
www.sopalodges.com
Day 5:
Early breakfast with your picnic lunch from Serengeti to Ngorongoro via Olduvai George believe to be home of the first human being. The skull of Home sapiens was discovered here by Dr. Leakey, then to Ngorongoro crater floor. Having a chance to see all big five spend the whole day there just making beautiful pictures till late in the evening dinner and overnight at the lodge
Ngorongoro sapa or Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or similar
Web site: www.hotelsandlodges-tanzania.com
www.sopalodges.com
OR
Bougainvillea Lodge or Ngorongoro safari Resort. FB outside the park just 30m drives.
Web site: www.bouganvillealodge.net
www.ngorongorocampandlodge.com
Day 6:
After breakfast with your picnic lunch you will drive to Trarngire National Park- very famous for its elephant population. Here you will have unique experience seeing nature combine with original way of life of Masaai. Dinner and overnight at the lodge. FB
TARANGIRE SAFARI LODGE
ROIKA TARANGIRE TENTED LODGE or similar
www.tarangiresafarilodge.com
www.tarangireroikatentedlodge.com
Day 7:
After breakfast you will make game drive in the in the park. Tarangire offers unparalleled game viewing, and during the dry season elephants abound. Families of the pachyderms play around the ancient trunks of baobab trees and strip acacia bark from the thorn trees for their afternoon meal. Breathtaking views of the Masaai Steppe and the mountains to the south make a stop at Tarangire a memorable experience. Late in the afternoon drive to Moshi via Arusha then dinner and overnight at the Zebra Hotel. HB
Web site: www.zebrahotelstz.com or similar
END OF SAFARI
Day 8:
Machame Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 6 hours
Distance: About 18 km's
Habitat: Montane forest
Your day starts early with a briefing, followed by breakfast and a drive from Moshi/Arusha (910m) to the Machame village (1490m). The guides and porters prepare and pack the supplies and your equipment in the village. You will receive a lunch pack and you can also buy mineral water in the village. Depending on the condition of the road, it is possible to drive from the village to the Machame gate, but if not, the muddy 3 km walk will take about 1 hour to complete. After registering at the gate office, you start your ascent and enter the rain forest almost immediately. There is a strong possibility of rain in the forest, which will transform the trail into a very soggy, muddy and slippery experience. You will have a welcome
lunch stop about half way and will reach the Machame camping area in the late afternoon.
Your porters (arriving at the camp site long before you) will have erect your tent on your arrival. In the evening the porters will boil drinking and washing water and the cook will prepare dinner, before you retire to your tent for the night. Night temperatures can already drop to freezing point at Machame campsite. Meal plan: FB
Day 9:
Machame camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 4 hours
Distance: About 9 km's
Habitat: Moorland
You rise early at Machame camp and after breakfast you climb an hour or so to the top of the forest and then for 2 hours at a gentler gradient through the moorland zone. After a short lunch and rest, you continue up a rocky ridge onto the Shira plateau. By now you will be able to see in an easterly direction, the Western Breach with its stunning glaciers. You are now due west of Kibo and after a short hike you will reach the Shira campsite at 3840m. The porters will boil drinking and washing water, before serving dinner. The night at this exposed camp will even be colder than the previous night, with temperatures dropping to well below freezing. Meal plan: FB
Day 10:
Shira (3840m)-Lava Tower (4630m)-Barranco camp (3950m)
Hiking time: 6-8 hours
Distance: About 15 km's
Habitat: Semi desert
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 hours walk. Lunch is served in a designated area before ascending the rocky scree path to Lava Tower (4630m). 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 4600m at Lava Tower, the true acclimatization benefit of this day becomes clear. This descent to Barranco camp takes about 2 hours and offers great opportunities to take some
beautiful photographs of the Western Breach and Breach Wall. 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 site. Meal plan: FB
Day 11:
Barranco camp (3950m) - Barafu camp (4550m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 13 km's
Habitat: Alpine desert
After spending a night at the Great Barranco Wall (a very imposing sight at first), you make your way up this awesome looking obstacle, which in the end normally turns out easier than what you anticipated. Topping out just below the Heim Glacier, you now appreciate just how beautiful Kilimanjaro really is. The route then heads down through the Karanga Valley over intervening ridges and valleys, and then joins up with the Mweka route. This is the preferred route down from the summit, so remember it. Turn left
up the ridge and after another hour or so, you reach Barafu Hut. The last water stop on the route is the Karanga Valley, as there is no water at Barafu camp. Barafu is the Swahili word for "ice" and it is a
bleak and inhospitable camping area to spend the night. Totally exposed to the ever-present gales the tents are pitched on a narrow, stony, and dangerous ridge. Make sure that you familiarize yourself with the terrain before dark to avoid any accidents. 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 19h00 and try to get some precious rest and sleep for not more than 5 Hours.
Meal plan: FB
Day 12:
SUMMIT ATTEMPT
Barafu camp (4550m)-Uhuru Peak (5895m)-Mweka (3100m)
Hiking time: 8 hours to reach Uhuru Peak
7/8 hours to descend to Mweka
Distance: About 7 km's ascent - 23 km's descent
Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit
You will rise around 23h30, and after some tea and biscuits you shuffle off into the night. You will head in a northwesterly direction and ascend through heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim. This 6-hour walks to Stella point is for many climbers, mentally and physically the most challenging on the route. At Stella Point (5685m) 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 will normally encounter snow all the way on your 2-hour ascent to Uhuru Peak. The time you will 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 live. The walk back to Barafu from the summit, takes about 3 hours. Here you will have a well earned but short rest and collect the rest of your gear, before heading down to Mweka hut (3100m). The route is not difficult and will take you down the rock and scree path into the moorland and eventually into the forest. The camp is situated in the upper forest and mist or rain can be expected in the late afternoon. Dinner, and washing water will be prepared and drinking water, soft drinks, chocolates and beer is available from the camp office!! Meal plan: FB
Day 13:
Mweka camp (3100m) - Mweka Gate (1980m)
Hiking time: 3 hours
Distance: About 15 km's
Habitat: Forest
After an early and well-deserved breakfast, it is a short 3-hour and scenic hike back to the Park gate. It is strongly recommended not to pay your porters any tips until you and all your gear have reached the gate safely. At Mweka gate you sign your name and details in a register. 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. From the Mweka Gate you will continue down into the Mweka village, normally a muddy 3 km (1 hour) hike. You now drive back to Moshi overnight at the lodge HB
Web site: www.zebrahotelstz.com or similar
Day 14:
After breakfast drive to Arusha Air strip for you Flight to Zanzibar at 1100Hours arrive at in Zanzibar 1200Hours meet and greet and transfer to the Hotel in Stone Town the UNESCO world heritage site. Spend the rest of the day just relaxing at the hotel. Zanzibar Beach Resort, Mtoni Marine Center, Dhow Palace, Chavda Hotel, Shangani or similar. BB
Web site: www.zanzibarbeachresort.net
www.mtoni.com
http://www.tembohotel.com/dhowpalace.html
www.chavdahotel.co.tz
www.shanganihotel.com
Day 15:
After breakfast you shall venture the guided tour to Stone Town, It may not have a particularly romantic name but Stone Town is the old city and cultural heart of Zanzibar, little changed in the last 200 years. It is a place of winding alleys, bustling bazaars, mosques and grand Arab Houses whose original owners vied with each other over the extravagance of their dwellings. This one-upmanship is particularly reflected the brass-studded, carved, wooden doors- there are more than 500 different example examples of this handwork. You can spend many ideal hours and days just wondering through the labyrinth of the narrow streets and alleyways. Visit the entire museum Hause of wonder, Old Fort, Old slave Market, Sultan Palace etc. Lunch then proceed to the Spice Plantations. Zanzibar has earned its reputation over the centuries as the spice island. We are going to take you on a four hour guided tour, which starts at Maruhubi Palace Ruins through to Kidichi. Here are the Persian Baths built by Seyyid Said Sultan for his wife the Princess
Shehrazad, one of the family members of the Shah of Persia. After that, we Will proceed to Kizimbani spice plantations. Here you can see, touch and sometimes taste a Wide variety of spices, fruits, herbs and ornamental plants and flowers till late in the afternoon then drive back to Stone Town, Dinner and over night at the hotel. BB
Web site: www.zanzibarbeachresort.net
www.mtoni.com
http://www.tembohotel.com/dhowpalace.html
www.chavdahotel.co.tz
www.shanganihotel.com
Day 16-18:
After breakfast you can just venture own you own to the Stone Town City visits famous street of Gizenga, here you can buy some presents for your friends back home. There is a lot of nice hand craft. At 1300Hours depart from your hotel in Stone Town to the hotel in East Coast or North Coast just for relaxations and having a chance to participate in the sea activities like Snorkiling, Diving or fishing. BB
Last day we shall organize for you in conjunction with hotel a nice dinner party, featuring local traditional dancers typical from Zanzibar.
EAST COAST
Web site: www.visitorsinn-zanzibar.com
www.casa-delmar-zanzibar.com
www.cristalresort.net
www.kitetebeach.com or similar
NORTH COAST
Web site: www.nungwi.village.com
www.lighthousezanzibar.com or similar
Day 19:
We shall arrange with hotel to organize you early lunch if you will wish to!!! After noon drive to Stone Town to catch your Boat to Dar which will take up to 2 hours. Boat depart at 1600Hours arrive shortly before 1800Hours. Transfers to the Hotel just in the City of Dar es salaam. BB
Web site: www.heritegemotel.co.tz or similar
Day 20:
After Breakfast venture into guided tour of all the places of interest in Dar es Salaam including Tanzanian national Museum, Botanical Garden, Mwalimu Nyerere Cultural Center, Nyumba Ya Sana ( Art House), Makumbusha Village (Memorial Village), Mwenge Art Gallary (Tinga Tinga Art Galary and Kariakoo Market till afternoon then back to the Hotel for lunch. In the evening Depart from your Hotel to Air Port for your flight back home. BB |
