11 Days Mount Kilimanjaro Hiking and Private Tanzania Lodge Safari

Day 1: Arrival in Moshi town

1. Moshi
   45m
   You will be pick up from Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Moshi town to your Accommodation booked by Taste Of Afrika Safaris, Moshi town is commonly known as the gateway to Mount Kilimanjaro. You will meet your Guide and review your trekking gears in the evening in preparation for the hike in the next morning.
   
   Incase there will be missing some Climbing gears, your Guide will advise you and make sure everything is well prepared and ready for the trekking Mount Kilimanjaro through wonderful coca-cola route.

Day 2: Marangu Gate to Mandara Hut

1. Marangu
   4h
   Mt Kilimanjaro Climbing Marangu route 5 days starts by hiking up to Mandara hut at (2700 m) your hiking will be through beautiful landscape of the mountain forest, little streams and water falls Kisamboni picnic area the place for lunch can be reached after 1,5 hour of walking from the park gate. Vegetation type at this campsite is of low alpine zone and moorland accompanied with shrub and trees with lots of lichens. Mandara area is located in a clear forest with wooden A shaped framed huts and here is where you will spend your first night in Kilimanjaro Mountain. Mandara huts can accommodate 60 people sleeping in bunks, each hut has 6 to 8 sleeping bunks. Water around this area is from the spring and can be used for drinking, cooking and flushing toilets. You can have a short walk to the Maundi crater where you can enjoy a good weather and possibly see Mawenzi peak. Blue Monkeys, black and white coloubus Monkeys can be spotted around this place.

Day 3: Mandara Hut to Horombo Hut

1. Marangu
   5h
   After light breakfast, your second hiking day on Kilimanjaro Marangu route starts, this day you will hike along the last patches of the forest past the other side of Maundi crater and soon you will reach the moorland vegetation zone.
   This area is dominated by heather, Lobelia Deckenii and lovely Dendrosenecio kilimanjari. With a good weather condition you can have a great view of both Kibo and Mawenzi. Reach Horombo huts and if you wish you can bath with hot water before dinner and sleep in a luxurious bed.
   Horombo huts have a capacity of 120 people all sleeping in beds and it is small village and the only huts at Kilimanjaro with beds. At this camp nights tends to be very cold please be prepared. Arriving at the camp same procedures will follow just as much as the previous day.

Day 4: Horombo Hut to Kibo Hut

1. Mount Kilimanjaro
   6h · Admission ticket included
   Your Hiking day will start after breakfast. Saddle the area in-between Mawenzi and Kibo can be reached in two different routes, through the upper route which is eroded and stormy or by taking the lower route which is easier and most recommended where you can pass near the water point at (4,200 m) which is the last in this route.
   Fill your bottles with enough drinking water as this will be the last water point before reaching Horombo huts again, otherwise you can buy mineral water or soft drinks at Kibo huts. If you wish you can take a short break at this Last water point and perhaps sit at the picnic site for lunch.
   You will reach Kibo huts at (4700 m) after 2 walking hours. Kibo hut is at the barren Alpine desert with only grasses and everlasting flowers. Kibo huts are built with stone blocks and have 60 bunk beds and platform toilets. Arriving at the camp same procedures will follow as previous day.

Day 5: Kibo Hut to Uhuru Peak back to Horombo Hut

1. Mount Kilimanjaro
   7m
   The final part of your Mt Kilimanjaro climbing Marangu route 5 days will be at night. After dinner you guide will give you a detailed briefing on how it will be, so you will prepare all needed equipment before going to sleep as the trekking will start around mid-night time will depend on your pace. Things to be prepared for this attempt are thermal clothing, ski-stick, and thermal flask for water, hand warmers, batteries and headlamp among others. (We will brief you here in Arusha & go through your Gears). Depending on your pace you can possibly wake up at 23:00 or 23:30 and have some tea and biscuits before starting. From Gilman’s point you will possibly need not less than 1 hour and a half to reach the summit. The rest of your climbing all the way up to Uhuru Peak will be covered with snow and the walking will be along the crater rim. Stella point at (5,752 m) will be passed on the way and this is the point where other Kilimanjaro routes reach the rim.

Day 6: Mandara Hut to Marangu Gate

1. Mount Kilimanjaro
   5m · Admission ticket included
   After Breakfast at Horombo hut before starting your last day downwards from Kilimanjaro.
   Have lunch and some rest at Mandara hut (2700) on your way down, hopeful the path is familiar as you have passed here on your first day. Reaching Marangu gate, you will provide some details to the register and you will be given a summit certificate, if reached Gilmann’s Point you will have a green certificate & for Uhuru Peak the actual Summit is a gold certificate. Tips for potters and guides are recommended & this can be done at Horombo gate in the morning when celebrating before descending to Marangu Hut.
   
   Meet you driver at the gate who will transfer you back to Arusha or Moshi.

Day 7: Tarangire National Park

1. Tarangire National Park
   8h
   Game drive in Tarangire National Park
   You'll depart from Arusha or Moshi after breakfast for the approximately two hour drive to Tarangire National Park.
   Along the way you'll pass bustling Masai villages and the vast, open plains that have become synonymous with
   images of Africa. Tarangire national park where you could have a chance
   to see the groups of Elephant.

Day 8: Serengeti National park

1. Serengeti National Park
   6h
   Tarangire to Serengeti National Park
   After breakfast, you will continue towards the fertile highlands where wheat, coffee and corn are grown by the
   Iraqw people. Passing through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, you will be able to see the breathtaking
   Ngorongoro Crater before traveling onwards to the Serengeti National Park, which you will reach by midday.
   The Serengeti National Park is the largest park in Tanzania with diverse landscapes and habitats, such as
   grassy plains, swamps, lakes, savannah and mountains. After an extensive game drive, you will drive to your
   accommodation where you will enjoy dinner and an overnight stay inside Serengeti National Park.

Day 9: Serengeti to Ngorongoro Game Drive

1. Serengeti National Park
   6h
   After breakfast, we get right on the road back towards the Ngorongoro Crater National Park. Our drive takes us back through the Serengeti via a different route, offering plenty of opportunities to spot the animals that eluded you on day two. As far as the eye can see, you’ll spot thousands upon thousands of animals in herds; wildebeests and zebras migrating together, tall and graceful giraffes, jumping antelopes and gazelles, the powerful African elephant and the most respected group of animals: the predators.

Day 10: Full Game Drive Ngorongoro Crater

1. Ngorongoro Conservation Area
   8h
   Early departure to drive down a steep track into the 600 m deep caldera to see a breathtaking range of animals and birds. The caldera (collapsed volcano) is home to over 25,000 mammals ranging from the “Big Five” (lion, elephant, buffalo, rhino, leopard) and more than 500 species of birds. Once again, you will enjoy a picnic lunch in the park.
   After a further afternoon game drive, you will return to Arusha, which marks the end of your safari.

Day 11: Transfer to Kilimanjaro Airport

1. Pass by
   A driver will bring you to Kilimanjaro Airport, from where you will connect your flight. If you’ve opted to go on a safari well, that’s a different adventure and we’ll be thrilled to arrange it for you too.

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• Suitable for all physical fitness levels