MT KILIMANJARO & WILDLIFE TOUR PLAN 2019/2020

DAY 1: KILIMANJARO - ARUSHA/MOSHI  

*1. ARRIVAL

 KSTT Driver/staff will meet you on arrival.

Your guide will drive you from Mt. Kilimanjaro to Arusha( Or Moshi). Approximately one hour driving. Upon arrival to Arusha/Moshi, a welcome package will be provided to you.

NB:- We highly recommend travel insurance for full coverage from your country of residence..

*2.  ACCOMMODATION:

Mount Meru Hotel (In Arusha ) or equivalent standard.

The Mount Meru Hotel lies on 9 acres of lush landscape, surrounded by some of Africa’s most breath-taking vistas. Situated at the foothills of Mount Meru in the city of Arusha, this area is rich with a diverse array of wildlife, etched against the fertile slopes of this beautiful mountain. The Mount Meru Hotel, its management, and its staff members have made every endeavour to ensure that your stay is a rejuvenating and refreshing experience of African hospitality. Tanzanian warmth and kindness is renowned all over the world, and the opportunity to prove this fact much more than mere legend is an exhilarating opportunity to all at this pinnacle of splendor, the Mount Meru Hotel.

Keys Hotels ( Or equivalent)

We advice our clients to stay at Keys Hotel due to the standard of services and hospitality. Very well organised.

*3. MOUNT KILIMANJARO CLIMBING 

Kilimanjaro Climb & Serengeti Safaris For 2019 - 2020

DAY 2: KILIMANJARO

Our Chief Guide is well equiped for evey team.  The kit includes a portable altitude chamber (on crater ascents), first aid kids, pulse oximeters, oxygen with regulator & mask, neck brace, mobile phone, satelite phone (on shira & crater), water filter, stethascope, portable stretcher, guest & crew AMS monitoring sheets.

Excursion guides and crews are specifically trained and instructed to ensure, wherever possible, that our guests can walk off the mountain, unaided, themselves. They are also trained extensively on monitoring systems and also management of AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness), and more advanced forms of mountain sickness such as HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema) and HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema).

 In the morning you are picked up at 8am from your hotel and drive to the staring gate, according to your climbing route.

* Machame route.

After checking in you set off up through the forest zone. This first day of hiking is not overly difficult but certainly steepens towards the latter end of the day. In the late afternoon you arrive in the first camp for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Lightweight Tent (Bed, Lunch, Dinner)

An overnight camp area will be set up in a clearing on the trail. Clients must provide their own sleeping bag, however clients will be provided with:

Client Tent: a lightweight 2-person "pup" tent used for 2 people (unless specifically booked for single occupancy), as well as a foam pad for sleeping. Tent is super convenient for use. Professionally selected comfortable tents.

Mess Tent: communal lightweight mess tent, lightweight table and stools.

Cooks will be on site to provide meals.

* Beginning your trek.

Trail Camp

DAY 3: MT KILIMANJARO

The second day ascends from the forest zone into the heath zone and there are some very steep sections here. Taking it easy is essential to allow your body to acclimatise. A picnic lunch is taken on route and then in the afternoon you arrive into Barranco camp in time to relax for a while before dinner. The views of the Barranco wall and western breach pertain to events some 60,000 years ago when this whole part of the mountain collapsed.

Accommodation: Tent -  Barranco Trail

Barranco Trail

DAY 4: MT KILIMANJARO

Today is a walk-high sleep-low day. You ascend into alpine desert and for those that are feeling strong you can even head up to Lava Tower before descending to the Barranco Camp. Lunch is taken as a picnic lunch on route. This is long day but pays dividends later on - great acclimatization day!

Accommodation:  Tent (Bed, Lunch, Dinner )l

Barranco Trail

DAY 5: MT KILIMANJARO

Today is another half day ascending to Barafu Camp. Once again lunch is taken in camp allowing plenty of time to relax before the summit bid. Desolate alpine desert and at times strong winds rip over this camp and yet in the evening splendid views of Mawenzi peak are the norm. A relatively early dinner is taken before heading to rest for the evening.

Accommodation: Tent (Bed, Lunch, Dinner )l

 -  Approaching Mawenzi Peak

DAY 6: MT KILIMANJARO

Most people depart just before midnight for the final summit bid. Patience and persistence is the name of game to reach the summit and by dawn as the first rays of light start to appear, most arrive near the rim. Ascending via Stella Point affords a relatively short final section to Uhuru peak, the Roof of Africa! What goes up must come down and your goal today is to reach Mweka Camp before dusk.

Accommodation:Tent (Bed, Lunch, Dinner )

 -  Kilimanjaro Summit

DAY 7: MT KILIMANJARO - ARUSHA

After breakfast you descend once again through montane forest and around mid day after saying farewell to your crew, you are picked up and transfer back to your accommodation.

Accommodation: Mount Meru Hotel ( Arusha) or Keys Hotel ( Moshi)

END OF MT KILIMANJARO CLIMBING CLIMBING

 - PRICE Machame route USD=2,544 per person, all services inclusive.

NB:- Price may change due to the increase of the number of climbers, as they will share some costs.

Price for Marangu route USD=2,294 per person, all services inclusive.

All services mean as per the plan.
* Transfer to/from Kilimanjaro International airport.
* Accommodation Bed & Breakfast two nights, one before and one after climbing.
* Meals for all climbing days.
* Hut Fees  ( Tents for Camping routes)
* Park Entry Fees, Rescue Fees and Crew fees.
* Guides and porters salaries.
* Government Taxes
* Service charge.

Excludes:-
* Climbing gear ( May be hired in advance on request)
* Tips for the crew ( May be given direct to them)
* Items of personal nature
* Alcohols
* Any extras

START WILDLIFE TOUR ( PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY

4 NIGHTS 5 DAYS

DAY 8: ARUSHA - NGORONGORO

Your guide will drive you from Arusha to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater. On the way, enroute  drive in Manyara before continuing on to your lodge near Ngorongoro. This drive will take four to five hours, or more, depending on how long you spend on your game drive in Manyara.

Just inside the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a lovely waterfall beckons travelers to enjoy a light hike through the forest highlands. Along the way, experience the ‘elephant caves’: cave-like structures created by elephants that dig up the earth to ingest the vitamin-rich soil. This soil also attracts other large animals like buffalo, bushbuck, waterbuck, and baboons.

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or Ngorongoro Farm House (For Lodgour plan) Simba Campsite, Karatu Hostel, etc for Campers and tourist standard.

NB:- Ngorongoroarea have variety of accommodation areas. You can choose at the booking time. Tourist standard, Luxury and Deluxe.

The Ngorongoro Farm House is a small and exclusive lodge facing the Oldeani Volcano, only 5 kilometers from the Ngorongoro Lolduare gate.  This unique property was built to offer visitors an authentic experience reminiscent of the atmosphere of the old days.  Inaugurated in 2003, this lodge offers various rooms, cottages, and suites, all rustically designed and decorated using local materials and furnishings, all for the purpose of providing each guest an imaginary journey to the life of days gone by.  Meals are served in the main building, or on occasion around the pool, and feature ample selections of locally inspired dishes or popular western fares.  Guests at this lodge can cool off in the pool or enjoy tension soothing massages after game drives.

* 4. Walking Tour

-  Life in the Crater

DAY 9: NGORONGORO

An experienced tracker-guide and private vehicle will accompany you today while exploring Ngorongoro National Park.

Today, discover one of the most remarkable Wildlife Conservation Area Ngorongoro Crater. Departing from your camp in a privately driven vehicle alongside a local expert guide, make your way to the entrance of the park, then drive a further 20 minutes to reach the rim of Ngorongoro Crater: the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera. This geological marvel was formed as the result of a gigantic explosion which caused the volcano to collapse on itself, thereby creating the massive crater. Roughly 12 miles wide and some 2,000 feet deep, the trip from crater rim to floor takes approximately 45 minutes by vehicle. The extremely fertile crater floor has attracted incredibly dense populations of wildlife, and at present over 25,000 large animals call the crater home, including some of the world’s last remaining black rhinos. The crater floor is also host to some of the highest concentrations of carnivores in the world, featuring large prides of lions, packs of hyenas and solitary predators like cheetahs and jackals. A keen eye paired with expertly procured search patterns from your guide is sure to help you spot a wide range of wildlife and perhaps some of the more elusive species like leopards, servals, and bat-eared foxes.

Accommodation: Same place.

Private Game Vehicle

Elephant in Ngorongoro Crater Park

DAY 10: NGORONGORO - SERENGETI

Your guide will pick you up from your lodge in Ngorongoro and drive you to the famous plains of the Serengeti, via  Olduvai Gorge.(Optional). You may stop for picnic lunch. After entering the Serengeti, you will have the chance to enjoy a game viewing drive as you track through the park en route to your next accommodation. The drive takes five to six hours depending on the number of stops you make and the length of your game viewing experience. Longer transit times should be expected during the rainy seasons.

The massive Olduvai Gorge, or Oldupai Gorge, is often referred to as “The Cradle of Mankind.” Beginning in the eastern Serengeti plains, the cavernous ravine is some 30 miles long and is the result of millions of years of natural erosion. The gorge features a steep-sided gully that cuts its way through the Great Rift Valley stretching along eastern Africa, and is named after a commonly used plant by the Masai people; Sansevieria-Ehrenbergii, or Olduvai for short. This plant grows plentifully in the area, and is used for making bandages, rope, baskets, roofs and clothing. Today, discover the Olduvai Gorge firsthand alongside your expert local guide.

Get ready for an afternoon to remember as you set out in the company of an experienced tracker-guide to explore the expanses of the Serengeti. The park is world renowned for its healthy populations of resident wildlife species, in particular the African Big Five consisting of buffaloes, elephants, rhinoceroses, leopards and lions. Although sightings are considered a rarity, a small group of black rhinoceros also live within the park grounds. Heavy concentrations of topi, gazelle, water buck and Coke’s hartebeest ensure that local carnivores including cheetah, hyenas and African wild dog are ever present. The park is also home to more than 500 species of birds, including ostriches, crowned cranes, marabou storks and secretary birds; some of the most sought-after and photogenic birds on the planet.

Accommodation: Mbugani (Central)

Enhance your safari adventure in the comfort and serenity of Mbugani Camps, located in the famed Serengeti National Park. Whether you've experienced the wonder of the Serengeti before, or are embarking on the voyage of your dreams, Mbugani Camps provides you with the perfect balance of natural surroundings and the comforts of home.  Enjoy the luxury of soft furnishings, private baths, front porches, freshly-made meals with local foods, drinks at sundown, and stories by the campfire after a day of sightseeing and exploring with local guides, or just spend the day relaxing at camp.

Pride of Lions

DAY 11: SERENGETI

This morning, your African adventure begins with an exploratory game drive through Tanzania’s oldest and most recognized National Park, the Serengeti. A land of unparalleled game viewing, from great herds of grazing herbivores to tactically cunning packs of carnivores, life on the plains of the Serengeti truly epitomizes the “circle of life.” A paradise for photographers and wildlife enthusiasts alike, it is all but guaranteed that you will spot giraffes and elephants feasting on shrubbery, impalas, gazelles and buffaloes traipsing carefully through the plains to avoid being noticed by on-looking lions, cheetahs and hyenas, and a spectacular range of birdlife flitting through the sky.

Spend the day taking in the spectacle of one of the top safari highlights of any African sojourn; the famous wildebeest migration. Moving in a clockwise direction throughout the year in the Serengeti ecosystem, the wildebeest then head north into the Masai Mara in Kenya beginning in June and July through to September and October. Sightings cannot be guaranteed as the herds move according to the availability of food sources, thereby making migration movements unpredictable. The herds are accompanied by zebras and Thomson's gazelles and are stealthily hunted by predators such as leopards, lions and hyenas, bringing into sharp focus the awe-inspiring beauty of nature along with the harsh realities of life on the plains.

Accommodation: Mbugani (Central) 

Animals to enjoy

Giraffe, Zebra, Thomson Gazelle, Impala, Waterbucks, Elephants, Lions, Cheetah, Leopard,

Wildebeest.

DAY 12: SERENGETI - ARUSHA

Time permitting, your expert guide will include one more Serengeti game drive before dropping you off at the airstrip to catch your onward flight ( Or driving back to Arusha/Moshi)

(Board  flight in Serengeti with service to Arusha. The flight will make several stops along on the way. Approximate travel time is two hours.)

Please note, strict luggage restrictions apply to this flight: 1) Maximum weight allowance of 32 lbs (15 kg) is permitted per person. 2) Baggage must be soft-shelled. 3) Additional baggage allowance can be arranged at additional cost, please speak to your Destination Expert for more information.

This afternoon, stop for lunch at The Arusha Hotel, one of the city’s top dinning cntres. After lunch,  visit the souvenir market before carrying on with the day’s activities.

Time permitting, visit a local handicrafts market to stock up on souvenirs.

Enjoy a private airport transfer between your hotel in Arusha( or Moshi) to KIA-with an English speaking Guide.

Depart from International Airport. End of itinerary.

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END OF WILDLIFE SAFARI

PRICE TO BE ISSUED DUE TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND TYPE OF SAFARI.

Types of safari you can choose:

* Light camping safari. With this, you travel with portable tents, Chef, assistant chef,           camping equipment, food stuff, kitchen equipment, and all related things.

* Luxury Camping, all equipment like above, but of very high quality, with portable baths     and toilets.

* Tourist standard Lodges

* Luxury Lodges.

* Back packers.
THE PLAN IS JUST TO GUIDE OUR CLIENTS. WE ARE FLEXIBLE. YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR PLAN, WE QUOTE FOR YOU.

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