Safaris Tanzania » Adventure quest
Kilimanjaro:
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Day 00: |
Arrival Day:
Arrive at the Kilimanjaro International
Airport. You will be met at the Airport and
transferred to the hotel in Arusha for your overnight and briefing by
our Safari guide
Amani Afrika
donates $50 per person
to Support for
indigenous Children
program, a non-profit
organization supporting
which provides funds to
supply food and Mosquito
nets to the
orphanages in Tanzania (www.sichildren.org). |
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Day 1: |
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Arusha - Tarangire National
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Game viewing with your
expert guide in
Tarangire National Park.
Includes national park
fees. Enjoy lunch
(included in tour
price). Enjoy afternoon
game viewing with your
skilled guide. Tarangire
National Park is
probably one of the
least visited of the
northern Tanzanian game
parks, and retains a
real air of undiscovered
Africa, particularly in
the south of the park.
Just a two hours drive
away from Arusha. It
lies a little distance
to the south east of
Lake Manyara and covers
an area of approximately
2,850 square kilometres.
It is named after the Tarangire
River that flows through the park. The
swamps, tinged green year round, are the
focus for 550 bird varieties; the mobs
of elephant are easily encountered in
any season. |
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Day 2: |
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Tarangire National Park: |
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Game viewing with your
expert guide in
Tarangire National Park.
Includes national park
fees. Enjoy lunch
(included in tour
price). Enjoy afternoon
game viewing with your
skilled guide. Enjoy
dinner (included in tour
price). |
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Day 3: |
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Tarangire - Serengeti National
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Includes a stop at the
famous Olduvai Gorge
where the homonid "Lucy"
and other significant
archaeological
discoveries have been
made. Game viewing with
your expert guide in
Serengeti National Park.
Includes national park
fees. Tanzania's oldest
and most popular
national park, the
Serengeti is massive in
size, 14,763 sq km
(5,700 sq miles).
Famed
for its annual
migration, when some six
million hooves pound the
open plains, as more
than 200,000 zebra and
300,000 Thomson's
gazelle join the
wildebeest’s trek for
fresh grazing. Yet even
when the migration is
quiet, the Serengeti
offers the most
expansive game-viewing
in Africa: great herds
of buffalo, smaller
groups of elephant and
giraffe, and thousands
upon thousands of eland, topi, kongoni,
impala and Grant’s gazelle. |
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Day 4: |
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Serengeti National Park: |
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Game viewing with your
expert guide in
Serengeti National Park.
Includes national park
fees. Enjoy lunch
(included in tour
price). Enjoy afternoon
game viewing with your
skilled guide. Enjoy
dinner (included in tour
price). |
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Day 5: |
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Serengeti National Park: |
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Game viewing with your
expert guide in
Serengeti National Park.
Includes national park
fees. Enjoy lunch
(included in tour
price). Enjoy afternoon
game viewing with your
skilled guide. Enjoy
dinner (included in tour
price). |
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Day 6: |
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Serengeti
- Ngorongoro Crater: |
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Depart very early in the
morning with your skilled driver guide,
explore the Gol
Plains en-route to the Crater
Highlands. arrive at
lunch time for a hot lunch
before taking a
Wilderness Walk with a Maasai guide to learn
the wonders of this
area, returning in time
for a sunset to remain
forever in your memory. |
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Day 7: |
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Ngorongoro - Arusha: |
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Game viewing with your
skilled guide in
Ngorongoro national
park. Includes national
park fees. Enjoy lunch
(included in tour
price). Descend into the
Ngorongoro caldera to
view the wildlife on the
crater floor. The
Ngorongoro Crater is
often called ‘Africa’s
Eden’ and the ‘8th
Natural Wonder of the
World’. A massive
extinct volcano, the
sheet walls drop
thousands of feet to a
"Noah's Ark" of animals
on the verdant floor
below. Large herds of
zebra, buffalo, antelope
and wildebeest graze
nearby while sleeping
lions laze in the sun.
At dawn, the endangered
black rhino returns to
the thick cover of the
crater forests after
grazing on dew-laden
grass in the morning
mist. The world-famous
Ngorongoro Crater is at
the eastern edge of the
Serengeti in northern
Tanzania. Nearly three
million years old, the
ancient caldera of the
once-volcanic Ngorongoro
shelters one of the most
beautiful wildlife
havens on earth, ringed
with towering walls and
sheltering forests,
grasslands, fresh
springs and a large soda
lake. Leave the crater
around late afternoon, drive to
Arusha for dinner and overnight. |
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Day 8: |
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Arusha - Kilimanjaro (Machame
Gate): |
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Transfer to Machame Machame
Gate to Machame Hut
(9,300’)
Hike time: 7.5 hrs,
Elevation change: +1200
M Approx.
Distance,
10km, Final elevation
3100 M)
Early pick-up at
Hotel and to Machame
gate (5,400’) where
trekking formalities
take about 30 minutes.
From the gate, the first
hour follows an easy
track through dense
forest. The path
continues along the
ridge, rising steadily
with several steep
sections. The gradient
eases slightly as the
forest merges into
heather-covered ground
toward Machame Hut. This
six day climb is
probably the most
beautiful up
Kilimanjaro.
All
supplies/equipment you
bring will be portered
and a cook prepares all
your meals. There are
two porters per person,
one lead guide and one
cook/guide. Tent is
included. Sleeping mat,
sleeping bag, walking
sticks and proper
clothing, etc, can be
rented in destination
before hike.
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Day 9: |
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Machame Hut to Shira
Hut:
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Hike time: 7
hrs:
Elevation change:
+800 M/Approx.
Distance,
6km/Final elevation 3800
M)
From the Machame Hut we
cross the stream onto
its west bank and follow
the path up the steep
rocky ridge
Criss-crossing before
reaching Shira Hut at
the base of a
semi-circular wall of
rocks. We will have
ascended 900 meters
(3,000’) in 5-7 hours
and about 6 km (3.72
miles) of walking. |
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Day 10: |
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Shira Hut to Barranco
Hut: |
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Hike time: 5
hrs:
Elevation change:
+100 M/Final elevation:
3900 M)
From Shira Hut hike to
Lava Tower (15,000’) ,
we proceed to Barranco
via the Great Barranco
Wall. This route offers
panoramic views of Kibo
through Karanga Valley
as we hike high and
sleep low, dropping back
down to Barranco after
lunch. Today’s hike will
take most of the day.
The Barranco campsite is
located on elevation of
3950m. |
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Day 11: |
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Barranco Hut to Barafu
camp:
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From Barranco Hut we
climb up through the
edge of Great Barranco.
95 percent of that day
of walking will be on an
elevation of 4250m. We
will break our day at
the Karanga valley
campsite at an elevation
of 4,000m walking time
is 4 to 5 hrs on this
day. |
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Day 12: |
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Barafu Camp to the
Summit and then Mweka
Camp:
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The trek begins before
sunrise (1-2 am), as the
walk will take 10-14 +
hours. We will avoid the
mist that sets later in
the day.The 1,100-meter
(3,600’) ascent in just
over 3 km (1.86 miles)
will take us about 6-8
hours. After a brief
stay at the summit of
the highest point in
Africa, Uhuru Peak, at
over 5,898 meters
(19,340'), we descend
via the Barafu Route
roughly 2,500 meters
(8,200’) in 12 km (7.44
miles) in about 4-7
hours to Mweka Camp.
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Day 13: |
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Mweka Hut to Mweka
Gate:
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Descent time: 4
hrs/Elevation change:
-1250M/Approx.
Distance:
10km/Final elevation:
1828 M)
Today we descend about
1400 meters (4,592’)
through the forest on a
jungle path for about 10
km (6.2 miles) to Mweka gate
with lunch packet, and
the waiting vehicle will
take you to Ilboru
Safari Lodge in Arusha. |
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Day
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Arusha and beyond: |
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This morning we have an
adventure de-briefing
followed by transfer to
your Arusha departure
point or JRO for your
travel beyond. |
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Price Includes: |
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Transport to and from mountain gates
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Airport transfers
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Accommodation on the first night upon your
arrival before climb and on the last day
after climb
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All parks entry fees.
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All camping fees.
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Rescue fees.
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Services of English-speaking assistant guide (s), a skilled cook, and enough numbers of porters for your luggage, food, water, and a dinning tent.
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Guide and porters fees.
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Guide and porters salaries
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All accommodations on the mountain based
on three meals a day.
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Cook and all kitchen utensils.
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Use of radios/phones to increase your safety.
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Price Excludes: |
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International and domestic flights (we can
arrange on request)
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Tips, drinks and all items of personal
nature
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Hard and soft drinks and tips
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Medical Equipment which can be rented well in advance for the following costs: $250/group for hyperbaric chamber, $210/group for an emergency Oxygen cylinder and $140/group for a stretcher. Please note these prices include a porter to carry the equipment.
Please note these prices include a porter to
carry the equipment.
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Portable toilets: If you do not want to use public toilets which some of climbers have been complaining about being dirty, and then add $110/person (or $180/group) for a portable toilet. Kindly, let us know at the time you make a booking and not afterwards.
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