IMPORTANT !!!
*** ON arrivin day transfer to hotel to rest, and get ready for Kilimanjaro climbing
B&B basis http://venushotels.co.tz/
In the morning at Marangu gate, you meet your team of guides and porters. After greetings start four to five hours walk through patches of coffee plantation and dense rainforest to Mandara Hut - on the way brightly-coloured bird life, colobus and other varieties of monkey.
Mandara Hut is a collection of basic, A-frame mountain huts with bunk bedsOvernight stay Mandara Hut – 1 night (Brekfast, Lunch and Dinner).
Your second day gives way to rolling alpine meadow dotted with giant heather. Kilimanjaro’s twin peaks –
snowcovered Kibo and rocky Mawenzi – lie directly ahead, dominating the skyline. Today you gain roughly 1,000m in altitude, and your walk can take anything from five to seven hours . Tonight you
stay at Horombo Huts – which offer shelter and basic accommodation to those on the mountain.
Overnight stay at Horombo Hut (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).
A day here provides an opportunity for you to acclimatise gradually to the altitude. The day you can have a
few walks – the most popular of which is to the base of Mawenzi Peak, the dramatic eastern summit of Kili. This walk takes four to five hours (round trip), and will get you to an altitude of
4,600m before you return to the hut – this will stand you in good stead later on.
Overnight
stay at Horombo Hut (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).
The landscape becomes progressively more rocky and rugged .Today’s trail up to Kibo will again take anything between five and seven hours. Skirting Mawenzi Peak, you pass " Last Water" then cross a stark, almost lunar landscape onto “The Saddle”, a broad tundra desert between the two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo. From here you start to get fantastic views of the upper reaches of the mountain before arriving at Kibo Hut (4,705m), a dry-stone-walled hut with dormitories and limited facilities. Tonight you prepare for tomorrow’s final assault – THE SUMMIT.
This is a long and demanding day! The guides wake you soon after midnight and you start out in darkness, zigzagging
up a long scree slope by the light of your torch in the extreme cold. At this time of day the scree is still frozen – which makes it easier to walk on! After roughly two hours you should reach
Hans Meyer’s Cave . The gradient gets steeper and three hours on you should reach the crater rim at Johanne's Notch. Your reward is the dramatic spectacle of the sun rising .From here takes
another couple of hours along the crater rim to reach Uhuru (Freedom) Peak (5,896m). Your descent (approx 3 hours) retraces the route back down past Kibo Hut to Horombo Hut for a well-deserved
rest.
Overnight stay at Horombo Hut for 1 night (Breakfast, Lunch and
Dinner)
The pace quickens as you continue your triumphant way back down across alpine meadow and past Mandara Hut through the rainforest to Marangu Gate where you board the vehicle for the journey back to Arusha. Breakfast and Lunch are included in this day.
Dinner and Overnight at Arusha . Rest and get ready for Safari
After breakfast, proceed to Lake Manyara for a full day game drive in beautiful Manyara National Park. See buffalo, giraffe, zebra and many more species, all set against the stunning backdrop of the Great Rift Wall. Dinner and overnight at LAKE MANYARA WILDLIFE LODGE.
Set out for the endless open plains and stunning skies of the Serengeti. A scenic four
hour drive, full day game drive together with late evening game drive.
Dinner and overnight at SERONERA WILDLIFE LODGE
After a relaxing morning and an early lunch, proceed to Ngorongoro, where the night will
be spent on the Crater Rim.
Dinner and overnight at NGORONGORO WILDLIFE LODGE
Early breakfast, proceed directly to the Crater floor for a full day crater tour with
picnic lunches.
Later proceed back to Arusha in the evening. Dinner and overnight in Hotel in
Arusha Venus Hotel
Price include:
Accomodation and meals:
National Park visit, game drives and other activities according programm
Full Board Lodges/ Hotels in Safari
English speaking guide Safari time.
Park fees and taxes and enterance fees per person
Car enterance fees and government taxes
Price NOT included :