• Elevation: 1200 m to 1,750m to 2,750m
• Distance: 9km.
• Hiking Time: 3 hours
• Habitat: Montane Forest to moorland and heath vegetation.

You will be transferred to Marangu gate from the hotel and do a registration at the gate. Afterwards, you will begins trekking through the rainforest to Mandara hut. Here you will have an acclimatization opportunity of visiting Maundi Crater. Dinner and overnight at Mandara Hut.

Meals: Lunch & Dinner Included

• Elevation: 2750 m to 3,807m
• Distance: 13km.
• Trekking Time: 5-6 hours
• Habitat: Moorlands

After breakfast, you will outclimb the rainforest and continue trekking to Horombo hut where you will trek through rolling moorlands and get your first clear view of towering Kilimanjaro. Stop halfway for lunch, where you can enjoy amazing views of Mawenzi. Arrive at the Horombo Huts by 3 PM, where you can see Kibo’s summit. Rest, unpack, and prepare for dinner. Bathrooms with running water are available. You may start to feel the effects of altitude here and to aid your acclimatization, you can choose to spend an extra day resting at Horombo or climbing to a basecamp below Kibo’s sub-peak Mawenzi.

Spend an extra day here at Horombo during the 6-day itinerary for acclimatization purposes. On this day you will hike to Mawenzi Ridge or Zebra Rock to have your body adjust to higher altitudes. After this session you will return back to Horombo hut for lunch, resting until dinner and overnight.

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch Included

• Elevation: 3807m to 4725m
• Distance: 10km.
• Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
• Habitat: Desert

Wake to breakfast as usual, but if you wake early you can get some great photos of the sunrise. The first part of the day’s hike climbs through the dwindling heathland that blends into a moonscape as you enter the sweeping saddle connecting Mawenzi and Kibo. When you stop for lunch, and later when you cross this surprisingly large saddle, you can examine the summit climb up Kibo that you will be starting in just a few hours. Be careful to notice any signs of altitude sickness. There is no running water at the Kibo Huts.

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch Included

• Elevation: 4,695 m to 5,895m to 3,690m
• Distance: 4km up, 14km down.
• Hiking Time: 10-15 hours
• Habitat: Alpine Desert

Wake at midnight to a light breakfast and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12; 00AM, switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 4 and 6 AM. At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro’s true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend some times for taking photo’s but it will depend on how you feel. After your summit activities done, descend back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue on down, re-crossing the saddle to the Horombo Huts. Have dinner and overnight at Horombo camp.

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch Included

• Elevation: 3,690 m to 1,830m to 1,387m
• Distance: 18km.
• Hiking Time: 5-7 hours

After a long and enjoyable sleep, you will be awaked for breakfast and pack up, start descend through the moorland to Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch then proceed with your triumphant recessional down through lush forest to Marangu park gate. Here you will sign out then after a vehicle will take you to back to the hotel where it is definitely time for certificate presentation and celebration!

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch Included

Accommodation: Park View Inn Moshi

Distance: 239km & 67 Km

Drive Time: Moshi to Tarangire takes about 4 to 4.5 hours (240 km)

Drive Time: Tarangire N/P to Karatu Village takes about 2.5 hours (120 km)

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch Included

Accommodation: Ngorongoro Marera Valley View Lodge. 

 

You will be picked up at your hotel in Moshi/Arusha at 07:00hrs and transferred to the Tarangire National Park to start off your game viewing experience in this magnificent park which is famous for its large collection of baobab trees, spectacular large mammal population, and variety of bird species, not to mention one of the largest concentration of elephants in the country. After your tour around the park, we will have a drive of about an hour to reach Karatu Village with an approximation of 67kms to your lodge where you will be spending the night.

Distance: 29km & 41 Km

Drive Time: Karatu to crater floor takes about 1 hour (41 km)

Meals: Dinner, Breakfast & Lunch Included

Accommodation:   Ngorongoro Marera Valley View Lodge.

 

After breakfast, we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a morning, half-day game drive. The Ngorongoro Crater is one of the most densely crowded African wildlife areas in the world and is home to an estimated 30,000 animals including some of Tanzania’s last remaining black rhinos. Supported by a year-round water supply and fodder, the Ngorongoro National Park supports a vast variety of animals, which include herds of wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and giant African elephants. another big draw card to this picturesque national park is the dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will enjoy a picnic lunch in the crater, after a picnic lunch in the crater and some more game viewing, you will leave the crater in the afternoon and travel back to our Lodge at Karatu village.

Distance: 27.7km & 202 Km

Drive Time: Lake Manyara to Moshi takes about 4 hours (214 km)

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch Included

Accommodation: Panama Garden resort hotel Moshi

After breakfast, you will pack your things and check out from your lodge as continue to Lake Manyara National Park. We will have a drive of about half an hour (30-Minutes) journey travel to reach Lake Manyara National Park, one of the smallest but most diverse parks in Tanzania. The shallow and alkaline Lake Manyara covers a large area of the park and it is the seasonal home to thousands of flamingos – an awesome (pink) sight. However, more than 400 other bird species are also found here as well as some wonderful mammals. Troops of monkeys live in the forests, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, and wildebeests on the grassy plains, and elephants and lions in the acacia woodlands. From the adventure open roof of the vehicle, you will be able to watch the animals and absorb the stunning landscape of the park and its Great Rift valley. After an extensive game drive, you will exit the park and drive back to Moshi town/drop off Airport at around 1800hours.