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NATIONAL PARKS TOURS |
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11 Nights 12 Days
Nairobi, Masai Mara, Serengeti L.Eyasi and Tarangire / L.Manyara, Arusha National Park
14 Nights 15 Days
South East ARC programme-Kenya-Tanzania
7 Night 8 Days
Lake Manayara, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti, Arusha National Park, Tarangire and Cultural Tours
9 Night 10 Days
Arusha National Park, Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater, SerengetiI, Lake Manyara and Lake Victoria.
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BIRD WATCHING TOURS |
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13 Days
Arusha, Sinya, Arusha National Park, Tarangire, manyara, Ngorongoro and Serengeti
13 Days
Arusha - Arusha National Park - Lake Manyara - Ngorongoro, Mount Usambara - Mount Uluguru - Kilombero Valley - Dar es Salaam Coastal Area - Dar es Salaam |
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MOUNTAIN CLIMBING TOURS |
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8 Nights 9 Days
Kilimanjaro - Lemosho Glades Route
6 Nights 7 Days
Kilimanjaro Machame Route
6 Nights 7 Days
Kilimanjaro Marangu Route |
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Kenya & Tanzania combined |
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Nairobi, Masai Mara, Serengeti L.Eyasi and Tarangire / L.Manyara, Arusha National Park
Day: 1
Transferred from airport to Hotel for overnight
Day: 2
After breakfast, depart and drive to Masai Mara National Park arriving for lunch and afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at selective Lodge/campsite.
Day: 3
After breakfast for full day game drive in the Masai Mara National Park with lunch boxes. Dinner and overnight at selective Lodge/campsite.
Day: 4
After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National Park via Isebania Border with lunch on the way. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Stop Over
Day: 5
Full day viewing lake Victoria, Fishman Local Market, or for Sukuma traditions Cultural at Bujora Traditions group which it will take you more than 2hrs to arrive there from your camp with lunch later evening drive back for overnight at Selective campsite.
Day: 6
After breakfast, Full day game drive at Serengeti National Park. Dinner and overnight selective campsite.
Day: 7
After breakfast drive to Southern part of Serengeti with en-route game drive and lunch boxes to Ngorongoro Conservation Area via Olduvai Gorge. Dinner and overnight at Lodge / Simba campsite.
Day: 8
After breakfast, Descent to Ngorongoro Crater for game drive with your lunch boxes, later evening drive to L.Eyasi. Dinner and overnight at Selective campsite.
Day: 9
After breakfast full day Walking safari for viewing Bushman, local Traditional style of the Area, there is possibilities to learn why most of the Ndorobo people they don't like to join with a new life style! Dinner and overnight at Lodge / Campsite.
Day: 10
Early in the Morning Drive to L.Manyara National Park for fully day game drive with lunch boxes, later evening you will drive back for Dinner and overnight at Selective campsite.
Day: 11
Depart to Tarangire National Park for full day game drive with lunch boxes to the House of Tarangire (Big elephant) and other animals. Dinner and overnight at Lodge/Campsite.
Day: 12
Depart to Arusha National Park for game drive or Walking safari, Canoe safari at L.Momela inside the Arusha N.park and to enjoy others attractions at this area.
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This programmes is flexible for all customer you can add or to change it if there is possibilities or you can join with your Walking safaris & Culture tourism in this programmes, your Welcome to Select this programme!
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SOUTH EAST ARC PROGRAMME-Kenya-Tanzania |
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Nairobi, Masai Mara, Serengeti L.Eyasi and Tarangire / L.Manyara, Arusha National Park
Day: 1
Pick up at Nairobi International Airport and drive to Tsavo East for game viewing and overnight in a in a selective campsite.
Day: 2
Visit the Mzima Springs enroute to Tsavo West National Park where Hippos and crocodile can be seen swimming in the clear waters. Afternoon game drive in Tsavo west National Park, check in lodge/camp. Meals and overnight at camp
Day: 3
After breakfast, morning game viewing, lunch, evening game viewing, overnight in campsite OR Early morning game viewing, back to campsite for Branch (Breakfast and Lunch) then drive to the Taveta Border to Mkomazi Game Reserve overlooking to the Pare Mountains, game enroute and overnight in a selective campsite
Day: 4
After breakfast drive to the Eastern Arch Mountains “The Switzerland of Tanzania” The Usambara Mountains for guided hiking to the famous view points water falls passing through the Sambaa villages, the local tribe of the area, overnight in a selective campsite
Day: 5 - 6
Early morning and late evening are usually the best time to watch birds and butterflies species. We walk from the base camp to the peak and back. We walk slowly, partly to pace yourself, but most to watch birds and butterflies species and to enjoy the forest and its inhabitants. Everywhere you look there are things of interest. Your guide will point out beautiful birds, such as the African paradise flycatcher, Amani sunbird, Usambara hyliota, Hyliota, fischer’s Turaco, black and yellow dark-backed weaver and the velvet black square – toiled Drongo. The searching for mixed foraging flocks in the forest is essential to locate many of the birds.
The next day we continue with birds and butterflies watching and identification.
If lucky, we might see the little yellow Flycatchers and plain backed Sum birds which can only be spotted along the East African Coast. The number of species recorded thus far is just over 1,000 and the East Usambara Mountains house close to 350 species, a number that continues to grow.
Dinner and overnight at a lodge
Day: 7
After breakfast visit the “Aman” Nature reserve famous Tea farms in Africa Amani Forest where you will have the opportunity of viewing the “African Violet, SAINT PAULIA” (The origin of the World’s domestic flower) Beautiful Butterflies of the world etc. Overnight in a selective Lodge.
Day: 8
after breakfast drive to Saadan National Park (A new Park) The only park where you hear the lion roar combined with the ocean tides of the day. A place where Rivers collide to join the ocean with a stream like spray in the air over the mangrove trees in the water. Overnight in a selective campsite.
Day: 9
After breakfast, game viewing, lunch, evening game drive or continuing to river clashing with the sea. Overnight in the selected campsite
Day: 10
After breakfast we proceed to Mikumi Nation Park with packed lunch on the way
Mikumi is Tanzania’s third largest National Park with a large variety of wildlife. Within its 3230 sq km set between the Uluguru Mountains to the north and the Lumango mountains to the south-east, Mikumi hosts populations of buffalo, giraffe, elephant, lion, zebra, leopard, crocodile and many others
Overnight at Mikumi \campsite full board.
Day: 11 - 12
After breakfast at your hotel, our guide will pick you up an we depart for Udzungwa Mountains National Park.Uzungwa Mountains National Park is a paradise for hikers and one of Tanzania’s most beautiful wilderness areas. Its most striking feature, apart from its mountainous terrain, is its pristine and biologically divers forest which host a variety of animal and plant species not found anywhere else in the world. Among its residents are six species of primates, includig the rare Iringa red colobus and the Sanje crested mangabey monkeys, as well as populations of elephant, buffalo, leopard, and a rich variety of birdlife.
Day: 13 - 14
After breakfast we leave for Selous Game Reserve. Lunch will be served en-route.
Selous Game Reserve is the largest game reserve in Africa - 4 times the size of the Serengeti.
It possesses a diverse landscape from hot volcanic springs, sporadic lakes, channels from the Great Ruaha and Rufiji rivers. Walking is permitted (with an armed ranger) which with over 350 species of bird and 2,000 species of plants to see makes this the most heavenly sanctuary to explore.
Selous is famous for its elephant, hippopotamus and rhino (although now few remain). The park has a broad range of game: buffalo - the largest population in Africa; Nyasaland gnu; brindled gnu; hartebeest; Greater Kudu; sable antelope; eland; reedbuck; bushbuck; waterbuck; warthog; zebras; giraffe; and wildebeest. Also: lion, leopard, the spotted hyena and hunting dog are in abundance; cheetah are rare; there are over 350 species of bird and reptiles such as crocodiles and various snakes and lizards.
Full game drive in the park with picnic lunch provided by your cook
Overnight at the campsite full board.
Day 15:
After breakfast we drive to Dar es Salaam and have a lunch en-route, You will be brought to the International Airport for your flight home or to other destinations like Zanzibar.
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NORTHERN TANZANIA PROGRAMS |
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8 DAYS 7 NIGHTS Lake Manayara, Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti,
Arusha National Park, Tarangire and Cultural Tours
Day 1:
Leave Arusha to Arusha National Park, game drive overnight Momela Lodge/Campsite
Day 2:
Arusha National Park to Tarangire game drive in Tarangire National park, overnight Tarangire Safari Lodge/Campsite
Day 3:
Tarangire to Lake Manyara, game drive overnight lake Manyara Lodge/Campsite.
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Lake Manyara to Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge game drive in Serengeti up to sunset, overnight Seronera Wildlife lodge/Campsite
Day 5:
Sunrise game drive in Serengeti then back for breakfast, then proceed with game drive till late afternoon then drive to Ngorongoro wildlife Lodge/Campsite for dinner and overnight
Day 6:
Full day Ngorongoro Crater tour overnight Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge/Campsite
Day 7:
Drive to Lake Eyasi cultural tour of Bushmen (Hadzabe) then hunting with bushmen late in the afternoon drive to lake Manyara Lodge/Campsite for overnight
Day 8:
Morning Maasai cultural tour, afternoon Drive to Arusha.
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10 DAYS 9 NIGHTS Safari to Arusha National Park, Tarangire,
Ngorongoro Crater, SerengetiI, Lake Manyara and Lake Victoria. |
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Day 1:
Leave Moshi/Arusha to Arusha National Park game drive overnight, Momela Lodge/Campsite.
Day 2:
Arusha National Park to Tarangire, game drive overnight Tarangire Safari Lodge/Campsite.
Day 3:
Tarangire to lake Manyara, game drive, overnight Lake Manyara Lodge/Campsite.
Day 4:
Lake Manyara to Serengeti via Olduvai gorge game drive in Serengeti up to Sunset, overnight Seronera Wildlife Lodge/Campsite.
Day 5:
Game drive in Serengeti, overnight Seronera Wildlife Lodge/Campsite
Day 6:
Morning Serengeti afternoon drive to Lake Victroria, overnight Mwanza Hotel.
Day 7:
Explore Saa nane Island, overnight Mwanza Hotel.
Day 8:
Drive to Ngorongoro overnight, Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge/Campsite.
Day 9:
Full day game drive in Ngorongoro, overnight Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge/Campsite
Day 10:
Morning Maasai Cultural tour, afternoon drive back to Arusha.
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13 DAYS: TANZANIA BIRDING ITINERARY |
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Day 1: ARUSHA.
Arrival to Arusha via Kilimanjaro Airport or Nairobi. Accommodation at Moivaro Plantation Lodge. The Momella Lodge is built within lush coffee plantation with natural streams flowing through the property from Mount Meru. There are also plenty of natural trees which together make the home of many endemic and migratory birds
Days2,3: SINYA
After breakfast departure to Sinya across a landscape with spectacular views of Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro and plains populated by Maasai pastoralists with their herds of cattle, sheep and goats. Arrival at lunch time. Accommodation at Kibo Medium Camp. The next 2 days will be devoted to game drives in open cars, and walking safaris escorted by “Morani”, Maasai warriors in search of birds. The area also hosts some of the biggest elephants in East Africa.
Interesting species : Maasai Ostrich, Kori bustard, Crowned plover, Crested francolin, Temminck’s courser, Heuglin’s Coutrser, White browed sparrow weaver, Fischer’s starling, Hildebrandt’s starling, Wattled starling, Rufous chatterer, Rosy patched shrike, Slate coloured boubou, White headed buffalo weaver, Black necked weaver, Spike heeled lark, Grey wren warbler, Banded Parisoma, Von der Decken’s hornbill, White bellied go away bird, Eastern pale chanting goshawk, African spoonbill, Glossy ibis, Blue-naped mouse bird...)
Day4: ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast drive to Arusha National Park. After lunch a walk in the forest surrounding Mount Meru ( 4.596 m ) escorted by an armed ranger will be organized. Next day in the morning visit to Momela lakes in search of water birds.
Interesting species : Hartlaubs Turaco, Silvery cheeked hornbill, White starred robin, Montane white eye, Waller's starling, White fronted bee-eater, Tropical boubou, Crowned eagle, Mountain buzzard Maccoa duck, Little grebe, Greater cormorant, Grey heron, Little egret, White eared barbet, Narina's trogon...Dinner and Overnight at the Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge.
Days5,6: TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK
After a game drive to the Momela Lakes, departure to Arusha and then to Tarangire National Park where we will reach our camp in our private area. In the afternoon a walking safari will be led by our guides. On the 6th day, morning game drive in the Park and walking safari in the afternoon. Accommodation at Kibo Medium Camp.
Interesting species : Ashy Starling, Violet tipped courser, Heuglin's Courser, Orange bellied parrot, Yellow collared lovebird, Red & yellow barbet, Red billed quelea, Mottle throated spine tail, Abyssinian Scimitar bill, Beautiful sunbird, Greater honey guide, African Hawk eagle, Black shouldered kite, Black chested snake eagle, Brown snake eagle, Open bill stork, White faced tree duck, Goliath heron, Great white egret...
Days7,8: LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast drive to Lake Manyara. Accommodation at Serena Lodge. The next two days will be spent visiting the Ground water forest and the Lake of the park by car and a walking safari on the Rift Valley Escarpment. Lake Manyara National Park lies at the foot of the Great Rift Valley and is only 330 square kms with most of its surface under water. The park’s interest lies in its diversity of habitats: Ground water forest, acacia woodland and the alkaline lake, and is famous for the climbing tree habits of its lions. The park’s bird list covers 380 species.
Interesting species : Dusky turtle dove, Palm nut vulture, Egyptian vulture, Spur winged plover, Madagascar pratincole, Chestnut banded plover, Purple crested Turaco, Taita fiscal, Southern black flycatcher, Silvery cheeked hornbill, Red bill hornbill, Grey hornbill, Ground hornbill, Crested guinea fowl, African fish eagle, Black winged stilt, African spoon bill, Egyptian goose. White pelican. Marabou stork.
Days9,10: NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
After breakfast depart to the Highlands of Ngorongoro. After lunch bird walk in the Acacia Lahai Forest close to the lodge. Half day in the Crater on the next day, Interesting species: Mountain greenbul, Paradise flycatcher, Dusky flycatcher, White eye slaty flycatcher, Cinnamon chested bee eater, Augur buzzard (white and dark morph), Black saw wing, Grey capped warbler, Black kite, Red knobed coot, Avocet, Black crown night heron, Anteater chat, Baglafecht weaver, Hunters cisticola, Red rumped swallow, Montane nightjar, Schalows Turaco, Scaly Francolin, Golden winged sunbird, Mountain yellow eye. Dinner and Overnight at the Lodge.
Days11,12: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
Departure to Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti is unequalled for its beauty, and its vast “endless plains” are home to more than 2 million large mammals. This is where the famous Migration of Wildebeest, Zebra and other antelopes take place. Two days devoted to visit the Park and its different habitats by 4WD car.
Interesting species: Bare faced go away bird, Western plantain eater, Fischer's lovebird, Brown parrot, Kori bustard, Secretary bird, Grey headed social weaver, Speckled fronted weaver, Verreaux eagle, Hildebrandt's starling, Silverbird, Red throated tit, Pink throated longclaw, Cliff chat, Sooty chat, Grey breasted spurfowl, Usambiro barbet, White backed vulture, white headed vulture, Ruppels vulture, Nubian vulture, Lilac breasted roller, Von der Decken's Hornbill. Dinner and Overnight at the Lodge.
Day13: SERENGETI - ARUSHA
Now, You have viewed many birds, endemic and migratory birds, start journey back to Arusha either by use of The Classic Tours & Safaris Ltd 4x 4 vehicles or by Scheduled Flights to Arusha.
- From November to end of May, also expect Eurasian and Intra Africa migrants like: Storks, falcons, harriers, cuckoos, rollers, warblers, swallows, swifts, sand/rock martins and waders.
- The same program can also be used as an FIT. Please request information.
Safari includes:
Transport in 4WD Safari vehicle + English or French speaking driver guide
All activities: Game drives in the National Parks, bird watching walks
Exclusive services of camp crew whilst in camp.
All meals on safari including mineral water.
Accommodation in the Lodges
National Park entry fees.
Private camping fees /public camping fees
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BIRD WATCHING |
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Tour: Arusha - Arusha National Park - Lake Manyara - Ngorongoro Conservation Area - Mount Usambara - Mount Uluguru - Kilombero Valley - Dar es Salaam Coastal Area - Dar es Salaam
Duration: 13 Days
Arrival in Arusha
If you enter Tanzania by airplane, your flight arrives at Kilimanjaro International Airport in the evening. Your guide will wait for you at the arrival gate and transfers you to your hotel/lodge.
If you arrive by vehicle, your guide meets you the next morning at your hotel/lodge.
Day 1: Arusha National Park
One of the most beautiful parks in Tanzania and located 32 KM from Arusha. Aside from the abundance of wildlife, fauna and flora there are three spectacular features; Momella lakes, Meru Crater, and the Ngurdoto Crater. Both Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru can be seen from the park when the weather is fine.
Early morning is usually the best time to observe and watch birds and butterflies species in Arusha National Park. Therefore, after an early breakfast at your hotel/lodge, we start with a safari briefing and leave for the park.
The common birds species found here are Bee-eater, Fish eagle, Tawny eagle, Verreaux's eagle, little Grebe, Egyptian goose, greater and lesser flamingo, Scaly francolin, silvery - checked hornbill, lammergeyer and parrot.
We will lunch in the park and leave to your hotel/lodge in the evening, were you will have your dinner.
Day 2-3: Lake Manyara National Park
After breakfast at your hotel/lodge, we proceed to Lake Manyara National Park, nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment.
This park is noted for its incredible beauty. After passing the gate, you enter the lush forest that opens up into woodlands, grassland, swamps and the soda lake itself.
It covers 330sq km and is a sanctuary to over 400 bird species, including flamingo, pelican, storks, sacred ibis, cormorants and Egyptian geese.
Other wildlife are: gazelles; impala; buffalo; wildebeest; the famous tree climbing lion; hyenas; baboon; giraffe; hippopotamus; and a great number of smaller mammals.
You stay overnight at a campsite/lodge.
Day 4: Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After breakfast, we depart for the Ngorongoro Crater.
This crater is one of Africa's best known wildlife-viewing areas and one of Tanzania most visited. At about 20 km wide it is one of the largest calderas in the world and a year - round haven for wildlife and birds.
It is always spectacular, watching countless flamingos form a pink blanket over the soda lake. More than 100 species of birds can be watched in this magnificent park.
We leave in the afternoon and drive to Arusha for dinner and you stay overnight at a hotel.
Day 5: Usambara Mountain Area
Today we drive to Lushoto in the hart of the Usambara Mountains.
The excellent roads take us through Moshi and the Pare Mountains to Mombo, the gateway to the Western Usambaras. From Mombo it is about 33 Kilometres (21 miles) to Lushoto, of which some roads require 4-wheel drive. On our way you will have spectacular sights including the lovely Soni falls, were the Bangala river falls hundreds of meters. This area is known for its butterflies.
Dinner and you stay overnight at a campsite/lodge.
Day 6-7: Mount Usambara
Early morning and late evening are usually the best time to watch birds and butterflies species. We walk from the base camp to the peak and back. We walk slowly, partly to pace yourself, but most to watch birds and butterflies species and to enjoy the forest and its inhabitants. Everywhere you look there are things of interest. Your guide will point out beautiful birds, such as the African paradise flycatcher, Amani sunbird, Usambara hyalite, Hyalite, Fischer’s Turaco, black and yellow dark-backed weaver and the velvet black square - toiled Drongo. The searching for mixed foraging flocks in the forest is essential to locate many of the birds.
The next day we continue with birds and butterflies watching and identification.
If lucky, we might see the little yellow Flycatchers and plain backed Sum birds which can only be spotted along the East African Coast. The number of species recorded thus far is just over 1,000 and the East Usambara Mountains house close to 350 species, a number that continues to grow.
Dinner and overnight at a lodge.
Day 8: To Morogoro at the foot of the Uluguru Mountains
After an early breakfast, we proceed to Mount Uluguru and take the Arusha - Tanga highway to drive to Chalinze (238km). The gradient of the road is very gentle because it is originally designed for the oxen, pulling heavy loads.
We reach Morogoro town for dinner and overnight at a hotel/lodge.
Day 9-10: Uluguru Mountains
After an early breakfast, we proceed to Mgeta Province via the Mlali area. Here we start game viewing of birds and butterflies species in the Lukwangule forest reserve at Mountain Uluguru.
Dinner and overnight at a campsite in the bush land of Mount Uluguru.
The next morning we travel all over the Mountain Uluguru to learn about endemic and indigenous birds such as Uluguru bushrike grey breasted spurflowl, yellow throated green bull, banded green sunbird, uluguru violet-backed sunbird, loverbird, sunbird, ashy starling, long billed apalis and many more bird species. There are just over 500 bird species found in this area. Late afternoon we proceed to Morogoro town for dinner and overnight.
Day 11: From Morogoro to Dar-es-Salaam
After breakfast, we proceed to Dar-es-salaam, only a 3-hour drive. After lunch and resting time, we start an evening game watch in the D'salaam coast area.
We will encounter birds as the African marsh harrier, African darter, egret, Egyptian goose, cormorant, shoebill, grebes, cape oriole, nightjar, African skimmer, gulls, house crow, tits, eurosian oriole, peacock, white eyes birds (bats}, African kingfisher, and many migrant birds species from the northern part of the world such as Siberia who migrate to this area from September to April every year. Dinner and overnight at a lodge/campsite/hotel in the center of the city.
Day 12: Dar-es-Salaam South Coast
After breakfast we will have a walking safari to the south of Dar es Salaam to see butterflies species such as Monarch and Milkweeds from which more than 107 species have been recorded in this area. They are very elegant and their colorful swallowtails are a delight to watch. Dinner and overnight at a lodge/campsite/hotel in the center of the city.
Day 13: From Dar-es-Salaam to the airport
After breakfast, we transfer you from your hotel to either D'salaam airport or Ubungo bus terminal for other destinations.
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LOMOSHO ROUTE - KILIMANJARO CLIMBING |
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Lemosho Glades Route: an unspoilt, remote, little-used and beautiful way up to the Shira Plateau. It can either be used to gain the Western Breach route or followed by the Kibo South Circuit to gain the easier Barafu Route. The route is one of the few where groups are accompanied by an armed ranger as the forests around the Lemosho Glades are rich in buffalo and other big game animals.
Program
Day: 1
Drive from Moshi or Arusha to Londorossi Park Gate (2250m, 1.5 hours). From here a forest track requiring a 4WD vehicle leads to Lemosho Glades (2000m, 11km, 45 minutes) and a possible campsite (park fees are not paid to camp here). Walk along beautiful forest trails to Mti Mkubwa (big tree) campsite, (2750m, 3 hours). A fine site, water is quite a long way from the camp but will be brought by porters. The ranger normally does nor go beyond here.
Day: 2
The trail gradually steepens and enters the giant heather moorland zone then crosses the Shira Ridge at about 3600m to drop gently down to Shira 1 camp located by a stream on the Shira Plateau (3500m, 5 hours).
Day: 3
A gentle walk across the plateau leads to Shira 2 camp on moorland meadows by a stream (3850m, 1.5 hours). A variety of walks are available on the Plateau making this an excellent acclimatisation day.
Day: 4
The moorlands soon come to an end and the rocky path leads amongst outcrops to the Lava Tower where there are good campsites (4600m, 5 hours). A strong group may want to continue up a steep scree path to the site of the Arrow Glacier hut where there are poor campsites (4800m, 6.5 hours).
Day: 5
From the Arrow Glacier camp steep scree and rocky outcrops requiring scrambling lead up the Western Breach to the crater floor. After snowfalls the route can become icy and in these conditions an ice axe or ski stick and maybe even crampons may be required, (5700m, 4.5 hours). It is possible to camp almost anywhere in the crater or in a further 2 hours Uhuru Point can be reached by a variety of routes).
Either the Marangu or the Mweka Routes may be used for descent, either the Horombo Hut or the Mweka Hut may be reached in about 6 hours allowing for a short lunch stop and rest at either the Barafu or Kibo Huts.
Day: 6
Descend to the Marangu or Mweka Park Gates (4 and 3 hours respectively).
Day: 7
Day: 8
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This programmes is flexible for all customer you can add or to change it if there is possibilities.
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MACHAME ROUTE - KILIMANJARO CLIMBING |
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A popular route following steep paths through magnificent forests to gain a ridge leading through the moorland zones to the Shira Plateau. It then traverses beneath the glaciated precipices of the south face of Kibo providing superb views of the Southern Icefields. An extra day could be added to the itinerary, spent either on the Shira Plateau, where you could walk to the Shira Needles, or camping in the Karanga Valley.
The final ascent is made very early in the morning from the Barafu Hut. The Mweka Route is used for the descent. Accommodation on the mountain is in tents; you will need a sleeping bag and sleeping mat. The porters will pitch the tent for you but are welcome help if you wish. This is a strenuous walking trip but within the limits of a fit individual used to walking in mountain areas. Ski sticks or walking poles are useful when ascending the scree to the summit.
The programme is available all the year round. Prices are all inclusive airport to airport except for the hotel is on a full-board basis, extra drinks.
Day: 1
Transfer from airport to hotel (B&B)
Day: 2
Drive to Machame village. The climb begins at the end of the tarmac road. Walk through shambas then forest to the Machame hut (3000m, about 6 hours).
Day: 3
Continue along the steep ridge going on to rock ridges and through heather. The route turns west into a river gorge, reaching Shira hut at 3800m, 5 hours.
Day: 4
Continue east towards Kibo passing the junction, then east towards the Lava Tower. Shortly after this, you descend to Barranco hut (3940m, 4 hours).
Day: 5
A short scramble to the top of the Great Barranco and then a traverse over scree and ridges to the Karanga Valley (4000m, 3 hours), beneath the icefalls of the Heim, Kersten and Decken Glaciers. After climbing out of the Karanga Valley the trail ascends a ridge to the Barafu Hut, a bleak location with little vegetation at 4600m, (3 hours walking).
Day: 6
An early start for the ascent to the rim of the Kibo Crater between the Rebmann and Ratzel Glaciers, (4 hours); the last section before the rim can sometimes be snow-covered and an ice-axe or ski stick is useful for balance. From here a further hour leads to Uhuru Peak, from where there are often fine views of Meru to the west and the jagged peak of Mawenzi to the east. Descend to the Barafu Hut for a rest and lunch before continuing on down to camp at Mweka Hut in the giant heather zone on the forest edge. Those with energy on the summit may wish to descend to the Reutsh Crater and visit the dramatic ice pinnacles of the Eastern Icefields.
Day: 7
A 3-4 hour descent through beautiful forest brings you to the Park gate and your waiting transport. Drive back to the hotel.
Day: 8
Depart hotel after breakfast. Transfer to airport or continue on an extension.
Note:
This programmes is flexible for all customer you can add or to change it if there is possibilities.
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MARANGU ROUTE - KILIMANJARO CLIMBING |
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This is the easiest route to take to ascend Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa with its two main summits, the craggy Mawenzi, 5149m, and the 'flat-topped', glaciated Kibo, 5896m. The Saddle, a 5km wide, high-altitude, semi-desert separates the two. From the summit glaciers, screes, cliffs, afro-alpine moorland then forests lead down to the cultivated foothills. The Marangu route takes you at a gentle pace through these dramatically different zones.
For the ascent to Uhuru Peak from Kibo Hut a very early start is made since the scree is easier to climb when frozen and the views from the crater rim at dawn can be spectacular.
Ski sticks are useful when ascending the scree to the summit.
Accommodation on the mountain is in comfortable huts you will require a sleeping bag and mat. This is a tough walking trip but within the limits of a fit individual used to walking in mountain areas. An extra day for acclimatisation to the altitude can be spent at Horombo. From Horombo there are various walks to enjoy.
Day: 1
Transfer from airport to hotel (B&B)
Day: 2
Drive to Marangu Gate. Walk through the rain forest to Mandara hut (2743m), about 3 hours.
Day: 3
Leave the forest and cross open moor land to Horombo hut (3760m).
Day: 4
Rest and acclimatisation day at Horombo Hut. Day walk to Zebra Rocks or to Mawenzi Hut. This day can be missed out making a 7 day itinerary.
Day: 5
Walk through moorland then alpine desert to «The Saddle» between the peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo. From here you will walk for about an hour to reach Kibo hut (4730m).
Day: 6
Very early start for the summit on steep scree up to Gillman's Point (5681m) which is on the crater rim. Continue around the rim (which will take about two hours if you are fit) to Uhuru Peak (5895m) the highest point in Africa. Descend to Kibo Hut for tea and biscuits or soup and then down to the thicker air an relative warmth of Horombo hut.
Day: 7
Descend to Marangu gate. Drive back to the hotel (B&B).
Day: 8
Depart after breakfast. Transfer to airport.
Note:
This programmes is flexible for all customer you can add or to change it if there is possibilities.
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