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The first day of your trip you will be picked up from JRO and transfer to Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel. At the hotel you will get a short briefing about your Safari program. The hotel is located on the slopes of Kilimanjaro Mountain just 20 minutes from Moshi town; upon arrival at the hotel, you can order dinner at the lodge and thereafter you can enjoy drinks, Wi-Fi, swimming pool, and other services as per your interest.

Hiking Time: 7 Hours

Distance: Approximately 18 kilometers

Habitat: Montane forest

After an early breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked up from Moshi town and driven to the Machame Village. In the village, you can buy mineral water and will receive a packed lunch.
From the village, depending on the road conditions, you will either continue driving 3 kilometers or walk to the Machame Gate (1490m). At the gate, the porters will organize and pack the belongings for the hike while you and your guide register with the Tanzania National Park (TANAPA). You will then begin your ascent into the rainforest. During this section of the hike, you should expect rain, mud, and fog. Also, be on the lookout for wildlife, including Colobus monkeys!
About halfway up the trail you will have a lunch break and you will reach the Machame Camp (2980) in the late afternoon or early evening. The porters and chef, who move very fast up the mountain, will reach camp before you and set up your tents, boil drinking water, and prepare snacks for your arrival. After washing up, a hot dinner will be served. For overnight, mountain temperatures may drop to freezing so be prepared.

Hiking Time: 6 Hours

Distance: Approximately 9 kilometers

Habitat: Moorland

After an early morning breakfast, you will start you ascent leaving the rain forest and entering the heathland moorland vegetation. You will cross many streams and walk over a rocky ridge onto the Shira plateau that leads to Shira Camp (3840m).
At this campsite, you will be next to a stream and have a spectacular view of the Western Breach and its glaciers in the East. Similar to the first night, your tents will be set up prior to arriving at camp and the porters will prepare drinking and washing water for you. You will enjoy evening snacks then dinner prepared by our chef. Be prepared for a cold night as temperatures drop below freezing at this exposed camp.

Hiking Time: 7 Hours

Distance: Approximately 15 kilometers

Habitat: Semi Desert

Following an early morning breakfast, you will leave the moorland environment and enter the semi desert and rocky landscape. After 5 hours of walking east, you will be come face to face with the Lava Tower (4630m). Packed lunches are served at the Tower and hikers have the option of climbing the massive Lava Tower weather permitting. At this point of the hike, it is normal for hikers to start feeling the effects from the altitude including headaches and shortness of breath.
After lunch, you will descend from Lava Tower (4630m) to the Barranco Campsite (3950m). The 6800m descent gives hikers a huge advantage to allow their bodies to adjust to the conditions of high altitude. The descent to camp takes around 2 hours to reach. It is located in a valley below the Breach and Great Barranco Wall (“Breakfast Wall”). Drinking and washing water and dinner will be served as hikers view the sun setting.

Hiking Time: 4-5 Hours

Distance: Approximately 5 kilometers

Habitat: Alpine Desert

After an early morning breakfast, it is now time to conquer the Great Barranco Wall! Although it may look intimating at first glance, hikers state that this Class 2 hike is usually much easier than they anticipated. At the top of the Wall, you will have a view of Heim Glacier and will be above the clouds. The trail then winds up and down in the Karanga Valley. This is an ideal hiking day for acclimatization.

Hiking Time: 2-3 Hours

Distance: Approximately 4 kilometers

Habitat: Alpine Desert

Following breakfast, you will leave Karanga Camp (3959m). The trail intersects with the Mweka Route, which is the trail used to descend on the final two days. As you continue hiking for an hour, you will reach Barafu Hut. This is the last water stop for the porters because there is no accessible water at Barafu Camp (4550m).
The word “barafu” in Swahili means “ice” and this camp is located on a rocky, exposed ridge. Tents will be exposed to wind and rocks so it is important for hikers to familiarize themselves with the campsite before dark. An early dinner will be served so hikers can rest before attempting the summit the same night. Your guide will brief you in detail on how to prepare for summit night. Get to sleep by 19:00!

Hiking Time:8 hours to reach Uhuru Peak, 7-8 hours to descend to Mweka

Distance: Approximately 7 kilometer ascent and 23 kilometer descent

Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit

Your guide will wake you around 23:30 for tea and biscuits. You will then begin your summit attempt. The route heads northwest and you will ascend over stone scree.
During the ascent, many hikers feel that this is the most mentally and physically challenging part of the climb. In about 6 hours, you will reach Stella Point (5685m), located on the crater rim. After enjoying the magnificent sunrise, you will continue ascending for about 2 hours on a snow-covered trail to Uhuru Peak (5895m).
Reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro is a lifetime accomplishment! You will be able to spend a short time on the summit taking photographs and drinking tea before the descent to Barafu begins. The hike down to Barafu Camp takes about 3 hours.
At camp, you will rest and enjoy a hot lunch in the sun. After eating, you will continue descending down to Mweka Hut (3100m). The Mweka Trail will lead you through the scree and rocks to the moorland and eventually into the rain forest. Mweka Camp (3100m) is located in the upper rain forest, so fog and rain should be expected. You will have a dinner, wash, and rest soundly at camp.

Hiking Time: 3 Hours

Distance: Approximately 15 kilometers

Habitat: Forest

Following a well-deserved breakfast, your staff will have a big celebration full of dancing and singing. It is here on the mountain that you will present your tips to the guide, assistant guides, chef(s), and porters. After celebrating, you will descend for three hours back to Mweka Gate.
The National Park requires all hikers to sign their names to receive certificates of completion. Hikers who reached Stella Point (5685m) receive green certificates and hikers who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates. After receiving certificates, hikers will descend into the Mweka village for 1 hour (3 kilometers). You will be served a hot lunch then you will drive back to Moshi for long overdue showers and more celebrations

Nineth day of your trip you will be picked up after breakfast and depart for the Arusha National Park, The Park is nested on the foothills of Mount Meru, the Africa’s most beautiful volcanoes and fifth highest peak. Visitors to this Park will have opportunities to do game viewing, ride a horse, climb the mount Meru as well as do organized walks with a ranger.
Arusha National Park has a rich variety of wildlife and gateway to Mountain Meru, but visitors shouldn't expect the same game-viewing experience they find in other national parks of Tanzania's northern circuit.
Despite the small size of the park, common animals include giraffe, cape buffalo, zebra, warthog, the black-and-white colobus monkey, the blue monkey, flamingo, elephant, bushbuck and many other African animals. Leopard populations are present, but rarely seen. Birdlife in the forest is prolific, with many forest species more easily seen here than elsewhere on the tourist route - Narina trogon and bar-tailed trogon are both possible highlights for visiting birders, whilst the range of starling species provide somewhat less gaudy interest.
Picnic lunch will be offered inside Arusha national park followed by afternoon game drive herding to Arusha town for overnight stay.

Tenth day of your trip you will be picked up after breakfast from the lodge, and then we depart for the Tarangire National Park. The park is located at 118 km/ 75 Miles South West of Arusha. The park runs along the line of the Tarangire River covering the land size of 2850 sq. km/ 1005 sq. miles and is mainly made up of low-lying hills on the Great Rift Valley floor. Its natural vegetation mainly consists of Acacia woodland and giant African Baobab trees, with huge swamp areas in the south.
The Tarangire National Park is reputed to contain some of the largest elephant herds in Africa. This African national park is also home to three rare species of animals – the Greater Kudu, the Fringed-eared Oryx, as well as a few Ashy Starlings.
Picnic lunch will be offered inside Tarangire national park there after we do an afternoon game drive herding to the hotel for overnight stay, the drive to the hotel from the park takes

Eleventh day of your trip you will be picked up after breakfast from the lodge, then we depart for the Ngorongoro crater game drive followed by a transfer to Serengeti National Park. In the crater several animals can be seen after we will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. The Ngorongoro conservation area is a multiple land use so expect to see human and wild animal interacting mutually with no harm to each other, the area 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 area is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater.
We will have picnic lunch in the crater then we drive to Serengeti for 4 hours to the camp. The park is located at 335 km/208 Miles from Arusha stretching north to Kenya and bordering Lake Victoria to the West covering the area of 14763 sq. km/5700 sq. Miles. Serengeti is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park and worldwide natural wonder where there is a great annual migration, also perfect spot to see The Big Five animals in one area.

Eleventh day of your trip you will be picked up after breakfast from the lodge, then we depart for the Ngorongoro crater game drive followed by a transfer to Serengeti National Park. In the crater several animals can be seen after we will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wildlife for a half day’s safari tour. The Ngorongoro conservation area is a multiple land use so expect to see human and wild animal interacting mutually with no harm to each other, the area 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 area is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, and the ever-elusive leopard, which sometimes requires a trained eye to spot. We will visit Lake Magadi, a large but shallow alkaline lake in the southwestern corner, which is one of the main features of the crater.
We will have picnic lunch in the crater then we drive to Serengeti for 4 hours to the camp. The park is located at 335 km/208 Miles from Arusha stretching north to Kenya and bordering Lake Victoria to the West covering the area of 14763 sq. km/5700 sq. Miles. Serengeti is Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park and worldwide natural wonder where there is a great annual migration, also perfect spot to see The Big Five animals in one area.

The last day of your trip you will be picked up after breakfast then we depart for game drive in Serengeti national park, on this day you will a chance to finalize your dream tour by spotting several animals on the way, you will drive through the Ngorongoro area where several animals can be seen including big herd of livestock with the Maasai.
Tour to the Maasai village can be arranged upon request, lunch will be offered on the way before arriving in Arusha and at that point is when you will end your Tanzanian safari adventure and ends our safari services in Northern Tanzania.