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This
is a comprehensive safari package that combines
safari to the famous game parks and climbing
the highest mountain in Africa – the majestic
snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro.
Day
1. Arrival and overnight Impala Hotel B/B
Day 2. After breakfast drive to Tarangire National
Park which is one of the most scenic national
parks in Tanzania with its huge baobab trees
some of which are over 500,000 years old. The
park in recent times has witnessed tree climbing
lions and is well known for its large migratory
herds of elephants. The park is 650,000 acres
making it the third largest park in Tanzania.
Lunch break inside the park and later game viewing
en-route to Mto wa Mbu. Dinner and Overnight
at Migungani Lodge.
Day 3. With your packed lunch boxes drive to
Lake Manyara National Park. This park is on
the
western edge of the Great Rift Valley. Although
the park is small, it offers a surprisingly
diverse habitat and wildlife. The entrance to
the park is a rainforest fed by underground
springs and home to baboons, Monitors, Pythons
and a large variety
of birds. The heart of the park is the large
soda lake where Flamingoes, WaterFowl and Hippos are seen. The most stunning
aspect of this particular park
is "LION ON THE TREES". This is an
unpredictable view, only lucky ones witness
the
show. Dinner and Overnight Migungani Lodge.
Day 4. After breakfast, you will depart for Serengeti
National Park. Your first sight of this
endless plain is bound to impress you. Afternoon
at leisure and a sundowner game
viewing of Serengeti National Park. Dinner and
Overnight Serengeti Camp Site.
Day 5. With your packed lunch boxes, you will
enjoy a full day game viewing of the Mighty
Serengeti, driving along Grumeti River and have
an opportunity to view resident
herds of Wildebeest, Zebras and multitude of
Gazelles and Crocodiles. All major
predators can be seen following the herds. Dinner
and Overnight Serengeti Camp Site.
Day 6. After breakfast, with your packed lunch
boxes descending to the foot of the Ngorongoro
highlands, we pause at Oldvuai Gorge one of
the worlds greatest archaeological
sites, where Dr. Louis and Mary Leakey discovered
in 1959 the 1.75 million-year old remains of
the Zinjanthropus and in 1979 the earliest known
footprints of man. Dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro
Simba Camp Site.
Day 7. With your packed lunch boxes descend
2000ft into Africa’s Garden of Eden -
The
Ngorongoro Crater for a full day game viewing.
This is a spectacular nature
sanctuary and diverse terrain of its 102 square
miles basin support year round
population of over 30,000 animals and over 350
species of birds. Lunch break inside
the crater and later game viewing en-route to
Arusha. Dinner and Overnight in Hotel.
Day 8. Leisure in Arusha and briefing on Mt. Kilimanjaro
climb.
Dinner and Overnight Impala Hotel.
Day 9. Drive to Marangu gate on Mount
Kilimanjaro at an altitude
of 1800m and start our climb through the Rainy
Forest to Mandara Hut. Altitude 2700m. Duration
3 - 4hrs.
Day 10. Leave the forest and cross open moorland
onto alpine meadow. Normally, if the
climate is good, then you would have a splendid
view of the peak and the vegetation
down below. Horombo Hut is reached in 6 - 7hrs.
Altitude 3720m - 16kms.
Day 11. Acclimatize in Horombo.
Day 12. You continue to Kibo Hut 6 - 7hrs. Altitude
4703m.
Day 13. In the wee hrs of the morning you start
for the summit, the most demanding portion of
the climb, to Gilman's Point 5681m. It will
take you 5 - 6hrs. From here sheer
determination and will power will take you to Uhuru Peak 5895m in 2hrs to the highest
point in Africa and after a short rest descend
to Kibo Hut for tea/soup/biscuits and then
down to Horombo overnight.
Day 14. After breakfast, you should by this time
feel lighter as you descend to Marangu and after
your snacks drive to Arusha. Dinner and Overnight
Impala Hotel.
Day 15. Departure. END OF SAFARI
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