12 days(KENYA-TANZANIA): Mt Kilimanjaro | Serengeti and Maasai Mara

We offer the best international and local trip of a life time. Our itinerary package starts from Nairobi, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli, Maasai Mara, Serengeti crossing to the amazing town called- Namanga border Town of Kenya and Tanzania, this is the best planned trip that offer you the flexibility to decide on your safari starting and finishing location in Kenya (Nairobi).

We offer the best international and local trip of a life time. Our itinerary package starts from Nairobi, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli, Maasai Mara, Serengeti crossing to the amazing town called- Namanga border Town of Kenya and Tanzania, this is the best planned trip that offer you the flexibility to decide on your safari starting and finishing location in Kenya (Nairobi).

Itinerary
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Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province

NAIROBI -MASAI MARA
After breakfast you will be pick up by our driver-guide, thereafter you will be driven towards the escarpment into the Great Rift Valley where you will have good photos of the Rift at the view point. Continue with you drive via Narok town to Maasai Mara National reserve. You will have your lunch enroute and on arrival if time allows you will head to the reserve for your evening game drive. Later head to the campsite for dinner and overnight. Masai Mara is the land of the Masai tribe. The proud young Maasai warrior-nomads with their plaited hair, red cloaks, and spears, challenge your curiosity. The 700-square-mile Game Reserve is the Africa of your dreams, complete with wild animals grazing amid the superb rolling landscape of gentle hills and acacia woodlands.
 Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
 Accommodation: Wajee Mara Camp – Budget tented camp located at Masai Mara
 Meals & drinks: All meals & drinking water included (Other drinks not included)

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province

After your breakfast you will leave with your picnic lunch for a full day game drive in the reserve in search of the big five as well as other numerous plain animals. You will have a lunch break in the reserve after which continue with your game drive till evening when you will return to your campsite for dinner and overnight. You will have an opportunity to see Lion, Cheetah and Leopard roam the vast grasslands in search for their next meal, it may be an unsuspecting impala or even a small one like the warthog. Whatever the players, the spectacle of nature unfolding is always awe inspiring!
Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Wajee Mara Camp – Budget tented camp located at Masai Mara
Meals & drinks: All meals & drinking water included (Other drinks not included)

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Region

ARUSHA
After your breakfast then depart to Arusha via Nairobi. Our journey will take us across the border of Kenya into Tanzania. Once on the border you will clear with the immigration procedures and then continue with your drive arriving in the picturesque town of Arusha in time for lunch. Arusha sits at the foot of rugged Mount Meru, and is the gateway to most of Tanzania’s safari areas. The afternoon will be spent at leisure. Later in the evening settle down for dinner and overnight
Main destination: Arusha
Accommodation: The Charity Hotel – Mid Range Hotel in Arusha
Meals & drinks: All meals & drinking water included (Other drinks not included)

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park

ARUSHA – SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast you will be transferred to the famous Serengeti National Park. This park is to Tanzania, what the Masai Mara Game Reserve is to Kenya. Covering 14,763 sq km, the Serengeti is dominated by vast, open plains with an abundance of wildlife. A picnic lunch will be provided en route and the afternoon will be spent viewing game led by Kenya Walking Survivors Safaris guide and absorbing the breathtaking scenery of the almost treeless plains of the Serengeti. You will continue with your game drive till late in the evening when you will be transferred to your campsite for dinner and overnight.

Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Wajee Mara Camp – Budget tented camp located at Masai Mara
Meals & drinks: All meals & drinking water included (Other drinks not included)

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Tanzania

NGORONGORO CRATER
After breakfast you will have game drive en route as you depart Serengeti for Ngorongoro crater via Olduvai Gorge. Ngorongoro is an impressive 20 km wide volcanic crater with 600 m walls. The views from the crater rim are breathtaking, and there is an ever-present abundance of wildlife, due to the permanent water supply on the crater floor. Olduvai Gorge is famed for the discovery of 3.5 million year-old fossil fragments of an early human civilization. We will enjoy lunch overlooking the crater, and the afternoon will be spent at leisure. Later you will be transferred to your lodge for dinner and overnight
Main destination: Ngorongoro Crater
Accommodation: Octagon Lodge – Mid Range Lodge in Karatu
Meals & drinks: All meals & drinking water included (Other drinks not included)

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Moshi, Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region

KARATU – MOSHI
Today you will wake in the morning, after breakfast you will drive to Moshi town with lunch en route. A pre-departure group meeting with your mountain guide is scheduled for the early evening.
Situated in the heart of a major coffee growing region, Moshi is an attractive small town of about 150,000 people and it lies at the base of Kilimanjaro. Despite the teasing proximity of snow-capped Kilimanjaro, Moshi is not the cool highland settlement you might expect. Instead, lying at an altitude of 810 meters, it has a surprisingly humid, sticky climate, reminiscent of the coast. Moshi means smoke in Swahili, but the origin of this name is something of a mystery.

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Machame, Machame, Kilimanjaro Region

MACHAME GATE TO MACHAME CAMP (B, L, D)

After breakfast, we drive approximately 1 hour drive to the village of Machame. Depending on the condition of the road, it may be possible to drive 3km further from the village to the Machame gate of the Mt. Kilimanjaro National Park (1815m). After registering at the gate office, you start your ascent and enter the lush rain forest. Here, you will listen to the sounds of many exotic birds, and may even see monkeys such as the black & white colobus – these monkeys are black with a long ‘cape’ of white hair and a flowing white tail.
Most of today’s day is spent in the gorgeous and fascinating forested slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, most of which is considered to be rainforest zone. It is very possible that we will see some rain today, or that at least the trail will be moist and soggy, and possibly muddy.

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Machame, Machame, Kilimanjaro Region

MACHAME CAMP TO SHIRA 2 CAMP (B, L, D)
Hiking Time: 6-7 hrs
Total Distance: 9km
Starting Altitude: 2980m
Final Altitude: 3840m
Habitat: Moorland
Rise early and climb steeply through the heath land of savannah, and trees such as Giant Heather and Erica. You will reach a gentler ascent through the lower alpine moorland, which is notable for beautiful wild alpine flowers and the unique giant lobelia and giant groundsel (senecio kilimanjari) plants. If it’s a clear day, you will have direct views of Kibo, the peak and ultimate goal of your adventure.
After a short lunch and rest, traverse across the Shira plateau west towards a river gorge, and finally you will reach the Shira campsite. The night at this exposed camp will even be colder than the previous night, with temperatures dropping to well below freezing.

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Machame, Machame, Kilimanjaro Region

SHIRA 2 CAMP TO BARRANCO CAMP (B, L, D)
Hiking Time: 7-8 hrs
Total Distance: 15km
Starting Altitude: 3840m
Final Altitude: 3950m (via 4630m)
Habitat: Montane Semi-Desert
Today we turn east and continue to climb “pole pole” (slowly, slowly) through increasingly rocky and barren terrain. We have lunch and ascend the rocky scree path to the Lava Tower (4630m). The trek now starts to become more difficult, as the trail steepens, and most hikers start to feel the effects of the altitude, such as weakness and lack of breath.
From the Lava Tower, we descend steeply for 2 hours down more than 600m into the Great Barranco Valley. This descent affords fantastic views and some great photo opportunities of the Western Breach and Breach Wall. You will also feel here the clear benefits of this acclimatization day as we lose altitude down to the camp.
Barranco Camp is set on a col (flat area) enclosed on three sides by the Breach Walls, and the Kibo massif itself.

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Machame, Machame, Kilimanjaro Region

BARRANCO CAMP TO BARAFU CAMP (B, L, D)
Hiking Time: 7-8 hrs
Total Distance: 13km
Starting Altitude: 3950m
Final Altitude: 4550m
Habitat: Alpine Desert
Today we tackle the Great Barranco Wall – an imposing face above your camp. A steady climb up the eastern wall takes us just below the Heim Glacier, where we may have some awesome views of Kilimanjaro.
Our trail continues down into the Karanga Valley, and then joins up with the Mweka route – our descent trail. In this valley, your porters will stop to collect water, as there will be none further up. Here the temperature will grow colder as we follow the trail climbing through this empty and dry landscape up to Barafu Camp. The two peaks Kibo and Mawenzi can been seen from our camp. Barafu is the Swahili word for “ice”, and the camping area is on a ridge in a narrow and exposed flat area. Here there are ever-present gale winds that come off the mountain peaks.

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Machame, Machame, Kilimanjaro Region

: BARAFU CAMP TO SUMMIT TO MWEKA CAMP. HIKING TIME: 7 HRS TO SUMMIT, 7-8HRS DESCENT
Total Distance: 7km to summit, 23km descent
Starting Altitude: 4550m
Summit Altitude: 5895m – Uhuru Peak
Final Altitude: 3100m
Habitat: Stone Scree, ice capped summit, Alpine desert
Today you will be woken at approximately in time to leave camp by around 12am, and after a warm drink and a light snack, you will begin the most difficult though most rewarding day of the trek – your hike up to the top of Africa. Climbing through the dark, you will ascend northwest on rough scree passing between the Rebmann and Tarzel glaciers. After approximately 6 hours of slow but strenuous hiking, you will reach the rim of the main crater, Stella Point, at 5685m.

Duration: 1 day

Stop At: Mweka, Tanzania

DESCENT – MWEKA CAMP TO MWEKA GATE TO MOSHI (B, L, D)
Hiking Time: 4-5 hrs
Total Distance: 12km
Starting Altitude: 3100m
Final Altitude: 1980m
Habitat: Montane Rain Forest
At a much lower altitude than the last few mornings, today you will wake up full of oxygen and ready to descend the short hike to the Mweka Gate. Enjoy the forest on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and upon arrival at the Mweka gate, successful hikers will receive their summit certificates (gold for Uhuru Peale, Green for Stella point). From the Mweka Gate you will continue down into the Mweka village for lunch, normally a muddy 1 hour hike. Upon arrival to Moshi in the afternoon, relax, or have that much-deserved shower and congratulatory beverage.

Duration: 1 day