A guide and a mountain support crew will arrive at the hotel in the morning in order to meet you and hold another briefing, after which you will travel by vehicle (roughly 3–4 hours) to Kilimanjaro National Park's western entrance: Londorossi Gate (2,200 m).

After the quick formality of acquiring climbing permits and registering with the search and rescue service, the group will start trekking towards the first camp of the route: Mti Mkubwa Camp (2,780 m).

Raincoats are necessary on this day in particular, as you will be walking through the rainforest. By the time you reach the camp, our professional mountain crew will prepare everything necessary, put up tents, and cook lunch for you. After lunch, the group will depart on an acclimatization hike towards Shira 1 Camp, which features a 300-meter gain in altitude, after which you will hike back down to Mti Mkubwa Camp, where a hot dinner will be waiting.

Note: The acclimatization hike is an easy trek with a slight gain in altitude in order to speed up the acclimatization process. You should take the acclimatization hikes very seriously. They help increase your chances of successfully summiting Kilimanjaro and save you from the consequences of altitude sickness. 

➔ Main Destination: Kilimanjaro National Park. 

➔ Accommodation:  Mti Mkubwa Camp 

➔ Meals & Drinks:  Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

An early wakeup, breakfast, and a gradual trek upwards until 3,500 meters; at that point, for the first time you will be able to see stunning views of Shira Plateau and Kibo Volcano. On the whole, the passage from Mti Mkubwa Camp to the second high-altitude Shira 1 Camp (3,505 m) is rather easy and takes about 5–6 hours.

This will allow you to start the acclimatization process gradually, which is a mainstay of good trekking. When you reach the camp, your team of specialists will cook you lunch, and you will have the chance to rest in your tent or walk around the nearby area. 

➔ Main Destination: Kilimanjaro National Park 

➔ Accommodation:  Shira 1 Camp 

➔ Meals & Drinks:  Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

Departing from Shira 1 Camp (3,505 m) and a light trekking towards the second high-altitude camp, Shira 2 Camp (3,900 m). This trek is not difficult, and you will be able to enjoy spectacular views of Africa and the unique flora of Kilimanjaro and the surrounding area. Shira 2 Camp is the best place on the trip to see Mount Meru (the fifth summit of Africa), weather permitting.

When you arrive to camp, you will have lunch, and after a two-hour rest, everyone will complete an acclimatization hike towards Lava Tower Camp, which features a 300-meter gain in altitude. 

➔ Main Destination: Kilimanjaro National Park  

➔ Accommodation:  Shira 2 Camp 

➔ Meals & Drinks:  Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

After breakfast you will leave Shira 2 Camp (3,900 m) and start your way to the key point of the route: Lava Tower (4,630 m). This section of the route has a lot of ascents and descents that end in a camp at over 4,600 meters. It might be difficult, and you may feel some discomfort, but in order to successfully acclimate to the altitude you have to spend at least 1–2 hours here, so this is where lunch will be.

You can see the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro from Barranco Camp (3983m). It's a stirring backdrop to the campsite, and its high snows are a contrast to the bare, dry landscape that surrounds you here, high above the tree line. Barranco lies along a number of climbing routes, including the popular Machame Route, so there are always lots of people in camp 

➔ Main Destination: Kilimanjaro National Park 

➔ Accommodation:  Barranco Camp  

➔ Meals & Drinks: All meals included

Early wakeup, breakfast and the start of summiting Barranco Wall (we recommend you leave the camp as early as possible to avoid crowds of the other groups). Hiking up the gorge wall is not difficult and only takes around an hour. After the climb you can have a rest and take photos in front of the Kibo volcano.

Then you start a more difficult hike to Karanga Camp, which features numerous ascents and descents during the route, but don't worry: our guides are experts at choosing an optimal pace for the group. After reaching the camp you will be offered warm lunch. After a couple of hours, you will have to complete an acclimatization hike in the direction of Barafu Camp with a 200-meter gain in altitude, and then descent back down to the camp.

Landscapes of austere beauty surround you and the oxygen is pretty thin at Karanga Camp, which lies high on Mt Kilimanjaro at an altitude of 3995m. You're well above the treeline here, in a terrain known as an alpine desert. The summit is clearly visible high above you, there's plenty of space to pitch your tent, and there are always many other climbers around with whom to swap stories 

➔ Main Destination: Kilimanjaro National Parks

➔ Accommodation:  Karanga Camp 

➔ Meals & Drinks: All meals included

In the morning after breakfast you begin your way to Barafu Summit Camp (4,640 m), the starting point for a night summiting Uhuru Peak (5,895 m). Our team will set up a camp for you ahead of time, including tents and sleeping bags, so you can relax.

After regaining strength, you have to complete an acclimatization hike towards the intermediate Kosovo Summit Camp (4,800 m) and then back to Barafu Camp, where you will be served a hot dinner. It is better to spend the remainder of the day resting and sleeping before night summiting.

When you stay at Barafu Camp, at an altitude of 4681m on Mt Kilimanjaro, you're surrounded by a landscape where nothing grows and the views extend out across the mountain's high and treeless valleys. 'Barafu' means 'ice' in Swahili and it's always cold up here, as well as beautiful. Enjoy talking with the other climbers who've reached this milestone. 

➔ Main Destination: Kilimanjaro National Parks

➔ Accommodation:  Barafu Camp    

➔ Meals &  Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

Stand on Africa's highest point (5895m) when you make it all the way to Uhuru Peak. The summit of Mt Kilimanjaro looks out from the Kibo crater rim, and the views go deep down into Kenya and Tanzania. Admire the glaciers and enjoy that feeling of achievement.

Rest your weary legs at Millennium Camp and enjoy the sense of achievement and the company of other travelers. 

➔ Main Destination: Kilimanjaro National Park 

➔ Accommodation:  Millennium Camp 

➔ Meals &  Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

Extra time in Moshi lets you experience life in a provincial Tanzanian town with all the street energy and infrastructure you’ll need. 

➔ Main Destination: Moshi  

➔ Accommodation: Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel  

➔ Meals & Drinks:  Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

Explore one of Tanzania’s most rewarding national parks, a land of big baobab trees, big elephants and big cats. No wonder this ends up being the favorite park in Tanzania for many visitors. Sightings of wildebeest, giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, baboons, vervet monkeys and zebras are also almost guaranteed. Lions are plentiful here – Tarangire is home to one of Tanzania’s healthiest lion populations.

While you’ll have to work a little harder to see a cheetah or leopard, it will only enhance your excitement when you do. You can also look forward to classic safari scenery – savannah plains, river woodlands and rocky hills. 

 ➔ Main Destination:  Tarangire National Park
➔ Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
➔ Meals & Drinks: All meals included 

You’ll never forget the time you spend in the Serengeti. Perhaps it will be the sightings of leopard and cheetah as they show their skills as feared hunters of the plains and valleys. Or that unforgettable moment when an elephant family feeds alongside your vehicle, so close you could almost reach out and touch them. Or the first time you hear a lion roar. Then there are the herds of buffalo, zebra or wildebeest so large that they move as one across your horizon, like a river. All of these experiences are possible in the Serengeti, one of the most beautiful parks in Africa.

Day 11, Ngorongoro Highlands Enjoy cool temperatures, forest wildlife (including elephants, buffaloes and leopards), and fine views of craters and mountains when you visit the Ngorongoro Highlands.

Activity Day 11
➔ Transfer by Road, Marera Valley Lodge to Ngorongoro Highlands
➔ You'll love the chance to get to know the Maasai when we take you on a visit to the community in Ngorongoro Highlands.
➔ Come with us as we take you to your next destination, but we'll also go looking for wildlife along the way.
➔ You'll get to know Serengeti National Park in the best possible way on a guided game drive. Led by an expert guide, you'll drive out across the park's famous savannahs to look for the incredible wildlife (big cats, elephants and more) that calls the park home

Activities Day 12
➔ You'll be joining us in Serengeti National Park for a guided game drive. It's a fantastic opportunity to see some of the animals you came so far to see.

Afternoon
➔ We'll take you to enjoy the sunset and a sundowner at one of our favorite places in Serengeti National Park. 

 ➔ Main Destination:  Serengeti National Park
➔ Accommodation:  Embalakai Camp
➔ Meals & Drinks:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Drinking water Non-alcoholic drinks 

Strung out in the shadow of the Rift Valley escarpment, that great fracture in the earth’s surface that divides Africa in two, Lake Manyara is one of Tanzania’s more unusual parks. Here you’ll certainly see the elephants for which the park is famous, and, if you’re really lucky, one of the park’s equally wellknown tree-climbing lions.

There’s also a lake filled with wading birds, plenty of olive baboons, and dense forests that make you feel that exciting animals could emerge from the trees at any moment. It’s a wonderful chance to mark the transition between the lower plains and the Crater Highlands (with Ngorongoro Crater) away to the west.

This marks the end of your safari in Tanzania. We hope that you have enjoyed your trip and that you're already planning your next safari. 

 ➔Destination: Lake Manyara National Park

 ➔Accommodation: Lake Manyara Serena lodge

 ➔ Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch Drinking water Non-alcoholic drinks 

This marks the end of your safari in Tanzania. We hope that you have enjoyed your trip and that you're already planning your next safari.

➔ Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & Lunch