Board Riverside shuttle bus or Davanu shuttle bus from Nairobi at 0800 hrs and proceed to Arusha arriving at 1300hrs. Depart for Moshi at 1400hrs arriving at 1530hrs. Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Moshi or (Pick up from Kilimanajaro airport and transfer to hotel in Moshi)
DAY 2 :
Machame Gate (1490m) - Machame camp (2980m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 18 km's
Habitat: Montane forest
Transfer from your hotel to the Kilimanjaro National Park gate at Machame. From here, you trek through the lush forest to Machame hut . Overnight stay at the camp.
DAY 3:
Machame camp (2980m) - Shira camp (3840m)
Hiking time: 6 hours
Distance: About 9 km's
Habitat: Moorland
Leave the forest. The path follows a steep ridge passing through open moorlands crossing a large gorge to reach Shira hut. Overnight stay at the camp
DAY 4:
Shira (3840m)-Lava Tower (4630m)-Barranco camp (3950m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 15 km's
Habitat: Semi desert
You turn Eastwards and continue ascending through the dry landscape before dropping again to reach Barranco hut . Overnight stay at the camp.
DAY 5:
Barranco camp (3950m)- Barafu camp (4550m)
Hiking time: 7 hours
Distance: About 13 km's
Habitat: Alpine desert
The path climbs steep out of the Barranco valley and crosses the Karanga valley, then turns North to reach Barafu Hut . Overnight stay at the camp.
DAY 6:
SUMMIT ATTEMPT
Barafu camp (4550m)-Uhuru Peak (5895m)-Mweka (3100m)
Hiking time: 8 hours to reach Uhuru Peak
7/8 hours to descend to Mweka
Distance: About 7 km's ascent - 23 km's descent
Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit
Along day with an early start to reach the crater, ream at the Stella point in time for sunrise, then to Uhuru peak , the highest point in Africa. After wards, descend to Gilman's point and down to Horombo hut. Over night, stay at the camp
DAY 7:
Descend down passing Mandara hut to the gate where you are transferred back to your hotel in Moshi for dinner and over night.
DAY 8:
After breakfast board shuttle bus
from your hotel and proceed to Nairobi
arriving late in the afternoon (6.30
PM).
Mara
Safaris, Kenya
Maasai Mara Game Reserve is widely considered
to be Africa 's greatest wildlife reserve.
The Mara comprises 200 sq miles of open plains,
woodlands and riverine forest. More ...
Amboseli,
Kenya
Amboseli is renowned for its elephant populations
and large herds, including some impressively
tusked bulls are drawn to a series of large,
lush swamplands. More ..
Samburu,
Kenya
Samburu is noted for the presence of both
the Common Zebra and the far more rare Grevy's
Zebra. It's also home to Gerenuk, Beisa Oryx,
Reticulated Giraffe and a lot of crocodiles.
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Mt.
Kenya, Kenya
The mountain is an awe-inspiring sight. Its
ragged series of peaks are crowned with snow,
and its slopes are thick with forest. While
the 5199 metre summit is a difficult technical
climb, the lesser peak of Point Lenana (4985m)
can be easily reached by any fit trekker. More ..
Ngorongoro,
Tanzania
Ngorongoro is famous around the globe as an
echo of Eden. It is a 12-mile (19 km) wide
volcanic crater, ringed with towering walls
and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh
springs, a large lake, and a dazzling abundance
of animals of all sorts. More
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Serengeti,
Tanzania
The Serengeti is undoubtedly the greatest
national park in Tanzania, if not the whole
of Africa. It is such a vast and varied eco-system,
with such a wealth of wildlife and landscape
that it is somewhere that people return to
time and time again. More ..
Mount
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest freestanding
peak in the world and the highest mountain
in Africa. For the adventurous, a climb of
Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the things in
life that you just must do. A trek through
the mists of equatorial jungle and the summit's
steep approaches is richly rewarded by the
breathtaking views from the top. More
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Bwindi,
Uganda
Bwindi is situated in the southwestern corner
of the country, Bwindi Forest is home to 330
of the 600 mountain gorillas left in the world.
Experienced trackers and armed rangers lead
the way up through dense undergrowth and inhospitable
volcanic terrain. More
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Tel: +254-20-3745885, +254-725-938735,
P O Box 5147-00506, Nairobi, Kenya
