14-Day Mount Kilimanjaro Climb and Tanzania Safari via Rongai

• Airport pick up and transfer to your hotel in Moshi.

Overnight accommodation in Moshi, including breakfast.

Time: 3-4hrs / Distance: 6.5km / Altitude Gain: 700m

• Pick up from your hotel and drive to Marangu Gate. On reaching Marangu Gate (1843m), complete park registration and continue driving to Nalemoru Gate (1950m), where you will meet your crew and begin your 6-day ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro.
• Enjoy a hot lunch at Nalemoru Gate. You will then start the trek along a winding path crossing maize fields before entering a dense, mist-covered forest area where blue monkeys, black-and-white colobus monkeys, and bush babies can be spotted.
• The trek takes about 3-4 hours to reach Simba Camp (2650m), where you will spend the night.

Time: 6-7hrs / Distance: 9km / Altitude gain: 950m

• After breakfast, the trek continues up towards Kibo, passing Second Cave for a stop and a hot lunch, then continuing on to Kikelewa Caves Camp (3600m) through a more open landscape of short moorland and heather vegetation.
• There will be better chances of seeing Kibo Peak, the summit peak. If you are lucky, you may also spot jackals and sometimes buffaloes. You will spend the night at Kikelewa Cave.

Time: 3-4hrs / Distance: 6km / Altitude gain: 370m

• After breakfast, begin the trek to Mawenzi Tarn Hut at 4,330m.
• A short incline through grassy slopes leads to a tangible sense of wilderness. You will leave the short vegetation behind and enter a low desert area before reaching your camp at Mawenzi Tarn Hut, where you will have a hot lunch and spend the rest of the day resting, or you may take a short excursion for acclimatization.
• This is approximately a 3- to 4-hour trek covering a distance of 6km.

Time: 4-5hrs / Distance: 9km / Altitude Gain: 370m

• The route becomes gradually steeper and rockier as you leave Mawenzi Tarn Hut.
• You will head up through a stark landscape to 'The Saddle' - the broad lava-stone ridge - between Mawenzi and Kibo. Stunning views of the upper reaches of Kilimanjaro can be seen before arriving at Kibo Hut (4703m), where you will have a hot meal in the afternoon, enjoy a relaxing evening, and go to bed early so you are well rested to start hiking at midnight for your final ascent to the summit.

Time: 6-8hrs ascent, 5-6hrs descent / Distance: 5km ascent, 15km descent / Altitude Gain: 1195m, Altitude loss: 2195m

• Setting off at midnight for the summit, this is the longest and most demanding day of the entire trek. The trail follows a long scree slope past Hans Meyer Cave and then turns into a single-file zigzag.
• A short rocky path requiring some scrambling leads to Gillman's Point, situated on the crater rim at 5685m. This part of the hike is very steep and is the most challenging section of the route.
• Once you reach Gillman's Point, it is another two hours to Uhuru Peak (5895m), the highest point in Africa.
• Once there, all your hard work will feel more than worth it as you are rewarded with a spectacular sunrise over ice fields and the Mawenzi peaks.
• We will spend a short time at Uhuru Peak before starting the descent to Kibo Hut for a break and a short rest. We will then continue to Horombo Hut for your last night on Kilimanjaro and a very well-earned sleep.

Time: 5-6hrs / Distance: 20km / Altitude loss: 1900m

• After breakfast, descend to Marangu Gate, retracing your steps past Mandara Hut, back through the magnificent rainforest, and finally reaching Marangu Gate.
• Once at the gate, you will receive your summit certificates, enjoy a short celebration with your porters, and be driven back to your hotel, where you can have a hot shower, rest, and maybe even enjoy a Kilimanjaro beer or two.

Overnight accommodation in Moshi, including breakfast.

• Today your driver-guide will give you a briefing on what to expect during your following 5-day safari.
• You will also have a walking tour of Moshi and get to learn more about the local traditions and culture.

Overnight accommodation in Moshi, including breakfast.

• Early in the morning, drive from Moshi to Tarangire National Park, a journey of approximately 4 hours. Once at the gate, you will register and begin your mid-morning game drive. Tarangire National Park contains a range of different habitats, from grasslands and woods to low hills, scrub, and swampland in the south.
• Tarangire lies southeast of Lake Manyara and is well known as the home of elephants, where it is not unusual to hear of hundreds of sightings in a day. It is also home to the mystical baobab trees, the elephants' favorite food. Other wildlife includes waterbucks, impalas, wildebeest, zebra, and buffalo.
• The predators most commonly spotted here are lions and hyenas.
• You will also see the stunning birds of East Africa, from the Fire Finch to the African Fish Eagle. The Tarangire River cuts through the park and connects to Lake Burunge in the west; it is the key to life in the dry season, when much of the migration congregates here.
• We will stop at one of the many viewpoints in the park for a picnic lunch, then continue with an afternoon game drive.

Overnight and dinner at Haven Nature Campsite - camping.

• After breakfast at the lodge, drive through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards the Serengeti plains, a journey of approximately 4-5 hours. As you transit through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the opportunities for game viewing are endless.
• The Serengeti is one of Tanzania's oldest and largest national parks, covering an area of 14,763 square kilometres. The park is a World Heritage Site, with the earth's largest concentration of plains game - mainly wildebeest and zebra - which are especially abundant during the annual migration.
• The population of plains game also includes buffalo, giraffe, and warthog, as well as a wide range of antelopes including Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, dik-dik, bushbuck, eland, and impala.
• Apart from Ngorongoro, the Serengeti is one of the best places to see predators in action. Predators here include large clans of hyenas, lion prides, cheetahs, and the hardest to spot, leopards.
• We will have a picnic lunch in the park before an afternoon game drive and then head to the lodge.

Overnight and dinner at Nyani Campsite - camping.

• After an early breakfast, begin a full day's game viewing in the north of the Serengeti. This is the best time to enjoy excellent wildlife viewing, as the animals wake and head out into the day.
• In addition to the wildlife already mentioned, you may be lucky enough to see other scavengers, including jackals and vultures. There are also some 520 bird species to be spotted, including storks, ostriches, and many more.
• We will enjoy a picnic lunch and continue with a full afternoon and early evening game drive.

Overnight and dinner at Nyani Campsite - camping.

• After an early breakfast, we will enjoy an early morning game drive. This is the best time to get excellent views of the animals as they wake and head out into the day.
• In addition to the wildlife mentioned above, you may be lucky enough to see other scavengers, including jackals and vultures. There are also some 520 bird species to be spotted, including storks, ostriches, and many more.
• After the morning game drive, leave the Serengeti and head back through the Ngorongoro Conservation Area towards the crater.
• You will have plenty of opportunity for further game viewing en route.

Overnight and dinner at Simba Campsite - camping.

• We will have breakfast at the lodge before descending into the 600-meter-deep crater. The crater has a 19-kilometre diameter, making it one of the world's largest unbroken and unflooded calderas.
• The park covers approximately 300 square kilometres, where the landscape ranges from lush rainforest on the rim to bush savanna and acacia woodland.
• Ngorongoro is home to the highly endangered black rhino and the largest herds of wildebeest, zebra, and buffalo.
• Predators also live in the crater, and there is plenty of opportunity to spot a hunt. The predators found here include lions, hyenas, cheetahs, jackals, and serval cats.
• We will enjoy a picnic lunch before leaving the crater, where plenty of wildlife can still be spotted. In the late afternoon, we will begin the drive back to Moshi.

Overnight accommodation in Moshi, including breakfast.

• Pick up from your hotel in Moshi and transfer to the airport for your departure flight.