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4-Day Go on Safari and Hike Kilimanjaro - Comfort Tour

Overview

The 4-day and 3-night package has been designed for visitors with both interests in wildlife as well as hiking the highest mountain in Africa, but with limited time. This program takes you to Tarangire National Park (home of the elephants), the Ngorongoro Crater (home of the Big 5), as well as Lake Manyara National Park which is famous for its tree-climbing lions. Your trip will end up with the short but wonderful hike of Kilimanjaro. You stay in mid-range accommodations.

Itinerary

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

You’ll be collected from the airport.
Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1 Elephants Paradise - Tarangire National Park

Depart from Arusha at 07:30 am and head to Tarangire National Park. It takes only 2 to 2.5 hours (120km) to drive to the national park entrance. You will have almost 10 minutes for the washroom at the entrance while your guide completes the legal formalities at the park authority offices before the morning and afternoon game drives (lunch included).

Early in the evening after the game drive, you will exit the park and head to Africa Safari Lake Manyara for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:: Tarangire National Park

Day 2 Big 5 Home - Ngorongoro Crater

After breakfast, depart from the campsite and head to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. It takes 45 minutes to 1 hour (43 km) drive to reach the Ngorongoro entrance. While your guide completes the legal registration at the authority offices, you will have about 10 minutes to look around the area or use the washroom. After registration, your adventure to the Ngorongoro Crater begins. Enjoy a great game drive in the crater including lunch at the picnic site. Later, you will exit the park and return to Africa Safari Lake Manyara for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:: Ngorongoro Crater

Day 3 Lake Manyara National Park

Today is your final day in the wild where you will end up at Lake Manyara. After breakfast, leave the campsite and head to the park. A drive of almost 30 minutes (28km) will be enough to arrive at the park entrance.

After completing legal formalities, the morning game drive will begin. You will take your lunch at the picnic site before proceeding with the afternoon game drive till early evening. Later, you will exit the park and return to Arusha for dinner and overnight at Hotel Tulia Boutique.

Main Destination:: Lake Manyara National Park

Day 4 Roof of Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro

You will depart from the hotel at 06:00 am. Our driver will pick you up and head to Kilimanjaro National Park’s Marangu Gate (a drive of between 2.5 and 3 hours).

Breakfast will be served before starting your hike. After arrival, you will spend 10 minutes on registration, then you’ll start to climb. Walk through the rainforest to the Mandara encampment. A side trip to the Maundi Crater is a good way to see the surroundings including Northern Tanzania and Kenya. In the rainforest, look for towering eucalyptus trees, birdlife, and colobus monkeys.

After the trek, you will descend and head back to the airport in Nairobi or your hotel in Moshi or Arusha.

Main Destination:: Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
Accommodation:: No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
Non-alcoholic drinks

End of tour

Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
You’ll be dropped off at the airport.

Tip: You can get gears for rental

Tip: insurance recommend is one covering you to 6000m above the sea level as with this you are eligible for helicopter medical evacuation learn more

Tip: about the Kilimanjaro trail learn more

These prices include:

Transport to and from Moshi to the trail head
Kilimanjaro National Park permits, camping/hut fees, rescue fees (totaling 1165$ per person)
Value Added Tax (VAT) – 18% of the tour price
Expert guide, assistant guide, cook & porters
Bottled oxygen, for emergency rescue only. Other equipment’s with the guide, radios, oximeters for oxygen level checks
Four season, 3-person mountain tents, double occupancy
Sleeping pad, foam, 1.5 inches thick
Mess tents, tables, chairs, lanterns
Free storage of excess baggage not required on the mountain hike.
Fresh, nutritious meals on the mountain. (can be catered for vegetarian, vegan, gluten free & Halal)
Breakfast at hotel

Not included in price:

Airfare
Personal gear & equipment – packing list

Tips –tipping guideline
Private toilet at extra cost 150$ as will require an extra porter

Tip: a mobile power bank can be useful. As there are no chargers on the mount with exception to ranger posts which they will charge you 2$ for a go.

Price

-2450$ per person – we understand prices vary a lot from 1600$ – 5800$ learn why our price is a great deal & ethical (crew are fairly paid, as most companies’ exploit crew especially the hard working porters) – see price breakdown

Why should you consider companies paying porters fairly, example? Porters categorically are low income individuals, porters are hired per hike, porters carry 20kg along with about 5 – 8kg of their personal gear up the mountain, at higher altitude last camp porter will descend to the previous camp to take water supply, for all this work the minimum required wage by law is 10$ a day but companies will exploit porters mostly to price compete. With us porters are paid fairly & when you tip, its received as a tip & not a wage correction you are not aware of. & we recommend tipping as it goes a long way in the daily lives of the crew.

See crew size & roles to understand on our crew size

Booking terms

Booking is with 10% deposit – 245$ per person which can be paid online via card or by bank transfer, final payment 90% is expected on arrival in cash preferably USD (Euro, Gbp & Tshs also accepted). Card payments will have a 3.5% surcharge

Online payment link below

https://payments.pesapal.com/safarisolestours

Bank transfer details

Bank account – Safari soles company ltd

Bank – NMB BANK PLC

Branch name – Arusha business center

Account number – 42810007704

Bic/ swift code – NMIBTZTZ

Currency – USD

Note: Our Tanzania banks don’t use IBAN in place of Iban use the account number

Cancellation policy

Fully flexible cancelation policy is maintained on circumstance of cancelation as a result of multiplier effects of COVID crisis) Meaning we now offer a fully flexible cancellation policy.

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