Kilimanjaro National Park Day Trip

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The most memorable trip. Your trip to Tanzania!

Tour Overview

You will be picked up from Arusha or Moshi and driven to the Marangu Gate of the Kilimanjaro National Park. Here you will meet your guide. Before the hike can start, the guide will help you to register with the National Park Rangers. Here is also the main administration for the Kilimanjaro Park and there are many information boards with interesting background information about the 5895 meter high mountain and its first ascent in 1889 by the German Hans Meyer and his Chagga Guide Yohani Kinyala Lauwo. After about an hour and a half’s walk, you cross a small bridge over a river and follow the forest path upwards. As far as the bird life is concerned, you will certainly notice the large, black and white feathered silver-cheeked hornbills every now and then. Especially pretty is the Hartlaubs Turako, which belongs to the family of cuckoo birds.

Sometimes you can spot it in the undergrowth, because its wings light up like a scarlet flame between the lianas. The path is also covered with root dwarf and is a bit slippery when it has rained. The small crater of this former volcano can be walked around in a few minutes. From here you have a great view of the surroundings, with clear view down to the valley and the town of Taveta, the Jipe Lake and the mountain ranges of the Pare and Usambara Mountains. Depending on your preference, the specially trained mountain guide will take you on a leisurely hike with a visit to a small waterfall or on a strenuous and challenging tour past Mandara Hut to the high Hormbo Hut. In the early afternoon you will start your way back and will be picked up in the early evening at Marangu Gate.

Inclusions

  • Pick up from / drop off   (at any hotel 
  • Transport and game drives in modified 4 x 4 Land Cruiser with a photographic roof hatch
  • The services of a professional English speaking safari tour guide
  • All game drives as mentioned in the itinerary
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Exclusions

  • International Flights
  • All items of a personal nature
  • Gratuities for safari guide and lodge staff (please tip separately)
  • Travel insurance if needed
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