DAY 1: ARRIVE AT KILIMANJARO AIRPORT

Arrive at the Kilimanjaro International Airport. You will be met by our guide at the Airport and transferred to the hotel in Moshi.
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy
Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast.

DAY 2:  RELAX DAY

After a long flight, this day you will relax at your hotel and spend the day stroll around or you can  walk to this small town of Moshi with view of the mountain is as good as it reveals. We will gather in the late  afternoon for a pre-climb briefing and an equipment check.

Meal Plan:  Breakfast
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy

DAY 3: MOSHI-MACHAME CAMP

A one-hour drive from Moshi  to the gate to  of the Machame route, where you will complete park formalities, meet your crew of porters and start to climb! The first section of the route climbs steadily and involves real jungle bashing through magnificent forest.
This path is less well trodden and is often wet and muddy underfoot. Camping at Machame Hut (3100m).
Trekking Time: 4-6 hours
Distance: 9 km
Altitude Gain: 1210 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Machame Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)

DAY 4:  MACHAME HUT – SHIRA CAVES

The route continues on up through the forest until reaching the steep ascent on the Shira Plateau,where there are rewarding views of the mountain. Looking back, you will be able to see Mt. Meru rising high above Arusha town. Camping at Shira Caves (3840 m).
Trekking Time: 4-6 hours
Distance: 5 km
Altitude Gain: 740 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Shira Caves
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)

 DAY 5: SHIRA CAVES – BARRANCO CAMP

Walking now on high moorland, the landscape changes the entire character of the trek. You will traverse the southwest side of Kilimanjaro, passing underneath the Lava Tower and the final section of the Western Breach, finally reaching Barranco Camp (3900 m). The day has been spent at altitude (up to 4600 m), but you will have followed the mountaineering code of ‘walk high, sleep low’ to avoid altitude sickness by aiding your bodies in acclimatization.
Trekking Time: 6 – 7 hours
Distance: 10 km
Altitude Gain: 60 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Barranco Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)

DAY 6: BARRANCO CAMP – KARANGA VALLEY

Start the day by descending into the start of the Great Barranco, a huge ravine. Then exit steeply, up what has been termed the Breakfast Wall, which divides you from the southeastern slopes of Kibo. It is a climb over rocks, although not technical. Passing underneath the Heim and Kersten glaciers, head towards the Karanga Valley (4000 m) for overnight.
Trekking Time: 4-5 hours
Distance: 5 km
Altitude Gain: 100 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Karanga Valley
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)

DAY 7: KARANGA VALLEY – BARAFU CAMP

The day is characterized by a short hike on terrain formed by scree. Walk through arid land towards Barafu Camp (4600 m) where you have the entire afternoon to rest before ascending
towards the summit.
Trekking Time: 2-4 hours
Distance: 4 km
Altitude Gain: 600 m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Barafu Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)

DAY 8: BARAFU CAMP – UHURU PEAK – MILLENNIUM CAMP

We avoid walking too long in the heat of the sun today by starting around midnight, walking steeply upwards to the summit glaciers. You will be climbing scree for 5 to 6 hours but you gain incredible height over a short distance. The views are spectacular. You should be on the crater rim at Stella Point (5750 m) as the first rays of the sun emerge. Spectacular ice cliffs within the crater surround you and the views to Mawenzi peak and beyond are breathtaking. Another hour’s walk takes you to your goal, the summit of Uhuru (5896 m), the highest point; Uhuru means freedom in Swahili.
Trekking Time: 6-8 hours

Distance: 7 km

Altitude Gain: 1296 m.

After a quick celebration and photos at the top, you will begin the descent by returning to Stella Point and then descending on scree slope back to Barafu Camp for breakfast and a short rest before finally heading down to Millennium Camp (3000 m) for a well-earned rest. On the descent, you will have fabulous views of the plains and Mawenzi peak.
Trekking Time: 6-8 hours
Distance: 12 km
Altitude Loss: 289m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Millennium Camp
Room plan: Double Occupancy (2 people will share 1 tent)

DAY 9:  MILLENNIUM CAMP – MOSHI

A gentle trek takes you down through the rainforest to the Mweka Gate (1640 m), where park formalities will be completed, you will be met by our vehicles, and receive your certificate of
ascent courtesy of the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority. Thereafter, drive back to Moshi where you can treat yourself to a well-earned shower and a cold beer or two.
Trekking Time: 4-5 hours
Distance: 10 km
Altitude Loss: 1360m.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy

DAY 10: CHARITY DAY IN MOSHI

This day all women will visit some projects which Eco-Africa Climbing support.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy

DAY 11: DEPARTURE DAY IN TANZANIA

We will transfer you from the hotel to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where you will fly back home.

Meal Plan: Breakfast.

EXTENSION SAFARI  ITINERARY FOR THOSE LADY WHO WILL OPT FOR THE 4 DAYS SAFARI

DAY 11: MOSHI to SERENGETI  NATIONAL PARK

Today we will start by driving from Moshi to the Serengeti National Park crossing the Masaai Steppe and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, entering the Serengeti via Naabi Hill Gate. The afternoon will be spent doing game drives in Serengeti until late afternoon when you will drive and check in to Tented Safari Camp , for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Embalakai Authentic Tented Camp or Similar Safari Lodge
Room plan: Double Occupancy

DAY 12: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK FULL DAY

Wake up for a full day of game drives in the Serengeti plains with picnic lunch taken at one of the designated sites, or if you wish you can do an early morning game drive then go back to the lodge/tented camp for breakfast then relax until in the afternoon. You can then go for a sunset game drives in the endless plain.

Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Embalakai Authentic Tented Camp or Similar Safari Lodge
Room plan: Double Occupancy

DAY 13:SERENGETI TO NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA 

Area After breakfast in the morning, we drive back slowly through the Central Serengeti with game viewing on the way until Naabi Hill Gate where we check out of the Serengeti National Park. We will drive to the Ngorongoro Crater Rim. You will have a chance to visit the Olduvai Gorge or Maasai Village (at extra costs) if you wish. After arriving at Rhino Lodge drive to the starting point on the Crater rim about 5 kilometers from Rhino Lodge. The walk is along the Western rim of the Crater past the Oloirobi viewpoint. There are patches of forest, to begin with, and later it opens up into thicket and grassland, giving beautiful views down into the Crater on your right and eventually equally good views towards Olduvai Gorge, the Serengeti and the Gol mountains to your left. This is an easy-paced walk with no arduous climbs, just a few short gradients. It lasts about 2 hours and can be done at any time of day.

Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Rhino  Lodge
Room plan: Double Occupancy

DAY 14: NGORONGORO CRATER DRIVE BACK TO MOSHI

Very early morning we drive down the Ngorongoro Crater walls to the Crater floor where we will spend the better part of the day doing game drives in this 8th wonder of the world also referred to as the Eden of Africa. Here we will get the chance to spot the animals that we might have missed at Serengeti with a little luck you can spot the Big 5 that is; Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Buffaloes, and Rhinos, in a single day’s game drive. Later in the afternoon, we shall drive back to Hotel in Moshi where your safari ends.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Panama Garden Resort
Room plan: Double Occupancy

DAY 15: DEPARTURE DAY

We will transfer you from the hotel to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) where you will fly back home.if you will have more time you can extend to Zanzibar, but additional cost will be required.

Meal Plan: Breakfast

Meal Plan: Breakfast,