11 Day Mt. Meru & Safari
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Highlights
- You will feel and enjoy the challenge of hiking mount Meru
- Mount Meru is within Arusha National Park so you will enjoy a walking safari viewing wildlife while trekking on your first day
- Visit Arusha town which is a gateway to the Northern Safari circuit
- Game drives in Tarangire, Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater
- Spot the ""big 5"" in a 4x4 specially built for safari
- Enjoy your evenings at the hotel
- Pick up from Arusha town and drop off at Arusha town or airport
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- Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport.
- Pick up from your hotel and drop off at the Same Location.
- Safari Lodges based on full board accommodation
- All Reserve and park entrance fee as per the itinerary
- The Ngorongoro crater entrance fee as per the Itinerary
- Service of an English-speaking driver guide (Tip not included)
- Game drive in an excellent safari build vehicle
- Complimentary drinking mineral water daily while on safari.
- Meals as per the Itinerary
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Itinerary
Accommodation: Green Mountain Hotel
Pick up from Kilimanjaro airport. Drive to your hotel in Arusha and check-in and drive into Arusha town to explore (it is free and optional - depending on your arrival time). Arusha City is situated at the foot of Mount Meru ...
We will pick you up from your house/lodge and drive to Momela Gate. After a short registration at the Gate our walk will begin with full armed ranger escorting us. Along the way we can see the wild animals including elephants, zebras, and giraffe, monkeys, antelope, and often buffalos along the route. We will overnight at Miriakamba Hut.
The walk from Miriakamba Hut to the saddle below Little Meru is a short day but a steep climb. The walk will take us slowly along the ridge for a spectacular view of the Meru Crater and the impressive Ash Cone. After hot lunch at Saddle Hut we can make a short climb to the summit of Little Meru (3,820m) for superb views just before sunset. We will overnight at Saddle Hut.
We start early at around 1:30 a.m. to climb steeply to Rhino Point (3,800 m.) and on to Cobra Point (4350m). We reach the summit (4,566 m) on time for sunrise where there is a possibility to see Kilimanjaro Peak above the clouds. The final part of the climb is along a...
Accommodation: Green Mountain Hotel
We take a short and fast descent way through open grassland and mixed forest, with possibility of seeing wildlife before reaching Momella Gate in the late morning. We will pick you up from Momela gate, drive to your hotel for overnight.
Accommodation: Fanaka Lodge
Pick up from your hotel after breakfast, and then drive to Tarangire National Park and do a morning game viewing. Have a picnic lunch then go for a game drive in the afternoon. The vast number of baobabs will catch your eye as you enter Tarangire National Park. The ge...
Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Lodge
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After breakfast, depart for Serengeti National park via the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. You will have time to stop at the Ngorongoro Crater “viewpoint”. You will continue to Serengeti National Park. Have an afternoon game drive in the park, and then stop at the picn...
After breakfast depart for game viewing in Serengeti National Park. Morning game drives on the North Western Serengeti plains with your lunch box or optionally we can come back for hot lunch. After picnic lunch, late afternoon games drive on the way to your hotel in the south - central part of Serengeti. We will overnight at Osero Serengeti Tented Camp in the park.
Accommodation: Eileen’s Trees Lodge
After breakfast, we will drive down the Ngorongoro Crater. Also known as the eighth wonder of the world, this heritage center shelters the most beautiful wildlife heaven on earth. Ngorongoro has over 20,000 large animals including some of Tanzania's last remaining bla...
After breakfast, we will pick you up and drive to Arusha town to explore or drive to Kilimanjaro International Airport for departure. This depends on your departure flight time.
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What's excluded
- Flight into Kilimanjaro and out of Kilimanjaro
- Internal flights from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar
- Extras at the lodges and hotel i.e. Drinks, Laundry service etc.
- Tips to driver guide
- Visa entry fee into Tanzania
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- Full board (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
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