17 days / 16 nights Itinerary

Day 1: Europe – Kilimanjaro

Whether from Madrid, Amsterdam, Frankfurt or Zurich the agency is responsible for con- firming the flight to Doha -Dar es Salaam – Kilimanjaro Airport during the afternoon, night and next morning with Qatar Airlines.

Day 2: Kilimanjaro-Airport, TANZANIA – Marangu, 1600 m

During the day we will land at Kilimanjaro Airport, Tanzania. From the airport you can al- ready see our goal, the beautiful Kilimanjaro. We are warmly welcomed by Africans with a welcome drink.
We are finally here! The jeeps are loaded and we will travel about 2hrs to Marangu, at the foot at Kilimanjaro base. A beautiful village, with a fabulous microclimate. In our hotel we will relax and we will have time to plan the following days.

Day 3: Marangu, 1600 m

Acclimatization day in Marangu, luggage distribution (organize stuff for Safari and Zanzi- bar vs. what goes to Kilimanjaro). We will make a walk by the town, we will visit a market, we will know more about the culture and we will have time to rest.

Day 4: Marangu, 1600 m – Mandara-Hut, 2750 m

After breakfast the adventure begins. Many expectations for the first day. We are driven on a 30min trip to the national park. Here we complete the registration that takes about 2hrs. All the porters prepare their loads with expedition food, etc. Then, the’re weighed by a judge. Meanwhile there is a lot to see. We will have a souvenir store with maps, post- cards, books and a lot of information. We will enter the park. We will have 4 hours of walking with a distance of 8km along subtropical trails. In the afternoon we will arrive at MANDARA Hut 2750mt, height of Quito.

Day 5: Mandara-Hut – Horombo-Hut, 3718 m

We leave the subtropical forest and abruptly enter a new vegetation full of grasslands, frailejones, flowers and endless valleys. A 12km stage awaits us today. You can see it in every corner that we are in Africa: the staff’s, porters and guides’ joy. Never missing a smile and a joke. In the afternoon we will arrive at Horombo known as the base camp of Kiliam- jaro, a city of wooden houses where we will stay a total of 2 nights on the ascent and one on the descent.

Day 6: Horombo – Hut

Acclimatization day. A recommended walk will be organized to acclimatize the body prop- erly for those who like. The goal is to reach the viewpoint of Kilimanjaro at 4400m, a breathtaking view of the Kibo desert and its imposing mountain. On the way we will see the emblematic “Zebra Rocks”, colorful rocks with natural dye by erosion. We will go down back to Horombo to rest. This will be a morning activity, so we will be back to lunch at Horombo.

Day 7: Horombo-Hut- Kibo-Hut, 4703 m

10km across the emblematic Kibo desert. The landscape changes every meter until you see nothing but sand and an endless valley. At the end of the valley is our last refuge, right at the base of the mountain. You can already feel the altitude, a very dry air with gusts of wind. The Kibo shelter has everything you need but it’s no longer a luxury, so we’ll have what we need. We will arrive in the afternoon, have dinner and at midnight our final ascent begins.

Day 8: Kibo-Hut – Uhuru Peak – Horombo-Hut

Finally the big day! Kilimanjaro has always been sold as an “easy” mountain but today it is not. A lot of gradient, sandy terrain, at times with hands on the rocks, with endless slopes, cold, etc. but that’s what we came for, to get to the top. Once we have reached the ridge and with the main summit on sight, we will have to wait 2 hours more until we reach it, but each step is worth it. Not in vain is considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, its colors at dawn, the craters, the horizon, its scarce but em- blematic glaciers, everything is a unique experience. The descent to the last refuge is hard, as soon as we get to the refuge we will pack up and descend to Horombo, where a wonderful dinner awaits us! It is the hardest day of all, we must be prepared, they are in total about 20km of travel with 1200 meters positive and almost 2200 m negative slopes.

Day 9: Horombo-Hut – Marangu

Last stage, 20km exit hike to the park gate. A nice African farewell party awaits us in our hotel. We have completed 70km in 6 days, many impressions on the roof of Africa. We will rest at the hotel in Marangu.
SAFARI

Day 10: Transfer Ngorongoro Crater

After a good breakfast we start our next stage of the tour, the safari! A ground trip in the famous jeeps will take us to Arusha for lunch. After lunch we will continue to Ngorongoro National Park. We will circle the crater along the ridge with the vehicle until we reach the other end to have the unique privilege of being able to enter the camp inside the reserve, a beautiful site just as in the movies. Here we will spend the night. Perhaps, we will have the most incredible night of the entire tour surrounded by wild animals and protected by authentic Masai.

Day 11: Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro crater is one of the largest volcanic craters in the world. It was formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed two or three million years ago. The caldera is a huge bowl with 600 meters high walls, covered with forests, plus a flat and fertile soil of about 260 km2 of extension. This particular natural world is orga- nized into several ecosystems – forests, savannas, lakes and marshes, salt ponds, arid lands… -, embedded in an area that does not exceed 20 kilometers in diameter. The crater
is home to some 25,000 animals of different species. After the box lunch at noon we will go to the Tarangire National Park where two luxu- rious nights await us in a resort with a swimming pool surrounded by nature and wild fauna.

Day 12: Tarangire National Park

Today we will spend the whole day in one of the national parks with the largest amount of elephants worldwide. We will also have time to use the pool, walk a little and enjoy the sunset enjoying it with a glass of wine.

Day 13- 16: Zanzibar

Enchanted beach, white sand, turquoise sea, 5 star hotel with open buffet, swimming pools everywhere, gym, animation, games, in short, paradise to end an unfor- gettable tour. We will stay 3 nights in this beautiful resort.

Day 16- 17: Zanzibar- Dar es Salaam- flight to Europe

We will still have all morning to enjoy this paradisiacal place. At noon we will be taken to the airport of Zanzibar and our flight will depart to Dar Es Salaam and then in the evening we will arrive to Europe on the morning of the 17th. End of the tour.