5 days Kilimanjaro hike and Serengeti safari
5 days Kilimanjaro hike and Serengeti safari
5 days Kilimanjaro hike and Serengeti safari is a trip which will start with a hike on Mount Kilimanjaro which is the highest mountain in Africa. After your hike on Mount Kilimanjaro, you will engage in a wildlife safari to the Ngorongoro conservation area where you will explore the Ngorongoro crater and search for the various wildlife species and also enjoy seeing flamingos and other birds.
You will also visit the famous Serengeti national park during your safari and enjoy a full day game viewing experience around the park’s vast savannah plains in search of wildlife like the big 5.
Day 1: Pick up, Kilimanjaro Hike
You shall be met by your guide in Arusha or Moshi town, and then proceed for a transfer to the foothills of Kilimanjaro Mountain, the highest free standing mountain in the world, and the highest mountain in Africa. You shall proceed to embark on a hike of the Marangu route, which will take you 6 hours to ascend and descend. After, you shall be driven to Moshi town from where you shall have dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Bristol Cottages
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area
After a having breakfast at the lodge, your guide will drive you to the Ngorongoro crater where you will visit the world’s largest in-active caldera and also enjoy the beautiful views around the destination.
You will search for various wildlife species such as cheetahs, wildebeests, zebras, antelopes, leopards, lions, buffalos, kudu and many others, including the famous African big five. After descending about 600 meters into the Ngorongoro crater, you will also enjoy seeing flamingos in the Ngorongoro crater as you enjoy a game drive and take photos. After the game drive, you shall head to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Karatu Tented Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: drive to Serengeti national park
You will have breakfast at your lodge ahead of your drive to Serengeti national park. you will engage in a game drive around the open savannah plains as you look out for wildlife species such as elephants, buffalos, kudu, impalas, elands, waterbucks, lions, leopards, rhinos, cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, wildebeests among others.
After the game drive you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation; Osinon camps and lodges.
Day 4; full day Serengeti national park
You will wake up for an early breakfast at your lodge ahead of a morning and afternoon game drive. You will engage in a morning game drive around Serengeti national park and look out for wildlife species like the big 5 such as elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos and rhinos as well as wildebeests, zebras, hippos, cheetahs, antelopes, giraffes, impalas, waterbucks among others.
After your morning game drive, you will have lunch and later engage in an afternoon game drive around the national park in search of more wildlife species. After your full day of wildlife viewing, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation; Osinon camps and lodges.
Day 5; drive to Arusha
On the last day of your safari, you will have breakfast ahead of your drive from Serengeti national park to Arusha where your guide will drop you off at the airport or your hotel in Arusha which will bring your safari to an end.
Price Includes;
- all day game drives as per itinerary
- accommodation for the duration of the safari
- 4×4 land cruiser safari vehicle
- Professional safari and tour guide / driver
- All national park fees
- All meals on the safari
- Crater fees
- Kilimanjaro hiking fees
- Drinking water in the safari vehicle
- Government taxes
Price excludes;
- Flights
- Items of personal nature (laundry, beverages, etc.)
- Any hotel accommodation before / after the safari
- Entry visas
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Any items not included in the itinerary
