Kilimanjaro Day Trips

DAY TOUR KILIMANJARO HIKE MARANGU ROUTE

This is an amazing opportunity to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to the first camp .This is suitable for everyone. You will familiarize yourself with mountain climbing while enjoying the beautiful scenery on the way up to Mandara Camp, Marangu Gate (6000ft) 1879 m to Mandara Hut (9000 ft) 2720 M.

Tour Plan

Early in the morning you will meet your guide at the hotel in Moshi and depart to Marangu Gate. Registration and other formalities must be cleared at the Marangu Gate office.

Begin the walk up to Mandara hut, approximately 4-5 hours.

Pole pole (slowly) walking is the key to giving you the maximum time for pleasure and learning while passing through the dense and humid forest, which is full of birdlife and Colobus Monkeys. Enjoy the opportunity of visiting Maundi Crater for a spectacular view of Lake Jipe and the plains of Pare and Usambara. Don’t Hurry! After lunch at the camp descend back to Marangu Gate.

Kilasia waterfall is one of the physical features found in the slopes of MountKilimanjaro national park on the country side of Marangu. The source of water comes from the glacier on top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The area is surrounded by stunning green land scape consisting of a huge variety of plants including banana and coffee plantations.

Location

The waterfall is located in Moshi district at Marangu which is a 40 minutes’ drive from Moshi town. At this point, you can have a very fantastic view of Mount Kilimanjaro (if weather permits).

Attractions

Kilasia waterfall has a variety of attractions which are natural, man-made and even cultural attractions that are found as you are headed to the waterfall. These include the beautiful landscape and weather of Marangu, coffee plantations, botanical gardens and the waterfalls and valleys. Also at some point, it is possible to spot black and white colobus monkeys, tropical birds and other animals.

Activities

There are a lot of activities to take place and these include hiking through the forest, bird watching, photographing bush meals and swimming.

Spending time

The expected time to be spent on the whole trip is 6 to 7 hours for all the activities. However, all the activities shall start at 9:00 am.

Day 1 Shira Plateau one day hike kilimanjaro

Early in the morning of your Kilimanjaro day trip, we will pick you up at your hotel – an active day in Tanzania’s wilderness area awaits. The drive to your destination of West Kilimanjaro takes you through a forest reserve, where you can look out for Colobus Monkeys in the trees. Your hike through the beautifully rugged landscape of Shira Plateau starts at 3,500 m above sea level. Get out of the car, lace up your shoes and take in the sounds, smells, and colours of Tanzania’s stunning wilderness. Along different trails and accompanied by a ranger, you can enjoy views of Kibo, Kilimanjaro’s highest peak, and its northern glaciers, when the weather permits. The vast plains of neighbouring Amboseli National Park in Kenya and the deep gorge of the Simba River contrast the views of the world’s highest free-standing mountain. When you reach the northern rim of Shira Crater, take a quick stop at different observation points and see the volcanic cones dotting the landscape below. Hike at your own pace and enjoy a picnic lunch under the open sky along the way. It’s a moderate hike and you don’t need to be an athlete to be able to enjoy it. However, at 3,500m the air is thinner, so pace your step, enjoy the untouched landscapes and the presence of the mighty Kilimanjaro. After a 4h hike – or earlier, if your legs get tired – we take you back to your hotel.

Lunch

You don’t need hiking boots for this Kilimanjaro day trip. However, we recommend closed shoes such as trainers.

Items included:

• all mentioned transfers
• professional, English-speaking guide or ranger
• meals according to the itinerary
• all national park and guiding fees

Items excluded:

• flights (international and domestic)

Moshi day Tour Chemka hot spring

Introduction

Chemka oasis – (Natural swimming pool ) is the only place in Tanzania where the underground water aquifer and river are pushed to the surface and if interacted with geothermal sources, forming a hot or warm spring. Generally, the place is still virgin whereby there is no any study conducted concerned with its formation and other governed information until now.

Location

Located between Moshi and Arusha actually in Hai district at Rundugai village of which spent 1hrs and 30mnts drive from Moshi town. On the way to Chemka, you will use both tarmac and rough road

Attraction

Chemka Hot Springs is the best place to visit because it has clean water where you can see the aquatic species easily, the place also surrounded by various bird species and vegetation of which mostly dominated byhyphenia species.

Activities

Swimming, sun birth, bird watch and photographing activities

Spending time

The trip shall have an average of 5 hours from11:00 hours to 16:00 hours in the evening.

Materuni village is a beautifully lush area to visit on the outskirts of Moshi. Here you can really get to grips with the life of the local Chagga people- wandering through the village and passing their homesteads. Located in the picturesque foothills of Kilimanjaro.

Once you reach the village you will start your coffee tour at a traditional Chagga’shamba’ (farm). Here your guide will explain all aspects of the Chagga homestead including the other crops that they grow aside fromcoffee. You will get to see how the coffee is produced- from picking thebean to roasting and then drinking a delicious cup yourself. Following your coffeetour you will then take a short hike (make sure to wear some good
shoes asit can be muddy up there), passing through local villages to reach thewaterfalls. Here you will either have a picnic lunch box or arrive to a full spread of freshly cooked lunch. Following lunch you will have theopportunity to take a dip in the refreshing (quite cold!) pools beneath the waterfalls. When you have had your fill of this beautiful place you can start walking back to where you will take t your private car back to Moshi (reaching Moshi at approximately 4-5pm).

OUR PRICE

Included: Coffee tour, waterfalls trekking, a village guide, hot local lunch, water, and Village
entrance fees

Not included: Sodas, alcoholic beverages or tipping for guide,