14-Days Peaks to Plains Kilimanjaro Trekking & Safari

Kilimanjaro Lemosho Trekking Safari: From Peaks to Plains Adventure

Experience the best of Tanzania with our Peaks to Plains adventure! Challenge yourself on the Lemosho Route as you trek to the iconic Uhuru Peak, the highest point on Kilimanjaro. Afterward, dive into the wild on an exhilarating safari, exploring the stunning national parks of Tanzania. An unforgettable journey awaits! Book now and use code TAYWANDERS for $200 off—only pay $4,000

Route

Start - Arusha (Day 1)
Day 2 & 3 - Tarangire National Park
Day 4 - 5 Serengeti National Park
Day 6 - Ngorongoro Crater
Day 7 - Lake Manyara National Park
Day 8 -13 Nungwi
Day 14 - End - Zanzibar Airport

Tour Features

Luxury tour

This luxury tour uses lodges and hotels.
Private tour

This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.
Can start any day

If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.

Can be customized

You can request changes to this tour.
For both solo and group travelers

Both solo travelers and groups can book this tour.
Minimum age of 3 years

The minimum age for this tour is 3 years.

Activities & Transportation

Day by Day

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

➔ You'll be collected from the airport.
➔ Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1 - Moshi

It's time to begin your safari. Welcome to Tanzania! After we greet you and provide you with the trip briefing, we'll take you out to help you discover why so many people think Tanzania is the best place in Africa to go on safari. Watch for Mt Kilimanjaro to appear above Moshi’s rooftops to the north – the best time is usually when the clouds clear in the early morning or late afternoon. Moshi is quieter than Arusha and is a pleasant place to stroll with good shops, restaurants and bustling markets.

➔ Main Destination: Arusha
➔ Accommodation: Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel
➔ Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 2 - Trekking from Londorossi Gate to Mti Mkubwa Camp

A guide and a mountain support crew will arrive at the hotel in the morning in order to meet you and hold another briefing, after which you will travel by vehicle (roughly 3–4 hours) to Kilimanjaro National Park's western entrance: Londorossi Gate (2,200 m).

After the quick formality of acquiring climbing permits and registering with the search and rescue service, the group will start trekking towards the first camp of the route: Mti Mkubwa Camp (2,780 m).

Raincoats are necessary on this day in particular, as you will be walking through the rainforest. By the time you reach the camp, our professional mountain crew will prepare everything necessary, put up tents, and cook lunch for you. After lunch, the group will depart on an acclimatization hike towards Shira 1 Camp, which features a 300-meter gain in altitude, after which you will hike back down to Mti Mkubwa Camp, where a hot dinner will be waiting.

Note: The acclimatization hike is an easy trek with a slight gain in altitude in order to speed up the acclimatization process. You should take the acclimatization hikes very seriously. They help increase your chances of successfully summiting Kilimanjaro and save you from the consequences of altitude sickness.

➔ Accommodation: Mti Mkubwa Camp
➔ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3 Trekking from Mti Mkubwa Camp to Shira 1 Camp

An early wakeup, breakfast, and a gradual trek upwards until 3,500 meters; at that point, for the first time you will be able to see stunning views of Shira Plateau and Kibo Volcano. On the whole, the passage from Mti Mkubwa Camp to the second high-altitude Shira 1 Camp (3,505 m) is rather easy and takes about 5–6 hours.

This will allow you to start the acclimatization process gradually, which is a mainstay of good trekking. When you reach the camp, your team of specialists will cook you lunch, and you will have the chance to rest in your tent or walk around the nearby area.

➔ Accommodation: Shira 1 Camp
➔ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4 Trekking From Shira 1 Camp to Shira 2 Camp

Departing from Shira 1 Camp (3,505 m) and a light trekking towards the second high-altitude camp, Shira 2 Camp (3,900 m). This trek is not difficult, and you will be able to enjoy spectacular views of Africa and the unique flora of Kilimanjaro and the surrounding area. Shira 2 Camp is the best place on the trip to see Mount Meru (the fifth summit of Africa), weather permitting.

When you arrive to camp, you will have lunch, and after a two-hour rest, everyone will complete an acclimatization hike towards Lava Tower Camp, which features a 300-meter gain in altitude.

➔ Accommodation: Shira 2 Camp
➔ Meals Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5 Trekking From Shira 2 Camp to The Lava Tower And Descent To Barranco Camp

After breakfast you will leave Shira 2 Camp (3,900 m) and start your way to the key point of the route: Lava Tower (4,630 m). This section of the route has a lot of ascents and descents that end in a camp at over 4,600 meters. It might be difficult, and you may feel some discomfort, but in order to successfully acclimate to the altitude you have to spend at least 1–2 hours here, so this is where lunch will be.

You can see the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro from Barranco Camp (3983m). It's a stirring backdrop to the campsite, and its high snows are a contrast to the bare, dry landscape that surrounds you here, high above the tree line. Barranco lies along a number of climbing routes, including the popular Machame Route, so there are always lots of people in camp

➔ Accommodation: Barranco Camp
➔ Meals Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6 Trekking from Barranco Camp to Karanga Camp

Early wakeup, breakfast and the start of summiting Barranco Wall (we recommend you leave the camp as early as possible to avoid crowds of the other groups). Hiking up the gorge wall is not difficult and only takes around an hour. After the climb you can have a rest and take photos in front of the Kibo volcano.

Then you start a more difficult hike to Karanga Camp, which features numerous ascents and descents during the route, but don't worry: our guides are experts at choosing an optimal pace for the group. After reaching the camp you will be offered warm lunch. After a couple of hours, you will have to complete an acclimatization hike in the direction of Barafu Camp with a 200-meter gain in altitude, and then descent back down to the camp.

Landscapes of austere beauty surround you and the oxygen is pretty thin at Karanga Camp, which lies high on Mt Kilimanjaro at an altitude of 3995m. You're well above the treeline here, in a terrain known as an alpine desert. The summit is clearly visible high above you, there's plenty of space to pitch your tent, and there are always many other climbers around with whom to swap stories.

➔ Accommodation: Karanga Camp
➔ Meals Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7 Trekking from Karanga Camp to Barafu Camp

In the morning after breakfast you begin your way to Barafu Summit Camp (4,640 m), the starting point for a night summiting Uhuru Peak (5,895 m). Our team will set up a camp for you ahead of time, including tents and sleeping bags, so you can relax.

After regaining strength, you have to complete an acclimatization hike towards the intermediate Kosovo Summit Camp (4,800 m) and then back to Barafu Camp, where you will be served a hot dinner. It is better to spend the remainder of the day resting and sleeping before night summiting.

When you stay at Barafu Camp, at an altitude of 4681m on Mt Kilimanjaro, you're surrounded by a landscape where nothing grows and the views extend out across the mountain's high and treeless valleys. 'Barafu' means 'ice' in Swahili and it's always cold up here, as well as beautiful. Enjoy talking with the other climbers who've reached this milestone.

➔ Accommodation: Barafu Camp
➔ Meals:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 8 - Uhuru Peak

Stand on Africa's highest point (5895m) when you make it all the way to Uhuru Peak. The summit of Mt Kilimanjaro looks out from the Kibo crater rim, and the views go deep down into Kenya and Tanzania. Admire the glaciers and enjoy that feeling of achievement.

Rest your weary legs at Millennium Camp and enjoy the sense of achievement and the company of other travelers.

➔ Accommodation: Millennium Camp
➔ Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 9 Moshi

Extra time in Moshi lets you experience life in a provincial Tanzanian town with all the street energy and infrastructure you’ll need.

➔ Accommodation:Kilimanjaro Wonders Hotel
➔ Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 10 Tarangire National Park

Explore one of Tanzania’s most rewarding national parks, a land of big baobab trees, big elephants and big cats. No wonder this ends up being the favorite park in Tanzania for many visitors. Sightings of wildebeest, giraffes, hippos, buffaloes, baboons, vervet monkeys and zebras are also almost guaranteed. Lions are plentiful here – Tarangire is home to one of Tanzania’s healthiest lion populations.

While you’ll have to work a little harder to see a cheetah or leopard, it will only enhance your excitement when you do. You can also look forward to classic safari scenery – savannah plains, river woodlands and rocky hills.

➔ Main Destination: Tarangire National Park
➔ Accommodation: Marera Valley Lodge
➔ Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 11 & 12 Serengeti National Park

You’ll never forget the time you spend in the Serengeti. Perhaps it will be the sightings of leopard and cheetah as they show their skills as feared hunters of the plains and valleys. Or that unforgettable moment when an elephant family feeds alongside your vehicle, so close you could almost reach out and touch them. Or the first time you hear a lion roar. Then there are the herds of buffalo, zebra or wildebeest so large that they move as one across your horizon, like a river. All of these experiences are possible in the Serengeti, one of the most beautiful parks in Africa.

Day 11, Ngorongoro Highlands Enjoy cool temperatures, forest wildlife (including elephants, buffaloes and leopards), and fine views of craters and mountains when you visit the Ngorongoro Highlands.

Activity Day 11
➔ Transfer by Road, Marera Valley Lodge to Ngorongoro Highlands
➔ You'll love the chance to get to know the Maasai when we take you on a visit to the community in Ngorongoro Highlands.
➔ Come with us as we take you to your next destination, but we'll also go looking for wildlife along the way.
➔ You'll get to know Serengeti National Park in the best possible way on a guided game drive. Led by an expert guide, you'll drive out across the park's famous savannahs to look for the incredible wildlife (big cats, elephants and more) that calls the park home

Activities Day 12
➔ You'll be joining us in Serengeti National Park for a guided game drive. It's a fantastic opportunity to see some of the animals you came so far to see.

Afternoon
➔ We'll take you to enjoy the sunset and a sundowner at one of our favorite places in Serengeti National Park.

➔ Main Destination: Serengeti National Park
➔ Accommodation: Embalakai Camp
➔ Meals & Drinks:Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Drinking water Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 14 Lake Manyara National Park

Strung out in the shadow of the Rift Valley escarpment, that great fracture in the earth’s surface that divides Africa in two, Lake Manyara is one of Tanzania’s more unusual parks. Here you’ll certainly see the elephants for which the park is famous, and, if you’re really lucky, one of the park’s equally wellknown tree-climbing lions.

There’s also a lake filled with wading birds, plenty of olive baboons, and dense forests that make you feel that exciting animals could emerge from the trees at any moment. It’s a wonderful chance to mark the transition between the lower plains and the Crater Highlands (with Ngorongoro Crater) away to the west.

This marks the end of your safari in Tanzania. We hope that you have enjoyed your trip and that you're already planning your next safari.

➔ Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch Drinking water Non-alcoholic drinks
Departure

This marks the end of your safari in Tanzania. We hope that you have enjoyed your trip and that you're already planning your next safari.

➔ Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & Lunch
End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

➔ Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost. ➔ You'll be dropped off at the airport.

Important to Know

Rates Per Person

Inclusion

Park fees

For Non Residents
All game drives & activities

(Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodations

(Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide

English/German/Spanish speaking
All transportation

(Unless labeled as optional)
All Meals

(As specified in the day-by-day section)
All Drinks

(As specified in the day-by-day section)
All Taxes/VAT

(Unless labeled as optional)

Excluded

International flights

(From/to home)
Personal items & arrangements

(Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Additional accommodations

(before and at the end of the tour)
Tips

(Tipping guideline US$15.00 pp per day)
Some meals

(As specified in the day-by-day section)

Getting There

This tour starts and ends in Arusha
Book your own international flights
Fly to/from Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO - Check price) near Arusha. Or fly to/from Arusha Airport (ARK - Check price) via Dar es Salaam or Nairobi (Kenya)
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost