Tour Overview
This tour takes you to the best national parks and reserves of the Northern Circuit. With this extended itinerary you will have the best chance of seeing all that Tanzania’s wildlife has to offer -get up close and personal with elephants in Tarangire, stalk the lions in the Serengeti and spot a black rhino in Ngorongoro. With this extra time in Serengeti you will have the best chance of seeing the spectacle of the wildebeest migration river crossing. This tour has the wildlife enthusiasts covered
Itinerary
Arrival in Moshi
You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro airport or any other arrival point by our guide who will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel. This day you will get all needed information and preparations for the trip.
Day 1: Marangu/Kilema gate – Kilema camp | 11km
This morning a pick-up will be arranged from your hotel in Moshi and transfer to Marangu gate where we will take care of the permit registrations for every cycling person. There we will meet a team of porters that will follow us on the route.
Then, from Marangu gate, we will be transferred to the Kilema gate which will be our starting point for the ride in the national park of Mount Kilimanjaro. We will cycle through rainforest with a lot of different plant species, birds and animals. The ride will end in Kilema camp on 2980 meters where we will overnight in tents inside the camp area.
Today is 70% cycling.
Day 2: Kilema camp Horombo camp | 8 km
Today the ride will take us through Kilimanjaro’s semi- tropical foothills and then on a steep path to the Horombo camp at 3700 meters high.From there we will have a beautiful view of the mountain Kilimanjaro with its two peaks, two brothers, Mawenzi and Kibo. We will overnight in the hut.
Today is 75% cycling.
Day 3: Horombo Acclimatization | 8km
This day is going to be used for acclimatization which is a very important part of the trip. After the breakfast, we will ride through the Alpine desert up to the Mawenzi Hut and then back to Horombo camp. Overnight is again in Horombo camp.
Today is 90% cycling.
Day 4: Horombo camp Kibo base camp 11km
The ride will start after breakfast. On our way, we will pass the Senecio garden with the endemic tree species and continue through the Alpine desert. It is the path that goes in the middle of the two peaks, Kibo and Mawenzi, which makes this route very scenic. In Kibo base camp you will have a summit briefing for all information needed regarding the rest of the trip. Then, we will have time to rest in the afternoon.
Today is 90% cycling
Day 5: Kibo camp – Summit Horombo camp | 12km
This part of the route is starting in the middle of the night with a zig-zag trek climbing up along the slopes. It will take approximately 2 hours to reach Hans Meyer’s Cave and from here the gradient gets steeper. The climb continues for another 3 hours to Gilman’s point, where we will take our bike from porters and start riding on the crater ring to the summit – Uhuru Peak. From here we can see the glaciers of Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru as well as beautiful lands of Tanzania and parts of Kenya.
At the summit, you can choose if are you prefer to continue riding your bicycle or walk, according to your health condition and suggestions from the guide. On the way down we will stop at the Kibo base camp for the lunch and continue to the Horombo camp. Today, from Kibo to Uhuru and then Kibo is 20% – 80% cycling, from Kibo to Horombo is 80% cycling.
Day 6: Horombo camp Kilema gate – Moshi | 19-30km
After the night of rest and the breakfast we will make our final ride down across moorland and rainforest to Kilema gate. From there you will be transferred to Marangu gate for check out and then to your hotel. Drive back from Kilema gate to Moshi with the bicycle is optional.
Departure from Moshi
Transfer back to the airport can be arranged
