Four Volcanoes of Kenya and Tanzania

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Overview

This trip is the ultimate east Africa experience! Climb Mt. Meru, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Kenya, and Ol Doinyo Lengai, and enjoy a safari to some of the most beautiful locations east Africa has to offer!

This month long adventure is a culmination of all the must-do's both in Kenya and Tanzania. You will get to experience plains and mountaintops, see the wildlife and native Maasai people, and develop an understanding of the amazing beauty that east Africa has to offer.

	Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa at 19,340 feet. It is made of three inactive volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. The summit is Uhuru Peak on Kibo.

	Mt. Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa reaching 17,060 feet. It is a technical climb to reach the true peak, but trekkers can get to 16,355 feet (Point Lenana). Mt. Kenya is an extinct volcano that erupted around 3 million years ago and still has a few small glaciers amongst the peaks.

	Mt. Meru is the third highest mountain in africa at 14,980 feet. It is an active volcano that last erupted in 1910. Mt. Meru makes a great warm-up trek for Kilimanjaro, but is spectacular in its own right with incredible views and wildlife.

	Ol Doinyo Lengai is only 9525 feet, but the trek is quite steep and slippery. It is an active volcano with its last eruption in 2007. The lava here is completely unique in composition to any other volcano, and the summit is truly something from another world.

Itinerary

DAY 1:	Arrive Kilimanjaro Airport, overnight Ameg Hotel in Moshi
DAY 2:	Visit to TunaHAKI Centre for Street Children and local market, overnight Ameg Hotel
DAY 3-6:	4-day Mt. Meru trek in Arusha National Park
DAY 7:	Rest Day, overnight Ameg Hotel
DAY 8-13:	6-day Rongai Route on Kilimanjaro
DAY 14:	Drive to Ngorongoro Crater for game drive, overnight at Ngorongoro Serena Lodge
DAY 15:	Drive to Lake Manyara for game drive, overnight E Unoto Retreat Lodge (owned by Maasai)
DAY 16:	Drive to Lake Natron, hike to waterfalls, visit Maasai village, overnight Ngare Sero Luxury Bush Camp
DAY 17:	Midnight hike of Ol Doinyo Lengai, afternoon game drive at Lake Natron, overnight Ngare Sero Luxury Bush Camp
DAY 18:	Drive to Kilimanjaro Airport and fly to Nairobi, overnight Karen Blixen Cottages
DAY 19:	Tour of Giraffe Centre (educates Kenyan youth on conservation) and Animal Orphanage in Nairobi National Park, overnight Karen Blixen Cottages
DAY 20-26 or 28:	6-day non-technical trek of Mt. Kenya or 8-day technical climb of Mt. Kenya
DAY 27/29:	Depart Nairobi

Pricing

Prices are per person land only in 4 and 5 star hotels in U.S. dollars based on a group of 4 people.

$5945/person with the 6-day non-technical Mt. Kenya trek
$6445/person with the 8-day Mt. Kenya technical climb

Price Includes:

All lodging, most meals, all transfers, guides and porters, and all national park fees.

Price Excludes:

International flights, local flights, tips for guides and porters, mountain equipment, some lunches and dinners, and any personal expenses.

DESTINATIONS

Kili Routes