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8 Days 360° Cycling Around Mount Kilimanjaro Overview
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- 8 Days 360° Cycling Around Mount Kilimanjaro Itinerary
Your guided Kilimanjaro bike trip starts today! Get picked up from the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transfer to Moshi town, where you will check in to your hotel. You will also meet your guide today and be briefed on this guided cycling holiday around Mount Kilimanjaro.
Meals
Dinner Included
Accommodation
Start your bike trip around Kilimanjaro on a great ride that takes you from the greener southern side of Mt. Kilimanjaro towards the more arid western side of the mountain. Your ride today will start by going through coffee and banana plantations, however, as you head west you will cycle through the more arid open plains and acacia woodlands. These plains support a remarkable variety of wildlife and spectacular views of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
Distance
50 km on Tarmac, dirt, and gravel roads
Today’s bike ride goes through the Enduement Wildlife Management Area, which is one of Tanzania’s best-kept secrets. Enduement borders Amboseli National Park and serves as an important migratory route for wildlife including African elephants. This area is inhabited primarily by the Maasai people but there are large populations of other tribes such as the Chagga, Meru, and Pare people.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
Lodging at Simba Farm
Distance
53km on tarmac, dirt, and gravel roads
Today’s ride will have you cycling towards the northeast side of Mt. Kilimanjaro to Nalemoru village, near the Kenyan border. Nalemoru village is where the Rongai route up to Kilimanjaro starts off. Your ride today takes you through beautiful open farmlands with breathtaking views of the west Kilimanjaro plains behind you.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
Lodging at Snowcap Cottages.
Distance
73 km on tarmac and dirt roads
Today you will enjoy a downward hill ride towards the beautiful Lake Chala, a crater lake lying right on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. Lake Chala is one of Tanzania’s hidden gems. Fed entirely by underground springs from Mt Kilimanjaro, the turquoise blue and green waters are surrounded by diverse plants, trees, and wildlife.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
Distance
64km on the tarmac and dirt roads
Today is a short but challenging day, as you ride up to Marangu village in the foothills of Kilimanjaro. As you cycle through Marangu village you will pass banana and coffee plantations along the way as well as the friendly Chagga people who will be waving and shouting “Jambo!” as you cycle by. Before getting to your camp, you will take a detour to the iconic Kinukamori waterfalls where you can stretch your legs and walk down to the base of the waterfalls. While here, a local Chagga guide will give you a brief history of the area, the people, their traditions, and customs as well as the mystical legend about the waterfalls. After shower you will be taken to Chagga Cave where you will wonder and be amazed with the history of Chagga people in the past, their traditions later on you will be transferred to your hotel for accommodation.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
Distance
29km on tarmac and dirt roads
You will be wrapping up your last day of cycling by traversing the villages and plantations on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The first half of the ride will be comprised of several steep ascents and descents followed by a second half which is a gradual downhill ride towards the bustling and vibrant Moshi Town/ Arusha.
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation
Distance
53 km on tarmac and dirt roads
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Cost Includes
- TREK Mountain Hard Tail 4300 Model, Avalanche & Merida Matts 20D mountain bikes
- Accommodation as stated in the itinerary
- Meals as stated in the itinerary
- 4 liters of bottled mineral water per participants
- English speaking driver-guide
- Transport in 4X4 Toyota Land Cruisers (Support vehicles)
- Helmets
- Ngorongoro Conservation Authority Fees.
- Crater Fees.
- Park fees, government fees & taxes inclusive.
- Concession Fee.
- WMA Fees
- Villages fees.
- Bottled mineral water throughout the safari
- Mkomazi & Saadani National Park fees, government fees & taxes inclusive of 18% VAT
Cost Excludes
- Local and International flights
- Laundry Service
- Travel Insurance
- Tips to the driver guide (recommended minimum $20 per day)
- Alcoholic beverages, sodas and items of a personal nature
