Your challenge day by day
Day 1, Sun 19 Jun 2011
International departure from London
The day that you’ve trained so long and hard for has finally arrived. As you meet the Charity Challenge representative and the rest of the team at the airport, it’s time to say goodbye to family and friends before heading off for Tanzania.
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Day 2, Mon 20 Jun 2011
Flight to Kilimanjaro then transfer to Marangu
Fly over Tanzania on our flight to Kilimanjaro Airport from your stopover in Ethiopia or Kenya. We meet our local Charity Challenge representative who will transport us to our hotel in Marangu. Here we have the rest of the day to relax and get to know each other. Later the evening will be spent enjoying our first team dinner, while checking through our kit and listening to a full briefing. Overnight in hotel.
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Day 3, Tue 21 Jun 2011
Rongai National Park, forest trek, 2,600m (approximately 3-4 hours)
It’s a short drive to the Rongai National Park gate where we register. We begin our climb at the traditional village of Nale Moru at 1,950m. The track climbs through fields, pine forest and rainforest which shelter a variety of wildlife, including Colobus monkeys. Our first camp is on the edge of the moorland zone (2,600m). We camp at Rongai One after gaining 650m in altitude.
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Day 4, Wed 22 Jun 2011
Kikelewa Caves, 3,600m (approximately 7-8 hours)
Ahead lies a tough climb of 1,000m, so after a hearty breakfast we head away from the main trail across moorland to the jagged peaks of Mawenzi. Breaking for lunch, the route up ahead passes through picturesque valley and past many caves. Tonight’s campsite is situated in a sheltered valley surrounded by giant senecio plants near Kikelewa Caves at 3,600m.
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Day 5, Thu 23 Jun 2011
Mawenzi Tarn, 4,330m (approximately 4-5 hours)
The day begins early, ahead of a steep climb at high altitude. Leaving the vegetation behind, we reach our next camp Mawenzi Tarn at 4,330m, which lies in the shadows of Mawenzi. In order to continue acclimatising to the high altitude, the afternoon is free to explore the surrounding area. The night will be spent camping above the clouds.
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Day 6, Fri 24 Jun 2011
Mawenzi Tarn, 4,330m (approximately 4 hours)
The day will start with an unexpected – but much needed – lie-in! After breakfast, there’s a short acclimatisation walk up the scree slopes of Mawenzi, before returning back to base for lunch and free time. Although we have gained 250m of altitude practise, we will return for dinner and sleep at our Mawenzi Tarn camp at 4,300m to help prepare for summit day.
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Day 7, Sat 25 Jun 2011
Kibo crater, 4,700m (approximately 5-6 hours)
One day before summit and the nerves are likely to be kicking in. Today we’ll venture across the lunar desert that creates the ‘saddle’ between Mawenzi and Kibo. Ultimately, we are aiming for the campsite at the bottom of the Kibo-crater wall. The group will now be 420m closer to the goal, so the rest of the day will be spent mentally preparing for the challenge ahead.
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Day 8, Sun 26 Jun 2011
Summit day, 5,895m (approximately 11-16 hours)
You’ll be woken at midnight for the final push up the scree slopes to Gilman’s Point. The spectacular sunrise will push us on towards the summit –Uhuru Point (5,895m). Your prize will be the amazing views and sense of achievement. There’s plenty of time for those all-important victory shots, before our descent to Horombo. The campsite is at 2,700m and where we spend our final night camping.
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Day 9, Mon 27 Jun 2011
Descend to Marangu Gate, 1,800m (approximately 5-7 hours)
We descend towards the Moorland to Mandara Hut at 2,700m before returning to the Marangu Gate at 1,800m. This is a long and gently sloping walk from the lower heath and into the rainforest. Our vehicles await us at the finishing point for the drive back to our hotel in Marangu. Finally, it’s time to relax with our final team dinner and a celebratory drink.
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Day 10, Tue 28 Jun 2011
Depart Tanzania to UK
After breakfast, you will be driven to see our Tanzanian community partners – Pamoja Tunaweza Boys & Girls Club where you will see first-hand where your donations are going to and you have a chance to purchase unique club-made souvenirs. Emotions are likely to be mixed as we say goodbye to Kilimanjaro and head back home to the UK. Take the time during the flight to sit back and reflect on your once-in-a-lifetime experience, while also swapping contact details with new-found friends and trekking partners.
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Day 11, Wed 29 Jun 2011
Arrive home
Head home to share your special memories with friends and family.
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Day 10, Tue 28 Jun 2011
Day 11: Lake Manyara
After breakfast you will visit Lake Manyara Park, it offers a blend of woodland, open bush, and lake. The Mahogany and Sausage Trees are alive with blue monkeys and vervets. Elephants feed off fallen fruit while bushbuck, waterbuck, baboons, aardvark, civet, the shy pangolin and leopard, all make their home in the forest. Lake Manyara is a magnet for birdlife and a kaleidoscope of different species can be found around its shores, including huge flocks of flamingos. The large variety of mammals, reptiles, birds and the different types of vegetation, all within a small area make Lake Manyara a diverse and particularly memorable place to visit. Overnight at a luxury tented camp. (B, L, D)
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Day 11, Wed 29 Jun 2011
Day 12: Ngorongoro Crater
This morning you will take a drive to Ngorongoro Crater with a picnic lunch in the Crater, followed by an afternoon of top class game viewing. Ngorongoro Crater is the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is remarkable for the Ngorongoro Crater itself. Twelve miles wide, it is the world’s largest intact caldera. Before its collapse two million years ago, the volcano is believed to have been higher than Mount Kilimanjaro. Its grassland covered plains and forested rim is the habitat of herds of elephant. The grassy crater floor is home to buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and hartebeest as well as the endangered black rhino. Hippos wallow in the marshes and ponds. Lion, hyena, and jackal are common. Birdlife is prolific. Overnight at a luxury tented camp. (B, L, D)
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Day 12, Thu 30 Jun 2011
Day 13: Depart Tanzania to UK
After a leisurely breakfast you will take a flight from Kilimanjaro airport to connect with your international flight to London (B)
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Day 13, Fri 01 Jul 2011
Day 14: Arrive Home
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Important information about the Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro and Tarangire Safari extension
Day 10: Lake Manyara
After breakfast you will visit Lake Manyara Park, it offers a blend of woodland, open bush, and lake. The Mahogany and Sausage Trees are alive with blue monkeys and vervets. Elephants feed off fallen fruit while bushbuck, waterbuck, baboons, aardvark, civet, the shy pangolin and leopard, all make their home in the forest. Lake Manyara is a magnet for birdlife and a kaleidoscope of different species can be found around its shores, including huge flocks of flamingos. The large variety of mammals, reptiles, birds and the different types of vegetation, all within a small area make Lake Manyara a diverse and particularly memorable place to visit. Overnight at a luxury tented camp. (B, L, D)
Day 11: Ngorongoro Crater
This morning you will take a drive to Ngorongoro Crater with a picnic lunch in the Crater, followed by an afternoon of top class game viewing. Ngorongoro Crater is the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is remarkable for the Ngorongoro Crater itself. Twelve miles wide, it is the world’s largest intact caldera. Before its collapse two million years ago, the volcano is believed to have been higher than Mount Kilimanjaro. Its grassland covered plains and forested rim is the habitat of herds of elephant. The grassy crater floor is home to buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, and hartebeest as well as the endangered black rhino. Hippos wallow in the marshes and ponds. Lion, hyena, and jackal are common. Birdlife is prolific. Overnight at a luxury tented camp. (B, L, D)
Day 12: Safari in Tarangire
Today you will head west out of Arusha on a drive (approx 1.5hr) to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire boasts a vast number of baobabs that first capture the eye as you enter Tarangire National Park. The gently rolling countryside is dotted with these majestic trees, which seem to dwarf the animals that feed beneath them. Tarangire National Park covers approximately 2,600sq kms and, in the dry season, is second only to Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area in concentrations of wildlife. The park is spectacular in the dry season when many of the migratory wildlife species come back to the permanent waters of Tarangire River. Huge herds of elephants gather to stay in Tarangire until the onset of the rains when they migrate again to new grazing areas. In the afternoon you will be transferred to Arusha for your last night in Tanzania. Overnight and dinner at a hotel in Arusha. (B, L, D)
Day 13: Depart Tanzania to UK
After a leisurely breakfast you will get the shuttle bus transfer to Nairobi airport where you board your flight to London. (B)
Day 14: Arrive Home
Arrive in the UK.
Included:
- Park fees
- Services of qualified English-speaking driver/guide
- 4WD vehicle
- All meals on safari
- All accommodation on a twin share basis in Migunga Permanent Camp (www.moivaro.com/pages/migunga_forest_camp/lodge.htm) and Ilboru Safari Lodge (www.ilborusafarilodge.com)*
Excluded:
- Personal expenses (ie: gifts, extra soft drinks or alcohol, laundry etc)
- Tips for local team (We recommend you allow $15 per person for tipping your safari driver/ guide)
Please note that this extension is subject to minimum numbers and flight availability and should be booked no later than 10 weeks prior to departure. In some cases, a surcharge may need to be applied in which case we will inform you prior to confirming your booking. Full payment must be received no later than 8 weeks prior to departure or your place on the extension may be cancelled. All bookings will be confirmed no later than 6 weeks prior to departure.
The advertised costs for this extension are per person on twin sharing basis. If you are a solo passenger, We will accommodate you in a room with someone of the same sex.
*= Please note that we reserve the right to change accommodation. Where this is necessary, alternative accommodation will be of an equal or better standard.
Day 10, Tue 28 Jun 2011
Day 11: Flight to Zanzibar, Stone Town
After a short flight from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar, you will be transferred to the UNESCO Heritage Site, Stone Town. Considered to be the cultural heart of Zanzibar, Stone Town is buzzing with busy bazaars, mosques, and a maze of winding alleys for you to explore. Little has changed here for 200 years and there is a wealth of cultural and historical treasures waiting to be discovered. Tonight you will stay in the heart of Stone Town, on the picturesque seafront, at the Tembo House Hotel. (B)
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Day 11, Wed 29 Jun 2011
Day 12: Transfer to Fumba Beach Lodge
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the luxurious Fumba Beach Lodge, your home for the next 2 nights. Approximately 30 minutes drive from Stone Town, and set on forty acres of the Menai beach conservation area, Fumba beach peninsula is both a large marine haven and an eco-project, recognized since 1998 as an area of outstanding natural beauty by the World Wildlife Federation. The rest of the day is yours to relax in the tranquility of one of Zanzibar’s most secluded beaches. (B, D)
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Day 12, Thu 30 Jun 2011
Day 13: Fumba Beach Lodge
Today you are totally at your leisure to do as you wish – be it relaxing on the beach or joining one of the many fishing, diving, snorkelling or day trips, organized by the hotel (Please note these are not included as part of this extension, thus availability and costs at the discretion of the hotel). Watching the stunning sunset, the aches and pains of summit night will be a distant memory! (B, D)
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Day 13, Fri 01 Jul 2011
Day 14: Transfer to airport to travel back
You will be transferred to Zanzibar airport for your flight back to the UK, via Nairobi or Addis Ababa. Subject to availability flights will return directly to Nairobi or Addis Ababa (via Kilimanjaro if direct flights are not available) where you will connect with the longhaul flight to London. (B)
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Day 14, Sat 02 Jul 2011
Day 15: Arrive Home
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Important information about the Zanzibar extension
Day 10: Flight to Zanzibar, Stone Town
After a short flight from Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar, you will be transferred to the UNESCO Heritage Site, Stone Town. Considered to be the cultural heart of Zanzibar, Stone Town is buzzing with busy bazaars, mosques, and a maze of winding alleys for you to explore. Little has changed here for 200 years and there is a wealth of cultural and historical treasures waiting to be discovered. Tonight you will stay in the heart of Stone Town, on the picturesque seafront, at the Tembo House Hotel. (B)
Day 11: Transfer to Fumba Beach Lodge
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the luxurious Fumba Beach Lodge, your home for the next 2 nights. Approximately 30 minutes drive from Stone Town, and set on forty acres of the Menai beach conservation area, Fumba beach peninsula is both a large marine haven and an eco-project, recognized since 1998 as an area of outstanding natural beauty by the World Wildlife Federation. The rest of the day is yours to relax in the tranquility of one of Zanzibar’s most secluded beaches. (B, D)
Day 12: Fumba Beach Lodge
Today you are totally at your leisure to do as you wish – be it relaxing on the beach or in the spa, or joining one of the many fishing, diving, snorkeling or day trips, organized by the hotel (Please note these are not included as part of this extension, thus availability and costs at the discretion of the hotel). Watching the stunning sunset, the aches and pains of summit night will be a distant memory! (B, D)
Day 13: Transfer to airport to travel back
You will be transferred to Zanzibar airport for your flight back to the UK, via Nairobi. Subject to availability flights will return directly to Nairobi (via Kilimanjaro if direct flights are not available) where you will connect with the longhall flight to London. (B)
Day 14: Arrive Home
Arrive in the UK.
Included:
- Return flights: Kilimanjaro Airport to Zanzibar, returning to Nairobi (via Kilimanjaro if limited availability)
- 1 night’s accommodation in Tembo House Hotel (www.tembohotel.com) and 2 night's at Fumba Beach Lodge (www.fumbabeachlodge.com).
- Meals as outlined above
- Transfers in Zanzibar between the airport and hotels
- Travel Insurance extension (if purchased through Charity Challenge)
Excluded:
- Personal expenses (i.e. gifts, soft drinks or alcohol, laundry etc)
- Meals not mentioned above
- Additional day trips & excursions not listed as part of the itinerary
- Transfer to Kilimanjaro airport
- Tips
Please note that this extension is subject to minimum numbers and flight availability and should be booked no later than 10 weeks prior to departure. In some cases, a surcharge may need to be applied in which case we will inform you prior to confirming your booking. Full payment must be received no later than 8 weeks prior to departure or your place on the extension may be cancelled. All bookings will be confirmed no later than 6 weeks prior to departure.
The advertised costs for this extension are per person on twin sharing basis. If you are a solo passenger, We will accommodate you in a room with someone of the same sex.
*= Please note that we reserve the right to change accommodation. Where this is necessary, alternative accommodation will be of an equal or better standard.
