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| Trip Day | Description | Date |
| Day 0 | Travel to Kilimanjaro (Day 1) | Monday, January 03, 2011 |
| Drop off Oliver at Wag 5:00 AM | ||
| Drive to San Francisco (SFO) 5:15 AM | ||
| Arrive San Francisco (SFO) 7:10 AM | ||
| San Francisco (SFO) to Seattle (SEA) 10:10 AM | ||
| Airline: Alaska Airlines (FLT-303) | ||
| Seats: 2D 2F | ||
| Arrive Seattle (SEA) 12:17 PM | ||
| Seattle (SEA) to Amsterdam (AMS) 13:25 PM | ||
| Airline: Delta Air Lines (FLT-6032) | ||
| Day 1 | Travel to Kilimanjaro (Day 2) | Tuesday, January 04, 2011 |
| Arrival Amsterdam (AMS) 8:25 AM | ||
| Amsterdam (AMS) to Kilimanjaro (JRO) 10:15 AM | ||
| Airline: KLM (FLT-569) | ||
| Arrival Kilimanjaro (JRO) International Airport (JRO) 20:40 PM | ||
| Met upon your arrival in JRO; and transfer to Hotel in Arusha. | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: New Arusha Hotel (Suite with A/C) | ||
| Dine on our own for dinner. | ||
| Day 2 | Arusha National Park | Wednesday, January 05, 2011 |
| Today, we drive to Arusha National Park with picnic lunch, the park is famous for its birdlife, we will have a game drive, and hiking in the park enabling us to get used to Tanzania climate and get over jet lag before the climb. | ||
| Estimated driving distance: 40 minutes drive one way | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: New Arusha Hotel (Suite with A/C), B,L. | ||
| Dine on our own for dinner. | ||
| Day 3 ~ 7 | On Kilimanjaro Mountain - Machame Route | |
| We will spend 6 days / 5 nights trekking Mount Kilimanjaro using Machame (for all other routes, price will be adjusted accordingly) | ||
| Accommodations & Meals: on the mountain, B, L, D. | ||
| Day 3 trek mount Kilimanjaro - Machame Camp, 9,900ft, (5~6hrs)Camping, B,L,D | Thursday, January 06, 2011 | |
| Day 4 trek mount Kilimanjaro - Shira, 12,600ft, (5~6hrs) Camping, B,L,D | Friday, January 07, 2011 | |
| Day 5 trek mount Kilimanjaro - Baranco, 12,850ft (5~7hrs) Camping, B,L,D | Saturday, January 08, 2011 | |
| Day 6 trek mount Kilimanjaro - Barafu, 14,910ft (6~7hrs) Camping, B,L,D. | Sunday, January 09, 2011 | |
| Day 7 Summit Day - Kilimanjaro (full moon) - Summit, 19,340ft (6~7hrs), then descend to Mweka 10,010ft (5~7hrs), Camping, B,L,D. | Monday, January 10, 2011 | |
| Day 8 | From Mweka 10,010ft descend to Arusha Mweka gate (3~4hrs), transfer to Arusha (1hr), New Arusha Hotel (Suite with A/C), B,L. Dine on our own for dinner. | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 |
| Accommodation & Meals: New Arusha Hotel (Suite with A/C), B,L. | ||
| Day 9 | Arusha / Lake Manyara | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
| After breakfast, we drive to Lake Manyara National Park in the Great Rift Valley. After a picnic lunch in the Park, home to tree-climbing lion, colorful birds, elephant and hippo, we will have afternoon game drive in the park. | ||
| Estimated driving distance: 2.5hrs drive | ||
| Activities: Game drives | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: Lake Manyara TreeLodge B,L,D | ||
| Day 10 | Lake Manyara / Serengeti | Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
| Today we leave Lake Manyara for Serengeti. Afternoon game drive in Serengeti, in search of large predators and gentle herbivores in which they feed. | ||
| Estimated driving distance: 4~5hrs drive | ||
| Activities: Game drives | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: Serengeti Serena Lodge B,L,D | ||
| Day 11 | Serengeti National Park | Friday, January 14, 2011 |
| Morning and afternoon game drives in Serengeti exploring the rolling plains of Serengeti National Park in search of the large predators and the gentle herbivores on which they feed. | ||
| Estimated driving distance: 0hrs | ||
| Activities: Game drives | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: Serengeti Serena Lodge B,L,D | ||
| Day 12 | Serengeti / Ngorongoro | Saturday, January 15, 2011 |
| Morning game drives in Serengeti and then later we drive to overnight in Ngorongoro with optional visit of Masai Village ($60/group), and optional visit of Olduvai Gorge ($6/person). | ||
| Estimated driving distance: 3.5hrs drive | ||
| Activities: Game drives & Visit of Masai Village | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge B,L,D | ||
| Day 13 | Ngorongoro / Arusha / Kilimanjaro / Departure | Sunday, January 16, 2011 |
| Game drive in the crater exploring the short-grass plains of the crater floor. This extinct volcano embraces 100sq miles alive with lion, leopard, rhino, elephant, buffalo, and many more games. Later in the day, we drive back to Arusha. | ||
| Estimated driving distance: 3hrs to Arusha | ||
| Activities: Game drives | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: New Arusha Hotel (Suite with A/C), B,L. | ||
| Day 14 | Fly to Zanzibar (ZNZ) 11:00 | Monday, January 17, 2011 |
| Transfer to JRO Airport for a 10:30 AM flight to ZNZ; arriving ZNZ at 11:30 AM; met on arrival and transfer to Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel (Superior Chalet), B,D | ||
| Activities: Beach time | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel, B,D | ||
| Day 15 | Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | |
| Activities: Beach time | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel, B,D | ||
| Day 16 | Wednesday, January 19, 2011 | |
| Activities: Beach time | ||
| Accommodation & Meals: Ras Nungwi Beach Hotel, B,D | ||
| Day 17 | Fly Home (Day 1) | Thursday, January 20, 2011 |
| Transfer to Zanzibar Airport (ZNZ) 12:30 PM | ||
| Takeoff Zanzibar (ZNZ) 14:30 PM | ||
| Arrive Kilimanjaro (JRO) 17:20 PM | ||
| Layover at airport (4 hours) | ||
| Takeoff Kilimanjaro (JRO) 21:40 - KLM KL0569 | ||
| Airline: KLM (FLT-569) | ||
| Day 18 | Fly Home (Day 2) | Friday, January 21, 2011 |
| Arrive Amsterdam (AMS) 7:15 AM | ||
| Takeoff Amsterdam (AMS) to San Francisco (SFO) 10:20 | ||
| Airline: KLM (FLT-605) | ||
| Arrive San Francisco (SFO) 12:35 PM | ||
| Drive to Sacramento 13:30 PM | ||
| Arrive Sacramento 15:30 PM | ||
| Pick up Oliver at Wag 15:45 AM | ||
| Arrive home 16:00 PM | ||
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