3 Days Mount Meru Climbing - Momela Route
Meru Trekking
This Mount Meru and Tanzania Safari tour will take you to you to the top of Mount Meru one of Africa's highest and most beautiful volcanic mountain, standing at 4566m. Furthermore the tour will take you to the Ngorongoro Crater, featuring one of the highest concentrations of game in Africa. Here you will witness an amazing spectacle of African wildlife inside a self-contained world teeming with animals.
This tour will further take you to the Serengeti National Park, into the heart of wild Africa, a massive wilderness of 14500 square km, where every day brings a new landscape and a new adventure. You also will visit the Lake Manyara National Park, one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located wildlife areas, consisting of a shallow but huge soda lake, at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment.
ARRIVAL DAY
On the arrival day, you will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your hotel in Moshi town/Arusha town; you will meet your guide who will brief you on your upcoming trek and do an equipment check to make sure you have all the necessary mountain gear. The missing gear can be rented on this day.
DAY 1: Moshi/Arusha – Miriakamba Hut
Duration: 5-7 hours of hiking
After an early morning breakfast at your hotel in Moshi/Arusha, you will be picked up from your hotel and brought to the Momella Gate in Arusha National Park. At this time, the porters will organize and pack the belongings for the hike while you and your guide register with the Tanzania National Park (TANAPA). You will then begin your ascent in Arusha National Park. The first day of hiking is similar to a walking safari; you should expect to see giraffes, zebras, antelope, buffalo, and potentially elephants near the trail. Due to the high possibility of spotting wildlife, an armed ranger, hired through the National Park, is required to hike with our team for the duration of the hike. As you continue hiking, you will pass the Ngarenanyuki River and a beautiful waterfall at the base of Mt. Meru. Upon arriving to Miriakamba Hut (2500m), your chef will prepare a hot dinner and washing water for you. Enjoy the beautiful sunset and overnight.
DAY 2:Miriakamba Hut – Saddle Hut
Duration: 3-5 hours of hiking
After breakfast, you will start ascending up the steep trail along the ridge of the saddle. You may see various wildlife along the way! The trail has views of Mt. Meru Crater and the Ash Tray. When you arrive at camp, you have the option of hiking Little Mt. Meru (3820m) with your guide to further acclimate. You will be served an early dinner, so you can receive ample rest before your midnight summit attempt. Get to sleep by 1900.
DAY 3: Saddle Hut – Summit Attempt – Miriakamba Hut
Duration: 10-12 hours of hiking
Your guide will wake you at 00:30 for tea and biscuits. You will then begin your summit attempt at 1:30am. The trail starts off on a steep grade to Rhino Point (3800m) to Cobra Point (4350m). The last hour of the hike you will scamble on a rocky ridge between the crater and inner cliffs of Meru. You will reach the summit of Meru (4565m) at sunrise with spectacular views of Mt. Meru Ash Tray and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Enjoy your views then descend to Saddle Hut for a short break. You will then continue descending to Miriakamba Hut (2500m) for dinner and overnight.
DAY 4: Miriakamba Hut – Arusha/Moshi
Duration: 2-3 hours of hiking
After a long rest and breakfast, we will begin our final descent to Momella gate. We will hike through forest and meadows where it is likely to spot wildlife. At the base of Mt. Meru, you will be greeted by our driver who will take you back to your hotel in Arusha/Moshi.
DAY 5: MOSHI/ARUSHA – LAKE MANYARA PARK
You will meet our professional tour guide/driver in Arusha/Moshi, who will deliver a short safari briefing, after which, we travel to the Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara is a beautiful little park which is famous for its tree-climbing lions, elephants and large troops of baboons. The park is home to an amazing variety of birds and animals considering its small size. A short visit to this serene park will greatly diversify your safari experience as the lush green jungle habitat is of stark contrast to the other parks you will visit during your safari, in the late afternoon you drive to Manyara town for overnight.
DAY 6: LAKE MANYARA PARK – SERENGETI PARK
After breakfast we head towards the central Serengeti National Park, also known as the Seronera. We descend into the heart of wild Africa-the Serengeti National Park-with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We head to the Seronera area, one of the richest wildlife habitats in the park, featuring the Seronera River, which provides a valuable water source to this area and therefore attract wildlife well representative of most of the Serengeti’s species. You will have a chance to witness the great wildebeest migration at central Serengeti and in the late evening you will drive to your campsite for overnights.
DAY 7: FULL DAY IN SERENGETI PARK
On this day you will spend your time at the Serengeti plains doing game drives. Here you have the choice to do the early morning game drives if you so wish. This will give you the chance to see nocturnal species retire from a night out as well as the diurnal majority waking up for a new day. In the evening you will drive to you campsite for overnights.
DAY 8: SERENGETI PARK – NGORONGORO CRATER
In the morning after breakfast you will drive to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and after registration you will descend to the Crater Floor. You will drive down the Ngorongoro Crater walls to the Crater floor where we will spend the better part of the day doing game drives in this 8th wonder of the world also referred to as the Eden of Africa. Here we will get the chance to spot the animals that we might have missed at Serengeti with a little luck you can spot the Big 5 that is; Elephants, Lions,Leopards, Buffaloes, and Rhinos, in a single day’s game drive then in the late evening we will drive to Manyara town for overnight.
DAY 9: TARANGIRE PARK – ARUSHA/MOSHI
After breakfast, we will register at the Tarangire Park gate and continue with game drives for the rest of the day as we explore the African wilderness for the last day of our safari. This park is famous for its large populations of elephants and its gigantic age-old baobabs, but it has much more to offer in terms of many animals and birds that are resident to this park. We expect to see lions, cheetahs, warthogs, gazelles, dik-diks, the rare long-necked gerenuks and many more. Later in the afternoon, we will drive back to your hotel in Arusha/Moshi and that is the end of our wonderful safari.
DEPARTURE DAY
The day is left free to wind down after the trek and safari before your flight back home. Depending on flight times you could go and explore nearby town and grab some souvenirs before heading to the airport.
Kilimanjaro climb tour, Zanzibar trip and other add-ons are available if you wish to continue exploring Tanzania.
CAMPING SAFARI
$4800 per person when 1 person travels alone
$3300 per person when 2 – 4 persons travel together
$2600 per person when 5 – 6 persons travel together
LODGE SAFARI
$5300 per person when 1 person travels alone
$4000 per person when 2 – 4 persons travel together
$3300 per person when 5 – 6 persons travel together
For a more accurate estimate, it's best to contact us directly and discuss your specific requirements and budget. We can provide you with a detailed quote based on your itinerary, group size, and preferred level of comfort.
Included in Meru Climb
-Transport to/from Arusha National Park
-Overnight stays in mountain huts
-Two nights accommodations before and after climb
-Professional, experienced, mountain guides:
-All Park fees
-Rescue fees
-All meals while on the Mountain
-Guides, Porters, cook salaries and park fees
-Large portions of fresh, healthy nutritious food
-Clean, purified drinking water
-Crisis management and safety procedures
-Fair and ethical treatment of porters
Included in Safari
-Transport in 4X4 Toyota Land Cruisers with pop up roof for game viewing.
-Park entry fees
-Full board accommodation whilst on safari
-Ngorongoro Crater service fee
-Private English speaking safari guide
-All meals while on safari.
-Enough bottled mineral water throughout the safari
-Transfers to & from the International Airport and Moshi.
-Visa fee (50 US$ /100 US$ for American or Irish Passport holders – to be paid upon arrival).
-Tips for guide, cook and porters.
-Drinks and beverages in Hotel.
-Personal hiking/trekking gear – you could rent some of the gear in Tanzania.
-Sleeping bag.
-Snacks, personal medicine, and water purifying tablets.
-Meals and drinks not specified.
Meru Trekking
Meru Trekking
Meru trekking
Meru Trekking
Meru Trekking
Meru Trekking