Overview

Day 1

Arrive to Kilimanjaro International Airport, here you will be picked up by Kaskazi and driven for 35 minutes to a private villa where the night is spent. Settle into the new surroundings and meet the others that are participating in the safari. The lead guide will join the dinner party and briefly introduce the itinerary for the next upcoming days.

Day 2

Wake up calls with tea and coffee, breakfast is served anytime from early hours. After breakfast at around 1100AM, we drive for about twenty minutes to Arusha National Park gate.  Here the horses will be waiting, ready to be mounted and shortly after we will ride into one of the most beautiful parks in East Africa. Here the vegetation will change dramatically, from open grassland to rainforest.  With good chances of seeing elephants, buffaloes, all your plains game, leopards and rare species such as Suni, Red Duiker, the magnificent Hartlaub's turaco and so much more.

The feeling is magical as you enter into the big canopy forests. Lunch will be set on route, with time for a small siesta. After lunch the ride continues through leopard country and as we head towards our night stop, we will pass by Margarete Trappe’s old house.

Arrive to camp, based on the foot of Mt Meru in time for showers and sundowners then dinner under the stars.

Day 3

This morning you will hopefully wake up to the very talkative Colubus monkeys. Breakfast is served and shortly thereafter we mount and directions are taken towards the area where the film Hatari was filmed, starring John Wayne. We ride out of Arusha National Park, directions are eastbound heading towards Mount Kilimanjaro and leaving Mount Meru behind us like a shadow. The day’s ride is long and amongst Tanzanian farmland and the Massai steppe, its scenic with many cultural interactions as the rides goes along. We make use of the cooler hours in the morning and try to cover as much ground as possible. The lunch is served under a big acacia, sometimes near to a dam where the Massai’s water their cattle and we our horses. You will have a good 3 hour’s stop for lunch, with time for a siesta to regain some strength.  The afternoon enters into wildlife areas again, continues across opened plains, making sure to reach our night stop before the sun hits the horizon. 

Day 4

Early wake up with coffee and tea before a bush breakfast is served. The day will be spent tracking the biggest land living mammal, the elephants. The terrain differs from thick scrublands to acacia woodland. Today we will return to camp for lunch and head out for another ride in the afternoon. Before sunset, we return to camp to enjoy another night in this remote and remarkable place on earth.

Day 5

Early wake up calls followed by an English breakfast. Everyone mounts their companion and the safari starts heading towards the so-called Seven Sisters. After have crossed the seven hills (seven sisters) we ride through Sinya Village and continue towards lunch, served under a shady tree. The terrain varies from opened grassland to beautiful canopy forests. The day offers good chance of seeing plains game such as zebras, giraffes and wildebeests but most important is the presence of the shy antelope, the Gerenuk that we will keep an eye for as we ride along. The night is spent at an astonishing place, hopefully the night is clear and you will get the feeling being watched by four powerful mountains, Mt Meru, Namanga, Longido and the most legendary of all, Mt Kilimanjaro.

Day 6

Wake up with the sun, taking directions for the Kenyan border. The riding will take place in good cat country and everyone needs to be on constant alert on what might be encounter around the corner. The last night’s camp is unknown, allowing us to choose last minute where the best area is for this specific day.  Hopefully this night is clear, as apart from the view of the mountains within this area, the night sky is a mind-blowing site.

Day 7

The last morning has arisen and before breakfast you head out for the last journey with your mount. Make the most out of it before directions are taken back to camp for brunch. Shortly thereafter we depart in vehicles on a 2 1/2 hours journey back to the civilization. For those who fly out late there is a day room available at Kili villa. 

Safari ends for this time