Trips

Our Tanzania adventure holidays and Kenya adventure holidays take you to some of the most spectacular places in East Africa, whether you wish to fulfil a lifetime's ambition, are looking for a challenge or wish to visit true African wilderness.

We offer seven treks via the best routes on Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya and Mt Meru, and with our Kilimanjaro-only trips, we deliberately give more days on the mountain (7 or 8 days) to improve both the acclimatisation to altitude and the chances of summitting (see Altitude and Acclimatisation for more information). Our two exciting walking holidays include game viewing before experiencing the solitude of the Loita Hills or the Ngorongoro Highlands, both areas of untouched wilderness with lots to offer but less strenuous than the big mountains. For both serious and fun runners, we offer the unique Kilimanjaro Marathon (or Half Marathon), which gives a very different marathon experience.

Africa has some superb coastline and amazing wildlife parks, if you wish to experience something different after your Tanzania adventure holiday or Kenya adventure holiday (like a safari, beach break, canoeing etc), just click on Trip Extensions.

We also give you the opportunity under each trip to be able to create your own tailormade African adventure holiday, using our Make my own adventure option.

Kilimanjaro Lemosho Route and Kibo North Circuit

Climb Kilimanjaro via its quietest and most varied route on an extended itinerary, giving eight days on the mountain to see and experience more of Kilimanjaro. Starting on the Lemosho route, taking in the Shira Plateau and the Western Face, we then follow the isolated and rarely trod Kibo North Circuit path to the Saddle, enjoying views of Mawenzi on the way to summitting one of the seven continental summits.

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Kilimanjaro Rongai Route

Summit the world's highest free-standing mountain by way of the quiet north-eastern Rongai Route, overlooking Kenyan plains and travelling through lush forest then alpine moors up to the rest day at Mawenzi tarn at the foot of impressive Mawenzi, Kilimanjaro's most dramatic peak. Then cross the Saddle experiencing alpine desert before ascending the highest mountain in Africa for far reaching views at sunrise. An unforgettable, classic adventure.

Kilimanjaro Machame Route

Reach the top of one of the seven continental summits after starting in the forested foothills. Climbing onto the Shira Plateau, this route takes us under the imposing west face with its glaciers, buttresses and cliffs as we follow the Kibo South Circuit path before ascending to Stella Point on the crater rim on the way to the summit. This is a well-established and popular route taking in a lot of Kilimanjaro on the way to its summit.

Mount Kenya

We offer a superb route up Mount Kenya (Africa's second highest mountain), using the Chogoria route for ascent and the Sirimon in descent, this enables us to trek up from one side and down the other, giving us the fullest experience of this striking mountain. This adventure, entirely within the Great Rift Valley, starts and ends in Nairobi and with a wealth of experiences in between surely makes an ascent of Mt Kenya a great trip.

Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro

We have put together an itinerary that enables one to see the best parts of these two stunning mountains. Using the Chogoria and Sirimon routes on Mt Kenya and Machame on Kilimanjaro we trek through some spectacular scenery and acclimatise well for our ascent on Kilimanjaro having climbed Mt Kenya first. Climbing the two highest mountains in Africa, both world famous peaks and one a continental summit is a grand achievement, and an unforgettable holiday.

Mount Meru

Situated in Arusha National Park this dormant volcano sits in Kilimanjaro's shadow but is a spectacular mountain reaching over 4500 metres. Starting by crossing plains in the national park with game around us we climb Mount Meru through lush forest via its only path and summit with the view of Kilimanjaro, 60km away and silhouetted by the sunrise behind. Mt Meru's summit ridge is the remains of one side of a former caldera, the rest imploded but left an exceptional ash cone in full view of the ridge, making Mt Meru a great addition to any East African holiday because of the views and experiences on offer.

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Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro

This adventure has it all, an ascent of Kilimanjaro, one of the seven continental summits, a climb of Mt Meru with great volcanic geology and views to 'Kili' (and great acclimatisation) and a game drive in Arusha National Park to see some african game in between the climbs. Following the Shira route on Kilimanjaro we are given a great chance of success after reaching 4566m on Mt Meru, altogether a diverse and very fulfilling holiday.

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Kilimanjaro Marathon

Run the Kilimanjaro Marathon (or Half Marathon) at the foot and in full view of Kilimanjaro and experience one of the most spectacular, fun and totally different marathon races in the world. An international field including some of the best African runners follows the marathon course through African plains, smallholdings, and the Moshi town market before climbing up into coffee plantations on the lowest slopes of one of the seven continental summits - Kilimanjaro.

Masai Mara and Loita Hills

To visit the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya is on many people's wish lists and after two full days game viewing in the reserve taking in the sights and smells, we head out to the Loita Hills, an area of unspoilt wilderness on the western edge of the Great Rift Valley. This itinerary combines classic game viewing in one of the world's best wildlife destinations with walking through a little visited range of hills above the African Rift Valley, classic Africa.

Ngorongoro Highlands and Gol Mountains

First walking through the spectacular Ngorongoro Highlands for 2 days as we take in Empakaai and Olmoti Craters, we experience this unique World Heritage Site before going to the world famous Ngorongoro Crater for a day of game viewing. Then travelling to the Gol Mountains we leave the beaten track behind to spend 3 days walking through one of the most wild and unspoilt areas in Tanzania (with more maasai shepherds than tourists) before walking down into the Great Rift Valley and Lake Natron where we should see flamingos in their thousands! An ascent of the active volcano Oldoinyo Lengai is an option if you wish, before game viewing in Lake Manyara National Park over the last 2 days. This full and varied holiday could become a classic East African itinerary for those wishing to leave the crowds behind and really see Africa.

Western Breach
The Western Breach is the most technical route to make an ascent of Kilimanjaro. Traditionally requiring the use of crampons, this route climbs through a breach in the cliffs and glaciated west face of Kibo and onto the crater near Furtwangler glacier, but increasing temperatures have meant less and less ice on the route. This has made the rock and ground conditions unstable, and in January 2006 there was a rockfall as trekkers were climbing towards the crater, which resulted in some people losing their lives. The Tanzania National Parks Authority closed the route to assess if it is safe, and reopened it in early 2008.

We still have some concerns over this route and therefore, in the interests of our travellers, we are not yet offering a Kilimanjaro climb via the Western Breach.