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Useful Information

This thrilling hiking adventure is customised upon our firsthand knowledge & experience, offering you the best choices available in Tanzania. The price of this trip varies depending on the number of people, dates of departure/Arrival and availability of ground services on the ground.

Please click on REQUEST A FREE QUOTE (above) and supply the required information, enabling us to send you your personalised quote within 24 hours!

Note; Amendments CAN be made to this tour to suit your requirements.

Sightseeing Highlights

• Exploring Arusha National Park

• Wildlife interaction Such as Antelopes, Colobus Monkeys, Baboons etc.

• Experience the vegetation change throughout the hike from rainforest to Arctic.

• Hike to Meru Peak

• A chance for an optional activity tour in Arusha or Moshi

Options Activities that requires Extra Charges for Your safari that you can add: -

• Arusha Daytrip

• Materuni Waterfall Hike

• Coffee Tour

• Arusha City Tour

• Safari Game Drive

• Serval Wildlife Sanctuary tour

Travel Highlights

• Your own private mountain guide and Transfer driver for in-depth hiking adventure touring based on your itinerary

• Firsthand, sophisticated destination knowledge and recommendations from our locally born travel specialists

• Itineraries that are customised according to your interests and preferences

• A seamless travel experience, including all logistics, hand-picked hotels and restaurants, private airport transfers, internal transportation, and entry visa assistance…etc

• Around-the-clock support from your travel designer and concierge before, during and after your trip

Tour price Includes: -

• Private professional mountain guide

• Camping facilities (tent, mattresses, mess tent)

• All Park fees

• Hut fees

• All meals while on the Mountain

• Drinking water

• Fair and ethical salaries for the team (guide, assistant guide, cook and porters) – in accordance with KPAP guidelines

• First aid supplies

Excludes: -

• Personal items (e.g. Hiking gears, cameras, visa, and travel insurance)

• Alcoholic drinks

• Pre/post accommodation and airport transfers (booking is available upon request).

• Tips for your guide and cook. Industry recommendations are $15 a day to the cook and $20 a day to your guide divided by everyone in the vehicle.

Meals: -

• Breakfast in the hotel before and after the hike;

• All meals on the hike. Our Mount Meru diet includes energy-rich and highly nutritious meals prepared by our professional high-altitude cooks. In our menu you will find different soups, garnishes, several types of fish and meat, fresh fruit and vegetables; vegetarian/gluten-free/halal options are available at no extra cost;

• All drinks on the hike (coffee, tea, hot chocolate and water).

Accommodations

• One night at a comfortable 3* hotel before the expedition and one night after; The hotels have everything for your comfortable stay - caring staff, nice rooms, reliable Wi-Fi, restaurant and swimming pool);

• Tented accommodation on Mount Meru (modern, comfortable 4-Season tents North Face VE-25).

Please note: -

All hotel accommodation is on sharing basis (i.e. you will be sharing with your travel companion a twin/double room. If you travel alone, we will match you with a same-sex adventurer). Single occupancy in a hotel is available upon request and extra chargers apply. Single accommodation is not available in huts while on the trek, because it is the park rangers who assign the trekkers to the huts .

Hiking and safety equipment

• 4-inch (10-cm) thick and comfortable sleeping mats;

• All group equipment;

• Oxygen cylinders and oximeters;

• GPS-tracking service;

• Complete medical kits.

Climbing crew: -

• Professional guides, licensed by the Tanzania National Park Authority. All our guides are the holders of Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid certifications and have 7+years of successful mountaineering experience;

• Dedicated support crew (assistant guides, camp master, porters, cooks, etc.).

Payment policy

To reserve this tour, a payment of 70% of the total price must be made at the time of reservation. The balance of 30% can be made on arrival in Tanzania, prior to the departure of your tour.

Your deposit can either be made by means of a Bank Transfer, with the addition of a 45 US Dollar fee, or by Credit Card, which incurs an additional bank charge of 3.5%.

Either the final payment can be made through Credit Card, again with the addition of a 3.5% bank charge, or in cash in US Dollars (US Dollar Bills should not be older than year 2009).

Cancellation Policy: -

Cancellation of a holiday must be made in writing and is effective from the date we receive the written notification. Cancellation charges are expressed at a percentage of quoted price as follows –

Period Cancellation Charge

From time of confirmation up to 15 days prior to arrival 0%

From 14 days to 01 day 20%

From the start of the Tour 100%

If the reason for cancellation is covered under the terms of your insurance policy, you may be able to reclaim the cancellation charges from your insurance company. Notwithstanding the above, if we have issued your domestic airline tickets and you choose at any time to cancel them then the cancelling for Domestic Tickets will be 100%.

*The above Payment and Cancellation policy is specifically for 6 DAYS MOUNT MERU and it does not apply to other tours.