How fit do I need to be to do this trek?

Annapurna Base Camp is a Grade B or a moderately difficult trekking route. So any fit person can do this trek, even if you do not have any previous experience. You should be aware of what to expect and mentally prepare for it. Then, as long as you will to, you can.

How long do we walk every day when doing Annapurna Base Camp trekking?

On average, you walk about 4 to 6 hours per day. One or two days can be as less as 3hrs and one or two days can be as long as 7hrs.

What is the highest altitude reached in this trek?

The highest altitude reached is 4190m. This is the elevation of Annapurna Base Camp. ABC is the highest we will climb in this trek.

What about battery charging and hot shower facilities?

Yes, you can charge batteries en route. Charger should be brought. There are hot shower facilities as well. You may have to pay certain amount for both ($1-$2). Negotiate. Also, hot water facility could be free at lower elevation.

Are there ATMs on the way to Annapurna Base Camp?

No. There are no ATMs on this trek route. You will have to draw enough cash in Pokhara or Kathmandu. There are a number of ATMs in these cities. Everything is paid in Nepali rupees. So money should be exchanged before the start of the trek.

What about internet access?

Yes. Internet can be accessed in most places. Sometimes, there might be some technical problems. Internet in Nepal is not as fast as you are used to and at times you can just lose connection.

Is it necessary to hire Guides/trekking agency for Annapurna Base Camp trekking?

Not really. It depends on you. If you want, ABC trekking can be done independently. You could hire a guide and a porter by yourself instead of going through an agency or not hire a guide at all. Although, not having a guide can be a little problematic during off season. It really depends on you. Is it your first time in Nepal? How confident are you of being able to find your way around? How pressed on time are you? If you go through an agency, it will be costlier but everything will be planned. You will only have to come, trek and return.

How much do guides and porters cost?

For Annapurna region, pay for guides range from $20 to $30 per day and porters take $15 to $25 per day.

9 DAYS GREAT TANZANIA NORTHERN-SERENGETI MIGRATION (MARA RIVER CROSSING)

ABOUT 9 DAYS WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SAFARI- IN TARANGIRE, LAKE MANYARA,LAKE EYASI,SERENGETI AND NGORONGORO.

9 days of Tanzania’s northern Serengeti migration this package shows how the wild animal is moved from one park to another park by crossing the mara river for the purpose of searching for greener pastures in the western corridor and greening of nutritious grasses. This movement normally happens every year around July and October most of the wild animals will start moving toward the Lobo area (the side of north Serengeti of the central Serengeti national park) while another group will head directly to wagaruki the area (remote northern Serengeti national park) both of them will pass at river Grumeti. The majority of wildebeest animal continues to move steadily across the Grumer area and cross the mara river and reach the lush grazing in Kenya Masai Mara.

0. Kilimanjaro Airport - Arusha
1. Arusha -Tarangire - Manyara/Karatu
2. Lake Eyasi Tour - back Manyara
3. Manyara/Karatu - Serengeti
4. Serengeti (Central Seronera)
5. Serengeti (Central Seronera) - Northern Serengeti (Kogatende)
6. Northern Serengeti (Kogatende) - Back central Seronera
7. Serengeti (Central Seronera) - Ngorongoro
8. Ngorongoro Crater - Manyara
9. Lake Manyara Full Day Tour - Back Arusha/Moshi

DAY O : Arrival - Kilimanjaro

After arrival at Kilimanjaro airport/ Arusha, you will meet a Kitano tour and safari guide representative who will pick you up and drive you to your hotel in Arusha or Moshi. The hotel will provide all the essentials service for a comfortable stay, Settle into your accommodation, relax and get used to the African atmosphere. Ready to start your 9 days of great Tanzania Serengeti migration safari crossing the mara river? Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania and the capital of the Arusha Region, with a population of 416,442 plus 323,198 in the surrounding Arusha District Located below Mount Meru on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley, Arusha has a temperate climate; The city is close to the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Lake Manyara National Park, Olduvai Gorge, Tarangire National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Arusha National Park on Mount Meru.

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Day 1: ARUSHA – TARANGIRE– MANYARA/KARATU

>>>After breakfast, you will drive to Tarangire national park after reaching a guide will take care of the paperwork at the park gate then you will drive to Tarangire national park and enjoy the game drive. The Tarangire national park is the largest park which is famous for wild animals like elephants, lions, leopards, cheetahs, lesser kudu, buffalo, Oryx, eland, giraffes, and zebra. A visitor should enjoy a full game drive at Tarangire national park before sunset you will head back to your camp/ lodge at Manyara mto wa mbu.

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Day 2: MANYARA/KARATU – LAKE EYASI – BACK MANYARA/KARATU

After spending a night at Manyara early in the morning after breakfast a visitor will proceed on a game drive at lake eyasi, Lake Eyasi is a seasonal shallow endorheic Salt Lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley at the base of the Serengeti Plateau, just south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater in the Crater Highlands of Tanzania. The lake is elongated, orientated southwest to northeast, and lies in the Eyasi- Wembere branch of the Great Rift Valley wall. In the afternoon you will be introduced to extraordinary people who belong to an indigenous tribe known as the ‘Hadzabe’tribe and Datonga tribes you will visit the tribes and learn about the way of tracking animals, and medicine plants, in this area it easy to find and see a wild animal and wide range of bird species can be viewed. In the late afternoon, you will drive back to Manyara/ Karatu.

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Day 3: MANYARA/KARATU – SERENGETI

>>> After breakfast, we proceed across the Great Rift Valley’s floor, up the escarpment, and traverse the Ngorongoro Conservation area in what will ultimately end up being a pleasant beautiful scenery to the Serengeti National Park. Serengeti National Park – with its endless plains, rolling into the distance as far as the eye can see. We’ll proceed to the Lobo area which is located just north of the Seronera area (central Serengeti National Park). The wildebeest migration normally passes through the Lobo area every year around July / August on route to Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve and again in the late October / November route to the southern Serengeti National Park. After visitors enjoy a game drive, they will stay at Serengeti national park

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Day 4: SERENGETI (SERONERA AREA)

>>> Early in the morning after breakfast, a visitor should enjoy a game drive in the park at Serengeti national park; you will continue the descent to reach the seronera area which has a good view of wild animals. Non migration animals like elephants, buffalo, gazelle, zebra, lions, leopards, and cheetahs can normally see here. Because it’s the area where wild animal pass to reach Serengeti national park.

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Day 5: SERENGETI (CENTRAL) – NORTHERN SERENGETI (KOGATENDE AREA)

>>> After breakfast, we head toward the northern Serengeti national park, also known as the wagakuria area we do the game drive route from the Lobo area to the Wagakuria area. As we head north, a visitor is able to sight and see a lot of wild animals at Serengeti like giraffes, plain game, herds of buffalo, and elephants. In mid of July to October, there is a movement of animals passing through the mara river herd of wildebeest gazelle, and zebra begin their annual spectacular migration northwards. In their wake follow predators, lions, cheetahs, and wild dogs with vultures circling. We arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and after lunch, we will enjoy an afternoon game drive in the area. The wildebeest migration can normally be found in the Wagakuria area from Mid-July to October, depending on rainfall patterns. A long stretch of the Mara River runs through the northern Serengeti National Park

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Day 6: SERENGETI (CENTRAL) – NORTHERN SERENGETI (KOGATENDE AREA)

>>> After breakfast, a visitor enjoys a game drive to the kogatende area resident many numbers of wildlife are found in this area. This camp is used for the Serengeti Mobile Green Camp from July till the end of November when the migration is in the Northern Serengeti and hopefully crossing the Mara River. The camp is approximately 20 minutes from the Mara River and set up on a ridge under large evergreen trees overlooking a large part of the Northern Serengeti wilderness zone, where a large group of wildebeest crosses the river and are able to enjoy wild animals in peace. A visitor can also use Hot Air Balloon to enjoy wild animals in this area.

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Days 7: SERENGETI (CENTRAL) – NGORONGORO

>>>We proceed in the morning and afternoon with a game drive in central Serengeti with lunch thereafter enjoying a driving game in Serengeti, a visitor can take hours in a break at the lodge in the mid-afternoon. Central Serengeti means endless plain in the Masai language and is surrounded by different animals like leopards, lions, hyenas, and cheetahs.

This park is normally the scene of the annual wildebeest and zebra migration between the Kenya mara and Serengeti it includes a variety of bird species like eagles, ducks, geese, egrets, vultures, secretary birds, ibis, stork, herons, pelicans, cranes, and guinea fowl. The Serengeti National Park is arguably the best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world with over 3 million large mammals. About 35 species of plains animals can be seen there including the “big 5”, Elephant, Rhino, Lion, Leopard, and Buffalo. Other common species found here include hippo, giraffe, eland, impala and other antelope types, baboons, monkeys, and a profusion of over 500 species of birds. After having your lunch, you will proceed with the game drive to view and see wild animals located in Serengeti. Thereafter you will transfer to the gate of Serengeti to check out of Serengeti national park, after there you will proceed with the game on the route to Ngorongoro crater. Dinner and overnight at a Camp or Lodge at the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.

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Days 8: NGORONGORO CRATER – MANYARA

>>> In the morning after breakfast, we depart to the Ngorongoro conservation is the world’s largest inactive, intact and unfilled volcanic caldera. It has a massive floor of about 260 sq km with a depth of over 2000 feet. Where a visitor will descend over 600 meters into the crater to view wild animals like wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, eland, warthog, hippo, and elephants, Ngorongoro crater is the most beautiful park where a visitor enjoys a game drive at the crater, and take a photo, after a short period of time you will drive back to your camp/ lodge at Manyara for overnight stay.

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Days 9: LAKE MANYARA FULL DAY TOUR – BACK TO ARUSHA/MOSHI

>>> we continue with a full game drive at lake Manyara national park Visitors should enjoy a national park. This park is smaller but offers a huge number of wild animals which can attract customers; the wild Animals are found in Manyara like elephants, hippos, giraffes, buffaloes, and antelopes. Lake Manyara national park is a small park at the base of the Rift Valley escarpment. Its groundwater forest offers a nice change of scenery from the more savannah-dominated parks. Although the park is known for tree-climbing lions, big cats aren't that easily seen. Elephants are prolific and are the main attraction. After the full-game drive, we head back to Arusha or Moshi

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