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Pare Mountains And Lake Jipe Welcome About 2 hours driving distance from Moshi, the remote and wild Northern Pare Mountains offer a great opportunity for hiking off-the-beaten-path. The drive is very bumpy in places but offers many lovely views of the surrounding countryside, and you’ll pass through many small villages along the way. Lake Jipe offers a great spectacle for wildlife wonderers. Hippos and crocodiles can be seen crossing the lake. On the Kenyan side, herds of zebras and elephant can be observed grassing at the plains of Tsavo National Park. A very special experience is to watch the elephants swim across the lake in the dry season (from late June to October). This lake offers a quintessentially off beaten path experience for adventurers looking to be in contact with local people and experience their life style. Enjoy a wooden canoe tour with the local fishermen at Lake Jipe. A perfect combination is to hike the Pare Mountains on the first day and to enjoy a canoe tour durin...

PLANTS OF MOUNT KILIMANJARO What Plants and Trees Will I See on Mount Kilimanjaro? Climbing through the five ecosystems of Mount Kilimanjaro rewards trekkers with a visual display of brilliant and unique plant life. There are flowers, plants and trees that you can find in no other part of the world but here. In this article, we show you some of the most striking, strange and common flora you will find on the mountain. Everlasting Flowers ​ These flowers (Helichrysum meyeri- johannis) are very common on Kilimanjaro at elevations between 8,000 to 15,000 feet. It is the highest flowering plant on the mountain. They are known as everlasting flowers because they can bloom year round. This herbaceous perennial grows in clumps and can reach almost two feet tall. The everlastings here have a yellowish-brown shade, with lemon-scented, pale white leaves. The leaf, stem and flower structure helps these plants survive the dry and frosty climate of the mountain. Protea Kilimandscharica Proteas were...

OUR SERVICE Why Us? Porter Welfare Foot On Kilimanjaro commits to: Limiting porter loads to 20 kg per porter. Paying porters a fair salary. Ensuring porters have enough food for the duration of the trip. Ensuring that porters have suitable shelter for the duration of the trip. Providing porters with adequate clothing for the harsh mountain climate. Treating porters with the respect they deserve. Quality of Service Foot On Kilimanjaro commits to: Answering emails from all clients in a timely manner. Providing high quality service throughout the trek, including quality tents and sleeping mattresses, and quality food. ​ Our Kili Treks We specialized in leading treks to Kilimanjaro and around the world, we plan to help you attain the skills and background information needed to succeed and enjoy your chosen adventure. From the minute you sign up to one of our trips, we want to be your number one resource giving you the skills and information you need. If you are a beginner hill-walker or ad...

SAFARI UPDATES Wake to the call of stirring birds in the Ngorongoro Crater, or perhaps to the first rays of sun clearing Mount Kilimanjaro. These are the timeless sights and sounds of the Serengeti, and on Foot On Kili Tanzania safari tours, they signal the start of each thrilling day. A safari features the continent's finest guides, who expertly reveal your destination's countless wonders. Whether you witness an endangered black rhino quietly grazing or thousands of wildebeest and zebra thundering through plains during the Great Migration, Foot On Kili Tanzania takes you to the core of the action during the Tanzania safari. With Foot On Kili Tanzania, scale Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, while experiencing the extraordinary biodiversity along its most scenic route. Tanzania brims with safari park options, including the vast Serengeti National Park, the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater and the wildlife-rich Tarangire National Park. Foot On Kili Tanzania diverse Tan...

GOMBE NATIONAL PARK The tiny Gombe stream national park is located on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika near the border with Burundi. Even though it is the smallest park in the Tanzania, it has become world-famous through the pioneering work of the passionate Dr Jane Goodall who came to study the behaviour of chimpanzees. The landscape of the park is made up of steep valleys, streams and rivers. The vegetation changes from tropical rainforests, alpine bamboo to grasslands – similar to that of neighbouring Mahale Mountains National Park. Air charters land in Kigoma, but accessibility into the park is limited to boats departing from Kigoma town. Highlights Gombe is famous for a population of chimpanzees live within the park. These incredible primates habituated to humans can be seen on a walking safari through the forests. Other primates seen in the park include vervet monkeys, beachcomber olive baboons and red tailed monkeys. Bushbucks and bush pigs can also be seen foraging on...

SO WHERE IS TANZANIA? Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa and a haven for safari seekers, mountain climbers, and beach holiday makers alike. Tanzania is made up of The Tanzania main land previously known as Tanganyika, and the Indian Ocean Spice islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, Mafia and other smaller islets. Tanganyika is also the name of the deepest freshwater lake, Lake Tanganyika which is also located in Tanzania. Tanzania is often referred to as the land of Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar. Among the safaris packages that we offer in Tanzania include; budget safari, luxury safari, photographic safari, balloon safari, camping safari, walking safari, Honeymoon Safari in Tanzania, cultural safaris, ecotourism, and volunteer safaris. Tanzania Facts about Tourist Attractions Serengeti National Park is the largest national park in Tanzania and its world widely famously known for the annual Great wildlife migration referred as the biggest wildlife spectacle in the world. In this natural ph...

ABOUT TANZANIA Tanzania is a vast and mystical country, with breathtaking scenery ranging from the snow-capped peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro in the north to the rugged terrain of the plains of the Serengeti, that stretch west to the edge of Lake Victoria. Just off the east coast, lies the magical clove island of Zanzibar, with its intriguing blend of historical ruins, white sand beaches, and winding streets of old Stone Town. And in the south, the Selous Game Reserve offers a vastly untouched wilderness teeming with wildlife. Out of the 120 tribes which populate Tanzania, the most remarkable are the Maasai, who live a traditional, tribal lifestyle. Deeply connected to nature, these statuesque herdsmen can often be seen striding across the northern plains. It was at the Oldupai Gorge, in northern Tanzania, that anthropologists, under the guidance of Mary and Louis Leakey, claimed the discovery of significant links in the chain of human evolution. As custodians of Africa’s most spectacular ...