After the Climb - Safari Options

You've traveled far! Why not extend your Climb by a few days and sign up for a great Kiliwarrior  safari?

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About Kiliwarrior Safaris

On the mountain our clients enjoy a unique combination of personal attention, comfort, cultural interaction and closeness to nature. Our safaris are designed to continue this unique experience. Eben is the originator of the Google Earth™safari maps of East Africa and his knowledge of the parks is unmatched! You can see our Google Earth™ project here:  go-safari.

We offer three styles of after-climb safaris. Please note that these special safari rates are only available to our climbing clients!

Our accommodation ranges from popular 1st-class safari lodges to luxury seasonal and permanent tented camps with walk-in tents, wooden beds, and en-suite toilets with showers.   On Zanzibar we use intimate beach and island resorts.

After camping on the mountain for a week or more, our clients really enjoy the comforts of safari lodges and luxury safari camps!

What are our standard itineraries?

3 star safaris - $450-$550 average per person per day in peak season

4 star safaris - $600-$700 average per person per day in peak season

5 star safaris - $900-$1200 average per person per day in peak season

Our 3  & 4-day itineraries visit the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater,  and Lake Manyara.  

Highlights:

Our 5 and 6-day itineraries visit:

January 1 to June 30:  Ngorongoro Crater, Oldupai Gorge and the Serengeti.

July 1 to December 31:  Tarangire and Ngorongoro Crater.

Where exactly do we go and what can you expect to see?

It  depends on the time of year. 

The Serengeti Tented Camps are mobile and move between the central and southern Serengeti as it follows the Wildebeest Migration during the months of December to June.

From July to November, the Migration is in the northern Serengeti or Masai Mara - out of reach of our standard 5-day safari itinerary. During these dry months the Tarangire River in Tarangire National park is  is an oasis for thirsty animals and Oliver's Camp is the perfect safari home in the bush!  If you want to visit the Serengeti, please sign up for a custom  private safari.

What is included?

Park and entry fees, driver/guide salary, all meals, accommodation, one liter of bottled water per day. 

Not included?

Laundry, tips, drinks, items of personal nature.  Note - these are included at 5 star properties.

What about singles?

Our rates are based on a minimum of two people sharing! Unfortunately the safari lodges and camps charge extra for single rooms and we have to do the same. We don't think strangers should share rooms - so we negotiated very low single surcharges.

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Gorillas in Rwanda?

Volcanoes National park was opened in the year of 1925 (initially as part of the first National park in Africa: Albert National park) and it was created with the major aim of protecting the endangered Mountain Gorillas.  

The park is located in a chain of dormant Volcanoes called Ibirunga in the northwest of the Country. The volcanoes include Muhabura, Gahinga, Sabyinyo, Bisoke and Karisimbi. The park lies within the provinces of Gisenyi (15%) and Ruhengeri (85%) a long the boarder of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda and is part of the Albertine or western Rift. It is surrounded by the districts of Bukamba, Kinigi, Mutobo, Buhoma, (of Ruhengeri province) and Mutara (of Gisenyi province). 

The Park is continuous with other two parks in the neighboring Countries; Virunga National Park in DRC and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda; and the three compose the ecosystem of Virunga Massif.

The Mountain Gorillas’ survival today thanks to Diana Fossey’s research that was buried at her research center in the Virunga’s alongside the Animals to which she dedicated her life. Fossey became a household name following the release of the biographical film gorillas in the mist, set and short on location in the Volcanoes National Park. Critical and public acclaim ensured that gorillas in the mist al so served to raise International awareness of the plight of the Mountain Gorillas.  

A mere 300 of these gentle giants survive in the world, half of them resident in Rwanda, where your habituated groups ranging in size from 8-38 individuals-can be visited by a limited amount of tourists daily.

Gorilla groups tend to move around a lot and their home ranges often overlap. For this reason, one group cannot be said to be easier to track than another. 

For up to five years each, these groups have undergone an extremely delicate process that has gradually made them used to the presence of humans, and allowed a few privileged visitors to interact with them briefly in the wild.

The gorillas are by no means tame.  They are completely wild animals, which even now tolerate human presence for an hour a day at most.  Experienced guides will accompany you on your tracking, many of who have been involved in the habituation process themselves.  These guides will brief you in detail on your arrival on the various aspects of ‘gorilla etiquette’, but the information contained in this set of guidelines is to help you arrive for your track well prepared and ready to enjoy this unique opportunity to the full.

Gorilla tracking is a year-round activity, with no season as such. The rain forest is moist, and it rains very often, even in the dry season.  Tracking commences every morning from the park headquarters at 8:30 AM.  You sign a register upon arrival with the idea to randomly assign groups to gorilla families. However, this process is not completely random as you will notice how older people somehow “get assigned” to the nearest gorilla families. There is a daily maximum of 8 visitors to each gorilla group, and each group is accompanied by a guide, rangers and optional porters who will carry your shoulder pack for you.  The guide will travel with your group to the trailhead where the walking starts. It is not a long drive in most cases. The gorillas cover large distances overnight, and they are never constantly in one area.  The guides will use their knowledge of the gorillas’ habits and information from the previous day to locate the group’s whereabouts.

Because of this, the time taken to track the gorillas varies enormously, from as little as half an hour to as much as 9 hours before returning to camp.  The terrain can be extremely difficult, which steep slopes (often steeper than a flight of stairs) covered in dense vegetation that gives the park its name.  In addition, the altitude of 5200 feet and more means participants do need to be physically fit to enjoy the track.

Once the gorillas are located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them.  After this, you will return to the park headquarters and your camp.

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