Check-in is three hours prior to departure for international flights and one-and-a-half hours for domestic flights.

Many scheduled regional flights may involve multiple stops before reaching the final destination.

Yellow fever vaccination is compulsory and a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required from all travelers over 1 year of age coming from areas with risk of yellow fever transmission (check the internet for details).

Please ensure that inoculations for other tropical diseases, such as cholera, hepatitis, tetanus and typhoid are up-to-date.

Malaria is endemic but preventable. Use insect repellent, sleep under a mosquito net and take anti-malaria prophylactics as advised by your doctor.

If you suffer from a medical condition, please ensure that you have enough medicine to last during the length of your trip.

Bring prescription medicine; spare glasses/contact lenses and their solution; sunscreen and after-sun moisturizer; a first-aid kid, including plasters, travel sickness tablets, antiseptic cream, antihistamine cream, pain relies tablets, indigestion tablets; as well as a cream for bites/stings and remedy for diarrhea. We remind travelers who have any allergies or an asthma condition, to pack the required medication.

It is imperative to check with your doctor before arrival.

Most dietary requirement can be catered for. Please inform us of any specific dietary requirements and these will be communicated to all properties. Should you require kosher meals, there might incur substantial additional costs as these meals are specially flown in. A two weeks prior notice is required for all dietary requirements.

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No formal clothes are required, so we recommend that you keep your luggage to the basics. Traveling light is best as it takes less time to load your vehicle on travel days. Please use soft-side cases instead of hard suitcase.

There is a weight restriction of 15 kg/per person for all domestic flights. Please note that the hand-baggage compartments on the light aircraft’s are only 25 cm.

Bright or dark blue colors attract tsetse flies and black colors attract mosquitoes, so we recommend better khaki or neutral colors.

You will not be responsible to carry your luggage while climbing Kilimanjaro. The porters can carry approximately 20 kg of your luggage and the rest can be stored safely at the hotel. You will only be responsible for carrying your day pack with the essential and personal items you need to have with you at all times.

• A small powerful LED flashlight and if you’re a serious boy scout a small compact headlamp
• Enough batteries for your trip or a solar charger for gadgets and cameras
• AC plug point converter to 3 prong square (East Africa)
• A digital SLR or a mirror-less cameras with long lens up to 300mm or more
• A point and shoot camera or smartphone
• Chargers and cables and a backup hard drive for your images
• Lightweight binoculars
• A cheap functional wristwatch with an alarm
• An inconspicuous money belt so you can keep your cash with you.
• Dark Sunglasses
• Antibacterial hand gel –great for toilet stop in the wilds
• Lip balm
• SPF 50 Sunblock
• Insect repellent
• A lightweight fabric wide-brimmed hat
• A small lightweight ‘day back pack’ for game drives and walks
• All copies of your travel documents, including travel insurance policy, passport and visa.
• Personal first aid KIT

Tanzania is situated very close to the equator, due to which the weather here is rather stable with a comfortable and well balanced climate. Never reaching extremely hot temperatures or very cold weather, the average annual temperature varies from +25°C in the south of the country and up to +27°C in the north. It should be mentioned that on Kilimanjaro, as well as in places such as Ngorongorohighlands, the temperature does sometimes fall below zero, especially at night time, therefore it is necessary to take warm clothes to safari via Ngorongoro Crater. Many people try to avoid rainy seasons in Tanzania, of which there are two: the longest first one falls between the ends of March and May; the second one is between the end of October and the first half of December. They are commonly referred to as “long-” and “short rains”, respectively. Interestingly, the weather in Tanzania in December is hot and wet at the same time. The rainy season is marked by heavy precipitation.Planning your trip to Tanzania during the dry season you must be prepared for the heat outside and dust on the dry roads. For the most part, 50% of the dust penetrating the interior of your vehicle comes from other passing vehicles during safari.

Best time to climb Kilimanjaro

The mountain can be climbed all year round. The main trekking seasons on Kilimanjaro correspond with the mountain’s two ‘dry’ seasons. These are January to mid-March and June to October. Note that it will still probably rain on your trek during these months too – it’s rare to climb without getting rained on at least once.Of course you can take a climb in the rainy season. But there is a much higher chance you’ll encounter rain, and the summits of Kibo and Mawenzi are likely to be wreathed in thick cloud too. Indeed, several agencies even suspend their operations in November and December.It’s true that visibility is less at this time though we take issue with those companies that say that your chances of reaching the summit are significantly lower too; that simply isn’t the case. True, once every couple of years or so there may be too much snow, blocking you from reaching the summit. But this is rare. So as long as you are dressed for the conditions then, in our experience, you’ve got just as good a chance of getting to the summit.Curiously, Christmas and New Year, when the weather is far from perfect, are actually amongst the most popular times for climbing.

Best to Visit

The best wildlife viewing months in Tanzania are during the Dry season from late June to October. The best chance of seeing the wildebeest migration in the Serengeti is during June and July and the time to see the wildebeest calving is late January to February. The southern and western circuit parks are best visited during the Dry season (June to October), unlike the more popular northern circuit parks that can be visited year-round. Tarangire is the only exception since its wildlife viewing is considerably better in the Dry season as well.