Day Cycling Tour To Lake Jipe

A DAY CYCLING TOUR LAKE JIPE

Lake Jipe is a small, shallow lake lying astride the Kenya-Tanzania border, just to the east of the northern Pare Mountains of Tanzania (Mwanga district, in the Kilimanjaro region). It is 12 km long and 2.5 km wide, 12 square km belong to Tanzania and 14 square km to Kenya. Tsavo West National Park of Kenya borders the southern portion of the lake while Mt Kilimanjaro dominates the horizon some distance to the northwest.

Lake Jipe receives its main inflow from Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania via River Lumi passing through Kenya. The other main inflow is via River Muvulani from the Pare Mountains. Several temporary streams, mainly from the Pare Mountains, also drain into Lake Jipe. The lake has one outflow, the River Ruvu, located in Tanzania to the south of River Lumi, the main inflow.

Jipe is a shallow backwater of the Lumi River, which afterwards becomes the Ruvu River, and enters in the Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir. After joining there with the Kikuletwa the stream flows as Pangani River in the Indian Ocean at Pangani. As for wildlife, Lake Jipe not only offers an abundance of hippo and crocodile but there is also a small herd of zebras, To the northern end of the lake are also a few tiny villages whose inhabitants make a living from fishing.

Kenya's unfenced Tsavo West National Park protects part of the lake's northern shore, while on the Tanzania side Mkomazi Game Reserve is nearby. The lake is known for its, Canoeing and Boat safari, endemic fish, Hippopotamus, Herds of Elephants, Crocodiles, as well as water birds and other mammals, wetland plants and lake-edge swamps, which can extend 2 kilometres (1.2m) from the lake’s shore.

Our cycling start from Moshi to lake Jipe, through both rough and tarmac road flat road, downhill and uphills we will cross through the deffernt villages in our route, explore their cultural activities and the way they living out there before get to lake Jipe and spend a day out there. Later afternoon we will start cycling to Moshi town back to the hotel and this will be the end of our package services. Lake Jipe! best time to visit is on dry season from July-September and then December-February. Big Mamals like Hippo, Elephants and a lot of birds are guaranteed to be seen.

SERVICES OFFER FOR BIKE TOUR

Entry fee.
All other gorvernment fees.
Picnic lunch box.
purified Drinking water.
Professional mountain bike guide.
Mountain bike Guides and Cooker salaries.
Transport to and from the destinaton.
Please call us for special Meal.
supportive car or cars.
The Mountain Bike.

SERVICES NOT OFFER FOR BIKE TOUR

International flights.
Tanzania Visa.
Pre/post accommodation and airport transfers (booking is available upon request).
Tips for your guide and driver. Afritreks recommendation is $ 20 to your guide divided per person per day.
Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, cameras, visa, and travel insurance.).
Meals not listed in the itinerary.
Liquors, beers and bottled beverages.

7 Days Cycling 360 Base Of Mt. Kili ( $1650 Per Person )

This offer the tourist an experience Tanzanian wonderful cultural adventures, beautiful landscape and African wildlife across a wide varienties of terran. The Cycling will combine wildlife reserves in west Kilimanjaro, make it more exciting and unforgattable experience in Northen circuit of Tanzania.

Note that; This best of Tanzania cycling adventure package need tourist to have some cycling experience because is a bit challenging, This package will have a total distance round mount kilimanjaro estimated to be 371 kms, the Cycling will take us through forest, semi-desert to desert area, flat pedalling, uphill and downhills pedalling.

Highlights; Through this cycling tourist will have the chance for the following tour activities, Cultural activities village to village particularly Marangu village, visit lake challa, Rongai forest, wildlife animal corrido (border between Amboseli national park and Kilimanjaro National park), West Kilimanjaro wildlife reserve,Massai Boma village, olipopongi and Tinga Tinga Village, Hotsprin/Chemka, TPC sugar cane, Plantation and Moshi town that will be the end of our tour package. Do not forget tourist can shorten this the way they want as long as they are fit enough to do it. Let us help you to plan a unique cyling schedule in Tanzania East Africa the way you may need. ( we listening )
5 Days Cycling Mount Kilimanjaro 5895m ( $2650 Per Person )

The Package is the Most difficult cycling packages that need tourist to have uphills cycling experience before they decide to book, this offer cyclist to cycle uphill to mount Kilimanjaro up to almost 5000m before start to push up their own bike to the highest point of Africa UHURU PEAK 5895M.

Highlights; The cycle will start at Kilema gate at the elevation of 2000m, up to horombo hut 3720m, the extra day for acclimation from horombo and back to horombo 3720m then from horombo, cycle to Kibo hut 4730m but it will be possible to extend to 5000m before tourist or cyclist decide to push up their own mountain bike. Remember that: this cycle is real tough and need a tourist to have enough cycling experience before he/she decide to pick this package.
3: Days Cultural Cycling West Kilimanjaro Tour: ($960 Per Person)

The Package is the enjoyable cycling packages that no need tourist to have much cycling experience before they decide to book, this offer cyclist to cycle uphills and downhills over the slope of mount Kilimanjaro villages to villages, for the aim of learm culture and its historical sites in closed relation to the local people and share some pleasant local stories.

Highlights; The cycle will start at Moshi and switch to Chemka, west Kilimanjaro, then will back to Materuni water falls, this can be done pre-climbing or post-climbing of mount Kilimanjaro.

Villages to be visitted by our route are; Rondugai villages, Chemka villages, Boma villages, Sanya villages, Siha Villages, Masama villages, Machame Villages Kiboso Villages and Uru villages then back to Moshi for departure.(At least Cycling experience is needed for this package)