Spend a full day at Kikuletwa Hotsprings : When you are thinking of having a safari in Tanzania, you would probably know about the Northern Circuit. The Northern Safari Circuit hosts most of the spectacular destinations such as Serengeti National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and Mount Meru. Arusha and Moshi are absolutely two safari capitals where visitors book their hotels and relax before going for another tour or going home. After spending nearly a whole week doing your multi-day trips or climbing the highest peaks like Kilimanjaro and Meru, you can have one day off for relaxing in Arusha or Moshi.
On this day you can choose to escape from town and spend your free day at Kikuletwa Hot Spring, which is incredibly a stunning hot spring located in Kilimanjaro region. It is also called Chemka Hot Spring (Chemka means ‘boil’ in Swahili).
How to get to Kikuletwa Hotsprings
Chemka Hotsprings or Majimoto as locals called it, is situated in Hai District within Masama Rundugi ward just 40 kilometers from Moshi. From Arusha you catch a public bus, (“daladala” in Swahili) and drop off at Boma ya Ng’ombe village. From this village, a bodaboda (motorbike) which will drop you at this eye-catching hotspring. If you are in Moshi town, travelling to this beautiful feature is easy. You have to catch a public or private bus, which will take you about one hour to reach the destination.
Things to do at Kikuletwa Hot Springs
A visit to Kikuletwa Hot Springs is usually done for relaxing tired feet after a Kilimanjaro hike. Wildlife adventurers also like to spend just one day on Kikuletwa Hot Springs to have a different experience apart from wild animals. Therefore, here are a few things you will enjoy doing at Kikuletwa Hot Springs:
Snorkeling: Kikuletwa Hot Spring produce warm water with an average temperature of 27 Celsius degrees. Spring water makes a pond that is very nice for snorkeling. So, instead of planning a snorkeling tour to mysterious destinations like Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam beaches, you can a snorkeling experience in shallow water of Kikuletwa ponds.
Swimming: You can choose to swim in crystal-free water of the Kikuletwa Hot Springs. Photos can be taken when swimming for making your tour unforgettable.
Picnic: Kikuletwa is a perfect site for picnic lunch. Most of tour operators will have a lunch box included in their package. So, you will enjoy a lunch with your beloved while enjoying the exquisite views of spring water.
Rope swings and high jumps: These are really unmatched experiences to be done at Kikuletwa Hot Springs. You can let yourself swing over the water or fall into the water after numerous swings. High jumps off the trees are also conducted at Kikuletwa Hot Springs. You climb up a tree and jump into the water for swimming.
Costs and Entrance Fees
A number of tour companies and sometimes individuals organize a day-trip to Kikuletwa Hot Springs. The cost for day trip to Kikuletwa varies depending on the number of people on a group. For a group of up to five people, the cost is $100 per adult and is inclusive of snorkeling mask, lunch, pick-up from your hotel in Arusha or Moshi and drop-offs as well as the entrance fee.
In most cases, a tour to Kikuletwa Hot Springs is always combined with other destinations, including Materuni Waterfalls and Maasai Village. The cost of these combo trips may increases or decreases a little bit. For instance, a day trip that includes Coffee tour, Materuni waterfalls and Kikuletwa hotsprings may cost you about 70 USD for a group of five people. A combined day trip through the Maasai village to the Chemka hotsprings can costs you about 120 USD per adult for a group of five people.
For solo travelers who want to visit Kikuletwa Hotsprings on their own, will have to pay an entrance fee of 10,000 TZS if you are an East African residents and 20,000 TZS for Non-East African residents.
What agents would tour your stay?
There are number of tour companies, hotels and agents in Tanzania mainly in the above two cities, Dar es Salaam and Arusha. These tour companies would greatly prepare an itinerary and host your stay in Tanzania depending on the type of stay you want from a luxurious to a medium but amaizing experience, they would fix all what you want to see and give you a better and a unique service ever given. But whenever in Tanzania, the best tour operator to perfectly help you plan your safari is Explore African Safaris. It is an East African tour operater company, with headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. Tanzania is waiting for your explore in its natures and wonders!!
