Climbing Africa’s highest peak is on many individuals’s bucket lists. For those who rely your self amongst them, there’s excellent news as a result of reaching Kilimanjaro from Europe is turning into simpler.
Three airways are launching new routes to northern Tanzania, together with one beginning early subsequent month.
From 3 June, Brussels Airways will join the Belgian capital with Kilimanjaro Worldwide Airport twice every week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
“Sub-Saharan Africa is our second residence and we’re delighted to have the ability to add one other enticing vacation spot to our community on this stunning continent,” Dorothea von Boksburg, CEO of Brussels Airways, mentioned in an announcement.
“Tanzania is a high safari vacation spot and we’re proud to be contributing to the native financial system by connecting Kilimanjaro to Brussels and past.”
Italian airline Neos additionally plans to open seasonal routes for a restricted time from July 14th to October twentieth. It operates as soon as every week between Milan Malpensa and Kilimanjaro earlier than heading to Zanzibar.
The newest airline to announce new routes to Europe is Air Tanzania. Flights between London Gatwick Airport and Kilimanjaro Worldwide Airport will start in July 2027, with a minimal of three flights per week.
Tanzania Airways CEO Peter Uranga mentioned they have been additionally contemplating “varied cities within the European Union”.
Different vacationer points of interest opened by Kilimanjaro’s new flight route
Kilimanjaro is an attractive sight, however the brand new route will even make it simpler to entry different widespread vacationer points of interest within the nation.
This area of Tanzania is legendary for its northern safari circuit, which incorporates Serengeti Nationwide Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, and Tarangire Nationwide Park.
Right here you’ll be able to witness the world’s largest annual animal migration, with greater than 1.5 million wildebeest and 250,000 zebras passing by the realm.
