Warm rather than hot — comfortable to sit in for a long time, which is the appeal. It is spring-fed and the temperature barely changes through the year.

Yes. It is deep in the middle, so it suits swimmers; there are shallow edges for children. There are no crocodiles or hippo — it is a spring, not a river system.

Can we combine it with something else?

Easily. It pairs well with the Materuni waterfall and a coffee farm as a full day out of Moshi. Ask and we will build it.

Mount Kilimanjaro seen across the plain.

Kikuletwa Hot Springs Day Tour

Mount Kilimanjaro · Arusha

Duration

1 day

Starts

Moshi or Arusha

Ends

Moshi or Arusha

Safari style

Value

Group

Private — your own vehicle and guide

Best time

All year. Clearest water in the dry months.

Safari overview

Not a safari, and not pretending to be. Kikuletwa — locally Chemka — is a geothermal spring in the middle of dry scrub country, feeding a pool of water so clear that the fish and the tree roots at four metres look close enough to touch.

It is a rope swing, a picnic, and a few hours of doing nothing in warm water under fig trees. Which, in the middle of a demanding itinerary or the day after coming down Kilimanjaro, is worth more than another park.

We go early, before the day gets busy. Bring a towel and something to swim in.

Kikuletwa Hot Springs — 90 km, 1 hour 30 each way

Safari highlights

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            Water clear enough to see four metres down
          

            02
            A rope swing and a fig-tree canopy
          

            03
            Picnic lunch beside the pool
          

            04
            Under two hours from Moshi
          

            05
            The ideal recovery day after Kilimanjaro
          

Day by day

Every day below can be moved, lengthened or dropped. This is how we would run it.

Collected after breakfast and driven out through sugar-cane and maize, then onto a rough track that is the reason we use a 4×4. The springs appear without warning: a bright turquoise pool in dry scrub, ringed by fig trees with roots reaching down into it.

Swim, use the rope swing, eat lunch beside the water, and leave in the middle of the afternoon before the light goes.

Transfer from Moshi or Arusha
Swimming and the rope swing
Picnic lunch by the pool
Add the Materuni waterfall and a coffee farm

Drive: 90 km

Travel time: 1 hour 30 each way

Overnight: Kikuletwa Hot Springs

Meals: Lunch

Day tour — no accommodation.

Tonight

Prices

Prices per person by season and group size
Season	Solo	2–3 guests	4–5 guests	6+ guests
Low season 01 April – 31 May The long rains. Lowest prices, greenest landscape, some camps closed.	US$110	US$90	US$75	US$70
Shoulder season 01 March – 31 March Also 01 November – 19 December.	US$120	US$95	US$85	US$75
High season 01 June – 30 June Also 01 January – 28 February and the month of October.	US$130	US$105	US$90	US$85
Peak season 01 July – 30 September Also 20 December – 02 January. Book nine to twelve months ahead.	US$140	US$115	US$100	US$90

All prices are per person sharing, in USD.

Supplements & child rates

Private vehicle for one guest Solo travellers carry the whole vehicle cost.	US$35 per stay
Child under 12 Under 3 free. Ages 3–11	US$45 per person

How our pricing works. Prices are indicative and move with your travel dates, group size, the camps that still have space and any upgrades you choose. The per-person cost drops as the group grows, because the vehicle and guide are shared. Ask us for a personalised quotation and you will get an exact figure, not a range.