KILIMANJARO TREK – MARANGU itinerary 8 DAYS ( with acclimatization day)

 

DAY 1 .: Pick up from to Kilimanjaro Airport, meet our tour coordinator and transfer to Kindoroko Hotel in Moshi, for dinner and overnight. After dinner meet with your guide for briefing.

DAY 2. Mandara Hut ( 2752 m)(9,021 ft) : After breakfast, meet some of your crew members then drive to Marangu gate. After registration begin trekking by passing through a rain forest to the Mandara Hut. This day the trekking is reasonably easy although the path is sometimes slippery.

DAY 3. Horombo Hut (3780m )(12,400 ft) : From Mandara the path continues through the forest. A couple of hours walk will bring you to incredible views of the summit having emerged from the forest. The path follows the rolling moorland to reach Horombo Hut.

DAY 4.: This is an extra day of acclimatization and it's an ideal day to rest as well as walk high and sleep low. To acclimatize you will walk to Zebra Rocks or to Mawenzi Hut then return to Horombo Hut for another overnight.

DAY 5. Kibo Hut ( 4,700M) (15,420 ft) : Continue on the moorland path, past the 'Last Water Point' where you should fill your bottles. The slope eases as you reach the desert like expanse of The Saddle and the group of huge rocks. It's an easy couple of hours to Kibo Hut. You must drink as much as possible.

DAY 6. Summit Attempt - Uhuru peak ( 5,895m) (19,340 ft): You will rise around midnight and after you are all ready you begin your ascent to the summit. As the sun rises you should be at the Gilmans point at (5681m) which is on the crater rim, continue around the rim for about one more hour to reach Uhuru Peak (5895m) the highest point in Africa. Weather conditions on the summit will determine how long you will be able to spend, taking photographs, before the 3 hour descent back to Kibo hut for tea and biscuits or soup . After a short rest you gather all your gear you left behind for the ascent and head down to Horombo hut (3 hours) for your overnight.

DAY 7. Marangu gate : After breakfast you continue your descent (6 hours), passing the Mandara hut, down to the Marangu gate. This is where successful climbers receive their summit certificates. Those climbers who reached Gillman's Point (5685m) are issued with green certificates and those who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m), receive gold certificates.You then drive back to Kindoroko Hotel, for a long hot shower, dinner and overnight.

DAY 8.: After breakfast, drive back to the airport or take a shuttle back to Nairobi, or proceed on a Safari to the Ngorongoro crater

 

Prices

Pax	USD / Per pax
1	1,200
2	1,150
3 - 4	1,120
5 - 8	1,000
9 - 12	980

Click here to see our regular departures