Mt. Kilimanjaro - Marangu Route

so gaiters and trekking poles will help. Shorts and t-shirts should be sufficient, but keep your rain gear and warmer clothing handy. You will then break for lunch, and reach the Mandara Huts at 2 or 3 PM. You will then unpack, rest, and have some tea or coffee. A 15 minute side trip to Maundy Crater is a good way to see the surroundings including Northern Tanzania and Kenya. You can take your shower as you wait for dinner which is served at 7pm.You will spend your night in this beautiful designed Mandara huts

You will leave the camp at 8:30 AM, then hike for an hour through rainforest glades, then follow an ascending path through heath land where you will watch the amazing giant lobelias and groundsels. Continue up into open moorlands where small shrubs are the main vegetation. After the half of the journey, you will stop for lunch, a place where you can enjoy amazing views of Mawenzi.

After the yummy lunch you will embark on the journey and arrive at the Horombo Huts by 3 PM, where you can see Kibo’s summit. This is where you will spend your night. You can take shower and refresh as you wait for freshly prepared dinner. You may start to feel the effects of altitude here, and to aid your acclimatization, you can choose to spend an extra day resting at Horombo or climbing to a base camp below Kibo’s sub peak Mawenzi.

You will start by climbing through the dwindling heath land that blends into a moonscape as you enter the sweeping saddle connecting Mawenzi and Kibo. At lunchtime, your guide will look for a best shade where you will enjoy your lunch whilst viewing the beautiful scenery .

You will then embark on the journey and cross the surprisingly large saddle, and examine the summit climb up Kibo that you will start in just a few hours. You should be careful to notice any signs of altitude sickness. In the evening you will be taken to Kibo huts for dinner and overnight stay. You won’t be able to shower since there is no running water.

Leave at 1 AM, switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 5 and 7 AM. Here, views of the fabled crater and its icecaps greet you. Another 2 hours of hiking along the crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak, by 9 AM. This is Africa’s highest point, and you would have to travel more than 3,000 miles toward the Himalayas to find a higher peak! This a lifetime opportunity which you should take a photo for remembrance. You will spend at the summit for some time then descend back to the Kibo Huts, for the freshly prepared lunch. You will then take some few minutes of resting and then pack your things and cross the saddle to the Horombo Huts for dinner and overnight stay.

This is the most exciting Safari ever! You do the beginning of this climb in the dark with headlamps or flashlights. It will be very cold until you start descending, so you will need all of your warm clothes. This is, by far, the most difficult part of the trek. Slowly slowly, or, “pole pole,” and an optimistic attitude will get you there!

You will stop here for lunch before continuing your triumphant recessional down through lush forest to the park gate, which you should reach around 2 or 3 PM. It will be the final day of interaction with your guides, cooks, and porters, since you will be leaving them here. You can thank them for the good job they have done for you or if you have anything you can reward them. Our Vehicle will take you back to the Springlands Hotel or similar hotel in Moshi,for dining and celebration as you reflect on the experiences you have encountered.