5 days trekking kilimanjaro via Marangu route

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Marangu Route
1 stop
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Transfer from Arusha town to Marangu Gate – Mandara hut 2700m hiking time: 5 hours. Distance: About 12 km’s. Habitat: Montane forest. Elevation change: + 720 m after breakfast you will be getting a briefing of your hiking from Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro guides before been transfer to Marangu gate. You now leave the park office and ascend on a cleared ridge route through the rain forest. This trail follows the edge of a stream through the undergrowth and offers you the option to re-join the main trail either, after one and half hours hiking, you will reach Mandara hut. The weather at Mandara hut isn’t much cold and normal dressing and a jacket is enough. With an exception of Kibo hut the other huts have a group of wooden A-framed huts in a forest clearing. Each hut features 6-8 sleeping bunks with solar generated lighting. The total capacity of the camp is 60 climbers. Water is piped into the camp from springs above and there are flush toilets behind the main hut.
Admission ticket free
Day 2
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Marangu Route Mandara hut 2700m- Horombo hut 3720m
1 stop
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Mandara hut 2700m- Horombo hut 3720m Hiking time: 6 hours. Distance: About 15 km’s. Habitat: Moorland. Elevation change: + 1020 m Early in the morning after your breakfast you will starts climbing towards Horombo hut with your picnic lunch. From Mandara hut the trail passes through a short stretch of forest, and then heads around the base of the Maundi Crater where you will leave the forest and enter the moorland. We recommend you take a short detour up to the rim of the Maundi Crater – from here you see the impressive Kibo Crater, and on a clear day you will also be able to see the glaciers of Kibo. This is a great photographic opportunity. Later in the afternoon you reach Horombo Hut to stay for hot dinner and an overnight. Your hut will be comfortable enough to ensure a good nights rest. Temperatures during the night will be around freezing point.
Admission ticket free
Day 3
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Marangu Route Horombo hut 3720m Kibo hut 4700m
1 stop
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Horombo hut 3720m Kibo hut 4700m Hiking time: 6 hours Distance: About 15 km’s Habitat: Alpine desert Elevation change: + 980 m The climb is becoming more difficult as the oxygen at these altitudes begins to thin out considerably. To begin today you can take one of the two trails to the “Saddle”, located between the peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo. Stick to the lower route, which is much easier and has the added benefit of taking you past the last watering point. It will take from 5 to 7 hours to reach Kibo Hut where you will rest and have dinner. This is a barren area of extreme conditions, with temperatures at night sometimes dropping to below freezing point and daytime temperatures being relatively high. Spend time this afternoon preparing your equipment as you will be making your final ascent tonight–you will need your ski-stick and extra thermal clothing for your summit bid. Carry your water in a thermal flask otherwise it will freeze later.
Admission ticket free
Day 4
: CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO MARANGU ROUTE Kibo hut 4700 m – Uhuru Peak 5895 m- Horombo hut 3720 m
1 stop
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Kibo hut 4700 m – Uhuru Peak 5895 m- Horombo hut 3720 m Hiking time: 10 hours Distance: About 27 km’s Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit Elevation change: + 1195 m, – 2175 m Today will by far be your toughest day, you will be woken just before midnight and soon head off into the cold night up a rocky path towards to the Hans Meyer Cave at 5150 metres – you may take a short rest here before continuing your ascent up to Gillman’s point at 5680 metres. Probably the most demanding section of the entire route as it is very steep and stony – go slowly and carefully here. From Gillman’s Point, you will more than likely be walking through snow for the next 2 hours, when you will finally reach the summit of Uhuru Peak at 5895 metres. it’s a long way down! The first part of your descent to Kibo hut will take almost another 3 hours. After a short rest you will have breakfast. Arriving Horombo hut at afternoon for hot hut lunch and rest as well as dinner and spend overnight there.
Admission ticket free
Day 5
CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO MARANGU ROUTE Horombo hut 3720 m – Mandara hut 1980m - Arusha
1 stop
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Horombo hut 3720 m – Mandara hut 1980m - Arusha Hiking time: 6 hours Distance: About 27 km’s Habitat: Moorland + Rain Forest Elevation change: – 1740 m after an early and well-deserved breakfast, you continue your descent passing the Mandara hut, down to the Marangu gate – this will take the best part of six hours. At Marangu gate you sign your name and details in a register. To make your achievement official, you will receive a summit certificate. If you reached Gillman’s Point you will be presented with a green certificate, and if you made it all the way to Uhuru Peak you will have earned yourself a gold certificate. You then take a road transfer back to your hotel where you have certainly earned a long hot shower and a drink or three to celebrate before getting a decent night’s rest in a comfortable bed.
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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