5 Days Mount Kilimanjaro Marangu Route Climb

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5 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 2 more

It is the Oldest route on Mount Kilimanjaro, other names are Tourist Route and Coca Cola Route for Marangu Route.

Many say Marangu route is the cheapest, easiest, and most popular route.”
Not true, Marangu route is only the cheapest route but not the easiest and most popular route. The easiest Rongai route and most popular is the Machame route.

The statement “Marangu Route” is the easiest is misleading. It's the easiest trip to organize, has the widest, most comfortable path to walk on, and offers hut accommodation, but Of all climbing routes on Kilimanjaro, the Marangu route has the lowest summit success rate!

Marangu route makes altitude acclimatization very difficult and it's less scenic because the ascent and descent are along the same path.
Marangu Route offers hut accommodation in dormitory-style But a sleeping bag is required

What's Included

Lunch (Optional[5])
Lunch
Dinner (Optional[4])
Dinner
All Taxes/VAT.
Breakfast (Optional[5])
Breakfast
All transportation.
A professional driver/guide.( English, Spanish, French)
All things of personal nature
Tips and gratitude for driver Guide and safari cook
International flights

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We pick up all customer at the lobby of the hotel

Itinerary

Duration: 5 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Day 1 - Marangu Gate (1860 m) - Mandara Huts (2700m)

    1 stop
  • 1
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 8 km, Time: 3-5 hrs, Altitude gain= 840 m Pick at 8:00 am from hotel to Marangu gate(1,860 m) takes 2hrs. Registrations, meet your guide and porters then pack all equipment. Takes 1hrs to 2hrs. Start Marangu Route walking through the rain forest, the path is wide and formed with gravel a bit steep but the forest is amazing, very pretty with a little stream, picturesque and little waterfalls. Lunch will be at the Kisamboni picnic area, In 2hrs you will reach Mandara Huts. Before the vegetation will change to the alpine heath and moorland. Walking Highlights • blue monkeys • colobus monkeys • Maundi Crater • Waterfalls • colorful birdlife • lichens and mosses • variety of flowers. Mandara Hut easily meets your needs in the best possible way. You can find frame mountain huts comprising of bunk beds at this hut. At this place, all trekkers gather for the same purpose. You can interact with a lot of similar-minded climbers

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 2

    Mandara Huts - Horombo Huts (3700 m)

    1 stop
  • 2
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 12 km Time: 5-7 hrs Altitude gain: 1000 m In the morning you will start walking through the forest. Soon there will be no more trees. In moorland the dominating plant is heather. You will get a good view of the Kibo and Mawenzi peaks. The vegetation offers more open views. Through the hills across a few dry creeks. The lunch stop will be 2hrs to the Horombo Huts. (No pressure during walking. It takes as long as it takes!) Walking Highlights • Hills • Kibo Peak • Mawenzi peak • colobus monkeys • giant senecios and lobelias. A group of wooden huts in a forest clearing. It is another group of huts very similar to the huts at Mandara. You will find a basic shelter and you will have dinner and overnight stay at Horombo Huts

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 3

    Horombo Huts - Kibo Huts (4700 m/15420 ft)

    1 stop
  • 3
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance 9.5 km Time: 5-7 hrs Altitude gain 1000 m In the morning, you continue climbing uphill the vegetation ends and passing several water streams. Soon you reach ``Last Water Point`` at 4200. You can collect water. You will cross many ridges uphill to the ``Saddle``. A plain desert between Mawenzi and Kibo peak. Lunch then 2hrs climb to Kibo Hut. You will be surprised the path doesn't LOOK steep but the hike turns into a major effort. The landscape can change dramatically, windswept with big clouds rolling or open. It's really fun this part. Looking at Kibo the whole time, you will see the challenge ahead for you tonight. Walking Highlights • open and windswept • Saddle • alpine desert • ridge • Last Water Point • Mawenzi and Kibo peak• You sleep in dormitories with quite restricted facilities. At night all final climb preparation of the Summit is done. Porters help you repack any items only the necessary.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 4

    Summit (5895 m)

    1 stop
  • 4
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 5.5 km(up) + 15 km Time: 10hrs+ Wake up at 11.00 and 11.30 pm. Get ready with your gear and have breakfast. Around midnight start the hike to the summit you will see strings of little lights for climbers ahead of you. As steep as the slope is the path itself isn't that bad. Take all the time you need. There are two landmarks that are resting points only minutes. Then 1:30hrs after leaving the cave rocks appear on the path a bit slippery called Jamaican Rocks. It's another 1:30hrs to reach Uhuru Peak. Descend for Lunch at Kibo Huts. You have no choice but to pack up your gear and keep going 3hrs to the Horombo Huts. Walking Highlights • Uhuru Peak • crater rim • Glaciers • Sunrise At Africa Highest Point • Breath Taking Views. A group of wooden huts in a forest clearing. You will find a basic shelter and you will have dinner and overnight stay at Horombo Huts.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 5

    Horombo Huts - Marangu Gate

    1 stop
  • 5
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 20 km Time: 5 hrs After breakfast, you set to continue descending down. Lunch at Mandara Huts then descent to Marangu Gate. The path is already known so it's just getting down to the Marangu gate. At the gate, you'll have to clear more formalities, but eventually, you will say goodbye to your guides and you climb into the vehicle waiting for you and be carried away to your hotel for hot showers and cold beers. After a hard trek of Kilimanjaro drive back to Arusha you will spend the night at Arusha tourist inn hotel

    6 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by Budget Safaris Tanzania

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