7 Days Mount Kilimanjaro Rongai Route Climb

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7 days (approximately)
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Offered in: English and 2 more

Rongai route is the easiest climb with the best success rates of 80%, the Rongai route sees both sides of the mountain great scenery, and a wilderness.

Rongai route climb is more expensive away from the crowds, using Rongai Route you will see wildlife on Kilimanjaro.

The Rongai route climb is gradual, rises very steadily, no steep climbs, ups, and downs.

Rongai Route camps are amazing and on the last day before the summit, you have all afternoon to rest and acclimatize, the Rongai route is a lot drier than the other side of the mountain.

What's Included

All Meals (3 meals a day)
All Park Fees.
Lunch (Optional[7])
Lunch
Dinner (Optional[7])
Dinner
All Taxes/VAT.
Breakfast (Optional[7])
Breakfast
All transportation.
Visas
All things of personal nature
Tips and gratitude for driver Guide and safari cook
Travel insurance

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout .
Pickup details:

We pick up all customer at the lobby of the hotel

Itinerary

Duration: 7 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Nalemoru (1950 m) - First Cave Campsite (2650 m)

    1 stop
  • 1
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 6.5 km Time: 3-4 hours Altitude gain: 700 m Today you will start the Rongai route climb through cypress plantations and a fairly open country. The scenery of the first day will be wildlife. A lot of Birds and colobus monkeys. The open small forest ends and heather starts to dominate. You will reach the cave Campsite and rest for the day. It has a real sense of wilderness.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 2

    Simba Cave Campsite - Second Caves camp (3425 m)

    1 stop
  • 2
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 6 km Walking time: 3-4 hours Altitude gain: 800 m On this day the walk is steep through moorland covered in heather to the Second Cave Camp. The Rongai route allows for good acclimatization, the walk is not steep today with heathland and the small rocky section with ups and downs. You will have great views of Mawenzi, Kibo, eastern icefields, Amboseli Plains views in a distance. Walking Highlights • Moorland • Kibo Peak • Mawenzi peak • Amboseli Park • heathland • rocks

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 3

    Second Cave camp - Kikelewa Caves (3600 m)

    1 stop
  • 3
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 3 km Time: 3-4 hours Altitude gain 175 m. On this day the walk is steep through moorland covered in heather to the kikelewa Caves Camp. The walk is short and not steep today with heathland and a small rocky section. You will have plenty of time to rest. You will have great views of Mawenzi, Kibo, eastern icefields, Saddle Amboseli Plains views in a distance.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 4

    Kikelewa Caves - Mawenzi Tarn (4330 m)

    1 stop
  • 4
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 6 km Walking time 3-4 hrs Altitude gain: 730 m In the morning you will see great views of Kibo sunrise. The walk is on a gentle slope but soon it becomes steeper, the view of the last vegetation will soon disappear. Lunch will be at camp as it is a short day. After lunch has a rest and a simple acclimatization walk to about 4500 m. The Mawenzi Tarn Campsite very spectacular right underneath the pointed peak of Mawenzi in a hollow close to a tiny lake.

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 5

    Mawenzi Tarn - Kibo Huts (4700 m)

    1 stop
  • 5
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance: 9 km Walking time: 4-5 hours Altitude gain: 370 m Today you will head towards Kibo. Walking over a small ridge, and then a comfortable path on the side of ``The Saddle`, the view is breathtaking over that ridge. The saddle is a plain desert of alpine between Mawenzi and Kibo peak. The only vegetation is hardy grasses and very few everlasting flowers. The landscape is open, windswept, with a big boulders and big clouds. The last part of Kibo Huts is steeper and lacks oxygen, the air is thin. The best thing is that you will reach around lunch and have plenty of time to relax for the big day.

    7 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 6

    Summit (5895 m)

    1 stop
  • 6
    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 a break fast. 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...

    6 hours • Admission ticket included
    • Day 7

    Horombo Huts - Marangu Gate

    1 stop
  • 7
    Mount Kilimanjaro

    Walking distance 20 km Time: 5 hrs After breakfast, you set to continue descending down. The path is already known so it's just getting down to the mweka 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.

    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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