6 Day Trek in Mt Kilimanjaro

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Moshi To Marangu Gate To Mandara Hut
2 stops
1
• Elevation: 1200 m to 1,750m to 2,750m • Distance: 9km. • Hiking Time: 4-5 hours • Habitat: Montane Forest to moorland and heath vegetation. You will be transferred to Marangu gate from the hotel and do a registration at the gate. Afterwards, you will begins trekking through the rainforest to Mandara hut. Here you will have an acclimatization opportunity of visiting Maundi Crater. Dinner and overnight at Mandara Hut.
5 hours • Admission ticket included
2
Maundi Crater is located just near the Mandara Huts Campsite, only about a kilometer away and within the rainforest zone of Mount Kilimanjaro. To get to Maundi Crater you will have to start from the Mandara Huts and trek to the crater. Climbers usually use this hike as a mode of acclimatizing in a bid to minimize the day one or as a detour en route to the Horombo huts on the second day. Your guide will then take you on a short hike (15 minutes walking distance) to the Maundi Crater, where you can enjoy wonderful views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Northern Tanzania, and Kenya. Once you have thoroughly enjoyed the views, you will return to Mandara Hut, where your delicious dinner awaits you.
45 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Mandara Hut to Horombo Hut
1 stop
3
• Elevation: 2750 m to 3,807m • Distance: 12km. • Trekking Time: 5-6 hours • Habitat: Moorlands After breakfast, you will outclimb the rainforest and continue trekking to Horombo hut where you will trek through rolling moorlands and get your first clear view of towering Kilimanjaro. Stop halfway for lunch, where you can enjoy amazing views of Mawenzi. Arrive at the Horombo Huts by 3 PM, where you can see Kibo’s summit. Rest, unpack, and prepare for dinner. Bathrooms with running water are available. 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 basecamp below Kibo’s sub-peak Mawenzi.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Acclimatisation Day - Horombo Hut
1 stop
4
Spend an extra day here at Horombo during the 6-day itinerary for acclimatization purposes. On this day you will hike to Mawenzi Ridge or Zebra Rock to have your body adjust to higher altitudes. After this session you will return back to Horombo hut for lunch, resting until dinner and overnight.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Horombo Hut to Kibo Hut
1 stop
5
• Elevation: 3807m to 4725m • Distance: 10km. • Hiking Time: 5-6 hours • Habitat: Desert Wake to breakfast as usual, but if you wake early you can get some great photos of the sunrise. The first part of the day’s hike climbs through the dwindling heathland that blends into a moonscape as you enter the sweeping saddle connecting Mawenzi and Kibo. When you stop for lunch, and later when you cross this surprisingly large saddle, you can examine the summit climb up Kibo that you will be starting in just a few hours. Be careful to notice any signs of altitude sickness. There is no running water at the Kibo Huts.
6 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Summit Day Kibo Hut Camp To Uhuru Peak To Horombo Hut Camp
1 stop
6
• Elevation: 4,695 m to 5,895 m to 3,690 m • Distance: 4km up, 14km down. • Hiking Time: 10-15 hours • Habitat: Alpine Desert. Wake at midnight to a light breakfast then prepare for your summit ascent. This is an important time to keep on slowly slowly (pole pole in Swahili). The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 4 and 6 am. At this point, you will have a view of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snow takes you to Kilimanjaro’s true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend some time for taking photos. After your summit photos and taking in the view, descend back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment and continue down through re-cross the saddle to the Horombo Huts. Have dinner and overnight at Horombo Hut.
11 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Horombo Huts Camp To Marangu Gate To Moshi
1 stop
7
• Elevation: 3,690 m to 1,830 m to 1,387 m • Distance: 19km. • Hiking Time: 5-7 hours After a long sleep, you will be awaked for breakfast and pack, continue your descent through the moorland to Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch then proceed your triumphant recessional down through the lush forest to Marangu park gate. After the gate sign out, a vehicle will take you back to the hotel where it is definitely time for your certificate presentation and celebration!
6 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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