The arrival day you will meet
our tour guide at arrival point/airport who will transfer you to
Moshi in a designated hotel for overnight stay bed and breakfast!!
If you need to hire any extra gear, advise our staff this evening.
Leave any excess clothing and valuables at the hotel - they will
lock them up for you. Pack your bag carefully for the climb - remember
the weight limit of 15 kg. Leave some ‘plastic bin bags’
in an outer pocket of your bag, and show the porters where they
are so that in case of rain they can quickly cover your bag.
6 days Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Marangu Route –
Day one
Transfer from Moshi town to Marangu Gate (1980m) - Mandara hut (2700m).
Hiking time: 5 hours.
Distance: About 12 km's.
Habitat: Montane forest.
Elevation change: + 720 m
Early in the morning after breakfast you will be getting a briefing
of your hiking from Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro guides before been
transfer to Marangu gate around 9:00 am in the morning which takes
about 45 minutes to reach there. On your arrival to Marangu gate
which is located at the Marangu village normal formality of registration
for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro will take place. A backpack is important
for you to carry few things which will be useful for the particularly
day trekking such as camera, extra cloth, skin oil, rain jacket
and other things which you will be directed. Porters will carry
other things for your climbing Mount Kilimanjaro such as food, drinking
water, clothes and cooking gas and normally they walk faster than
you so they can be in a position of preparing of dinner for you
on time.
After all the formality our guide will show you a clear trail and
assist you with any additional information or needs you might have.
You now leave the park office and ascend on a cleared ridge route
through the rain forest. The forest covered with mist and
saturated with beards of moss. This trail follows the edge of a
stream through the undergrowth and offers you the option to rejoin
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.
6 days Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Marangu Route – Day two
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. In the moorlands you will
also encounter some of Kilimanjaro most spectacular and strange
plants in the open moorland - with giant lobelia and groundsel growing
to heights of 3 and 5 metres respectively! 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.
6 days Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Marangu Route –
Day three
Horombo hut (3720m)
Horombo Hut – OPTIONAL acclimatization Day
your choice – an extra day at Horombo Hut will improve your
chances of reaching the summit but of course it does add to the
cost and you may not have the time??
Today is acclimatization day so you will stay based at Horombo hut.
A great way to spend the day is to hike out past Zebra Rocks to
Mawenzi hut. This will take about 3 hours on the ascent, and a further
one and half hours for the descent back to Horombo hut. Remember
to keep your water intake levels up, and not too rush this hike.
Horombo hut is actually a village of huts with double the capacity
of Mandara hut – both ascending and descending hikers meet
here with all the guides, porters and cooks on their respective
routes - so this camp is normally full and buzzes with activity
and excitement. All meals for the day are provided at Horombo hut.
Tonight you will have a good opportunity to get to bed early for
a good night’s sleep – make the most of it because you
will need all the energy you can get for the next couple of days.
6 days Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Marangu Route –
Day four
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. You should stock up with all the water you will need - the
next watering point will be at Horombo hut when you return there
on your descent the night after next. Once again remember to take
it slowly and drink enough water. 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. Kibo is a large stone house that can comfortably
sleep 60 hikers in bunk beds – remember there is no water
supply at this hut. There are toilet facilities behind the hut.
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 – also ensure
that your headlamp and camera batteries are in order and make sure
you have spare sets of batteries available as well. Carry your water
in a thermal flask otherwise it will freeze later. Make sure you
are in bed by 7:00 pm - you will need all the sleep you can get
before your very early wake up call in only four and half hours
time.
6 days Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Marangu Route Day five
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.
Cold and fatigue will set in quickly here and you may find it very
difficult to get started again. So spend a little time to enjoy
the fact that you have conquered Kilimanjaro, get the camera out
and take some pictures, then it will be best that you get moving
again – 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 which will be accompanied with heavy breakfast, you will
begin the next part of your descent – it will take another
3 hours of hiking to get to Horombo hut. Arriving Horombo hut at
afternoon for hot hut lunch and rest as well as dinner and spend
overnight there. You will no doubt have a good sleep, feeling exhilarated
and proud of your achievement.
6 days Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
Marangu Route Day six
Horombo hut (3720 m) – Mandara
hut (1980m)
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.
Price: US $ 1350.
per person
Price includes:
2 transfers from Moshi to Marangu gate – return.
3 meals a day while trekking – vegetarian/non vegetarian.
6 days Kilimanjaro trek – Marangu route.
5 nights accommodation in huts while trekking Marangu
Route.
2 nights hotel accommodation bed and breakfast
in Moshi before and after climb.
All park entrance fees and government Levies.
English speaking mountain guide and assistant.
Porters – Minimum 2 per client.
First Aid Kit including Oxygen Kit. |
