4N / 5D
Trekking
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5 Days Kilimanjaro Climb Marangu Route
Mount Kilimanjaro(4N)
STAY 3✭ hotels + hut
$ 1,590
$ 1,600
0% off
/personDetailed Itinerary
Day 1 Marangu Gate (1860m) to Mandara Hut (2700m)
- After breakfast, you will be collected from your lodge in Moshi and taken to the Marangu Gate.
- Once the necessary paperwork has been completed, your trek can begin, and you will soon be hiking through the dense rainforest.
- Alongside the impressive vegetation, you will have the chance to catch a glimpse of some primates as you head to the Mandara Hut.
- After a well-earned rest, your guide can take you to the Maundi Crater, where you can enjoy the wonderful view of the Kenyan interior.
- Distance covered: 8.3 km / 5.2 mi
- Approximate time taken: 5 hours
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
Day 2 Mandara Hut (2700m) to Horombo Hut (3700m)
- The day begins with an early breakfast.
- Shortly after leaving Mandara Hut, you will reach the timberline and then enter the heath and moor zone.
- Approximately 4 to 6 hours later, the Horombo Hut will come into sight, standing at an altitude of 3,700 meters.
- From the hut, you will have fantastic views overlooking Mawenzi, Kibo, and the wide plain of the Masai steppe.
- Distance covered: 12.5 km / 7.8 mi
- Approximate time taken: 9 hours
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included
Day 3 Horombo Hut (3700m) to Kibo Hut (4700m)
- Today's stage is long and challenging.
- The well-maintained trail passes the "Last Water Point," followed by the so-called "Saddle."
- This nearly vegetation-less plateau connects the main summit, Kibo, with Mawenzi.
- Today's destination is the Kibo Hut, typically reached in about 5 to 6 hours.
- Here, you will enjoy an early evening meal followed by an early night, as the night will be short.
- Distance covered: 9.5 km / 5.9 mi
- Approximate time taken: 7 hours
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included
Day 4 Kibo Hut (4700m) to UHURU PEAK (5895m) & down to Horombo Hut (3700m)
- Today is "The Big Day" ? the summit stage.
- You will begin your final ascent around midnight, which will be long and strenuous.
- Passing the Hans Meyer Cave at 5220m, the climb slowly but surely goes upwards.
- At sunrise, you will reach Gillman's Point (5681m) ? the crater rim of Kilimanjaro ? where the sun will slowly start to warm the land.
- You will soon forget the cold of the night, and after a further hike of 1 to 2 hours, you will reach Uhuru Peak at 5895m.
- On your return to Kibo Hut, a warm meal awaits you, followed by a 1 to 2 hour break before proceeding back down to Horombo Hut.
- Distance covered: 22km / 13.7mi
- Approx. time taken: 12 to 15 hours
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
Day 5 Horombo Hut (3700m) to Marangu Gate (1860m)
- The last stage passes through the heath and moor zone to the Mandara Hut (2700m), where a warm lunch is waiting for you.
- Soon, you will once again pass through the tropical rainforest.
- After a total trekking time of 6 hours, you will arrive back at the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (1860m).
- After saying goodbye to your mountain guides, a short transfer will take you back to your hotel in Moshi.
- Once there, you can enjoy a warm and relaxing shower and celebrate your success in reaching the summit of Kilimanjaro.
- Distance covered: 20.8 km / 12.9 mi
- Approximate time taken: 8 hours
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included
Stay & Meal Details
Mid-Range
Mount Kilimanjaro
4 nights
hut
All Inclusive (Meals + Drinks)
Package Policies
- All transfers to the mountain and back to your hotel in Moshi
- Professional and experienced mountain guides
- Guides, porters, cook salaries, and park fees
- Quality waterproof four-season mountain sleeping tents (twin sharing basis)
- Sleeping mattress
- Emergency oxygen cylinder
- All meals while on the mountain
- Quality mess tents with tables and chairs
- Large portions of fresh, healthy, and nutritious food
- Clean and purified drinking water
- Conservation fees (included in park fees)
- Camping or hut fees (included in park fees)
- Rescue fees (included in park fees)
- VAT (18% charged by the government)
- Kilimanjaro summit certificate
- Tanzania Visa
- International and domestic flights
- Hotel (available as an optional addon)
- Transfers (available as an optional addon)
- Personal trekking equipment such as sleepings bags, hiking boots, clothes, etc (available for renting)
- Tips and gratuities
- Travel insurance
- Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.)
- Meals not listed in the itinerary
- Liquors, beers and bottled beverages
day trip
- In the event of cancellations, a written notice is required.
- The deposit may be refunded, minus the following charges:
- Reservations that have been processed
- A cancellation fee imposed by hotels, campsites, lodges, special camp fees, and transporters
- Any other relevant expenses
- If cancellation is received within 25 to 30 days of the commencement of the tour, a cancellation fee of 0% of the total land arrangements will be charged.
- If cancellation is made within 7 to 10 days of commencement, a charge of 30% will apply.
- We recommend that you purchase full trip cancellation insurance.
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