Detailed Itenary

Day 1: ARUSHA-MARANGU GATE-MANDARA HUT

After breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, we pick you up and drive to the Marangu gate. It will take you about 2.5 to 3 hrs of driving along chagga villages, and farms of sweet potatoes, cassava, beans, maize ,through coffee & banana plantation. On arrival at the gate you will sign in at the park office and your guide will work on park formalities. The actual number of potters to support you will depend on things to be carried but from the office we will weigh all the luggage and have a rough idea of the number of porters. According to park rules & regulation each potter should  carry not more than 20 kg, you will carry your lunch box, drinking water, some clothes and all your valuable things. Potters are hiking first so once they carry any of your things you will meet them at the camp.

 Dinner and Overnight at Mandara Huts

Day 2: MANDARA HUT – HOROMBO HUT

After light breakfast, your second hiking day on Kilimanjaro . Marangu route starts, this day you will hike along the last patches of the montane forest past the other side of Maundi crater and soon you will reach the moorland vegetation zone.

The area is more dominated by heather, Lobelia Deckenii and lovely Dendrosenecio kilimanjari. With a good weather condition you can have a stunning view of both Kibo and Mawenzi peaks. Later   you will arrive at Horombo huts and if you wish you can bath with hot water before dinner followed by sleeping in a luxurious bed.

Horombo huts can accommodate 120 people all sleeping in beds and it is like a small village and the only huts on Kilimanjaro with beds. You have one day here for relaxing and acclimatization be prepared as nights here tends to be crazy cold.

Dinner and Overnight at Horombo Huts

Day: HOROMBO HUT – ACCLIMATIZATION

After breakfast Horombo Hut, spend a day here allowing your body to adjust to high altitude. If you wish you can have a day hike to Mawenzi Hut for further acclimatization with your guide. after backdown from acclimatization you will have lunch at afternoon time at the camp.

Dinner and Overnight at Horombo Huts

Day 4: HOROMBO HUT – KIBO HUT

Saddle the area in-between Mawenzi and Kibo can be reached in two different routes, through the upper route which is eroded and stomy or by taking the lower route which is easier and most recommended where you can pass near the water point at (4200 m) which is the last in this route.

We will fill your bottles with enough drinking water as this will be the last water point before reaching Kibo hut,  If you wish you can take a short break at this last water point and perhaps sit at the picnic site for lunch.You will reach Kibo huts at (4750 m) . Kibo hut is at the barren Alpine desert  and everlasting flowers. 

Dinner and Overnight at Kibo Huts.

Day 5: KIBO HUT – UKURU PEAK – HOROMBO HUT

This is the final part of your Mt Kilimanjaro climbing on Marangu route , You will start at midnight. On this day after early dinner your guide will give you a detailed briefing on how you can successful get to the summit, what to pack, what to wear and on so. You will then prepare all needed gears before going to sleep as the starting hours will be around mid-night depends on your pace. Things to be prepared for this attempt are mostly thermal clothing, ski-stick, thermal flask for water, hand warmers, batteries and headlamp among others. Your guide will point them out during briefing.

Since your guide has been watching your pace on previous days he will schedule the staring time which will likely to be at 00:00hrs or 00:30hrs, you may have some tea and biscuits before starting. You will face a challenging part of your Mt Kilimanjaro climbing  at the beginning which is rough and rocky path.

Dinner and Overnight Horombo Huts.

Day 6: HOROMBO HUT – MARANGU GATE – ARUSHA

You will have breakfast at Horombo hut before starting your last day down to the gate,  little rest before going down to the gate and sign out.

Reaching Marangu gate, you will provide some details on where  you have reached. Certificate for reaching Gilmann’s Point is in green color & gold certificate (big Diploma) for reaching Uhuru Peak the actual summit of Kilimanjaro Mountain. This will be the time for celebration ,singing & dancing followed by tips session, you may start with potters, cooks & lastly the guides.

Afterward meet you driver at the gate who have already be there & drive back to Arusha or drop off at the airport.

Dinner and Overnight at Gran Melia Hotel