MT. KILIMANJARO CLIMB - MARANGU ROUTE  7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS



DAY ONE: ARRIVE ARUSHA - DINNER & OVERNIGHT AT ARUSHA.

DAY TWO:  KILIMANJARO CLIMB- MANDARA HUT.
After Breakfast transfer clients to KINAPA GATE (Park entrance at  the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro) and start the climb through the rain forest to Mandara Hut with assistance of Guide & Porters. It will take 3-4 hrs walk. Lunch Box will be provide. Dinner & Overnight at Mandara Hut. (2700m)

DAY THREE:  MANDARA -HOROMBO HUT.
After Breakfast, at about 8:00 am, start your walk passing Maundi Crater and through the rain forest, of which after that the Landscape changes dramatically to open rolling Moorlands. The Altitude begin to change and make itself felt. It is a difficult 1/4 km walk but walk slowly and enjoy the Flora and the view. The walk takes you 7-8 hrs, to Horombo at 3720m. Dinner & Overnight at Horombo Hut.

DAY FOUR: HOROMBO
Spend another day at Horombo to Acclimatize. Dinner & Overnight at Horombo Hut.

DAY FIVE:  HOROMBO-KIBO HUT.
After Breakfast start your walk early. Here you pass the cactus -like  Giant Groundsel, reaching the last water point in about an hour. After 2 hrs from here the scenery changes as you come to Kibo  Saddle, a broad desert zone between KIBO and MAWENZI Peaks which support only a few tough grasses and flightless insects. It take about 6-7 hour to reach KIBO at 4703m. Dinner & Overnight at Kibo Hut.

DAY SIX:  KIBO-HOROMBO HUT.
Start to the summit in the early hrs at about 01:00/02:00 am to get it  just before sunrise. It takes about 5hrs to climb the steepest and most demanding park of the Route to Gilmanís Point at M (18640ft) on the Craterís Rim. If snow conditions permit you to start the final push walk to Uhuru Peak (which take 45 minutes), the highest point in Africa at 5896 m.

DAY SEVEN: HOROMBO - ARUSHA.
After Breakfast walk down to Marangu Gate and transfer to Arusha where the climb ends.