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.