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| Arrival day: Arrive at the Kilimanjaro International Airport. You will be met at the Airport and transferred to the hotel/Lodge in Arusha or Moshi for your overnight and briefing by our mountain guide. You can start your trek any day of the year! |
Day 1: | Arusha/Moshi to Marangu Gate to Mandara Huts
Distance: 7 km
Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
Habitat: Montane Forest Early Breakfast then drive from your hotel to Marangu gate, we will spend about two hours for registration, payments of fees and final parking. Start climbing through dense semi-tropical to the first hut- Mandara hut (9,000ft). Meal Plan: Full Board Accommodation: Hut |
Day 2: | Mandara Huts to Horombo Huts Distance: 11 km
Hiking Time: 6-8 hours
habitat: Heath land
Ascend through the alpine meadow, and grassland and moor land to Horombo hut (12,000ft). Both Mawenzi and Kibo peaks can be viewed easily on the way. Dinner and an overnight stay at Horombo hut. Meal Plan: Full Board Accommodation: Hut |
Day 3: | Horombo Huts to Kibo Huts Distance: 10 km
Hiking Time: 6-8 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert After breakfast, further ascending to Kibo hut (15,000ft). The landscape becomes very stony and eroded. Spectacular mountain vegetation like giant cactus, groundswell and lobelia appear on the way. Dinner and an overnight stay at Kibo hut. Meal Plan: Full Board Accommodation: Hut |
Day 4: | Summit Day! "Kibo Huts to Uhuru Peak to Horombo Huts Distance: 4 km up, 14 km down
Hiking Time: 10-15 hours
Habitat: Alpine Desert Wake up at midnight, and after a snack, proceed to the summit through Gilman’s point (18,640ft). It is about 5-6hours and 1-2 hours from Kibo hut to Gilman’s point and from Gilman’s point to Uhuru Peak (19,340ft) respectively. Thus reaching the peak in the early morning of the fourth day and start descending after picture taking on the top to Horombo hut for diner and an overnight after a short break at Kibo hut. Meal Plan: Full Board Accommodation: Hut |
Day 5: | Horombo Huts to Marangu Gate then proceed to Moshi/Arusha Distance: 18 km
Hiking Time: 5-7 hours Wake as usual, pack, and descend through the moor land to the Mandara Huts. Have lunch there then continue your triumphant recessional down through lush forest to the park gate, which you should reach around 2 or 3 PM. Remember to tip your guides, cooks, and porters, since you will be leaving them here. A vehicle will take you back to the Hotel in Moshi/Arusha, where it is definitely time for celebration! Meal Plan: Breakfast/Lunch Accommodation: (on your request) |
Departure day: Depart for the airport or other destinations in Tanzania or Kenya. A trip to the beaches at Zanzibar is a good way to recuperate. We can arrange many reasonably priced trips and safaris to the Tanzania Northern Parks such as trips to Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara National Park, Tarangire National Park and to Arusha National Park. Also we can arrange trips to Southern Circuit such as trips to Selous game reserve, Mikumi National Park and Ruaha National Park. |
For those who think jet lag might affect them and/or prefer to arrive a day earlier, we recommend a day trip to the nearby Arusha national park for game drive and hiking for an extra cost. |
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Price Includes |
Transport to and from mountain gates All parks entry fees. All camping fees. Rescue fees. Services of English-speaking assistant guide (s), a skilled cook, and enough numbers of porters for your luggage, food, water, and a dinning tent. Guide and porters fees. Guide and porters salaries All accommodations on the mountain based on three meals a day. Cook and all kitchen utensils. Use of radios/phones to increase your safety.
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Price Excludes |
International and domestic flights (we can arrange on request) Accommodation on the first night upon your arrival before climb and on the last day after climb (book with us) Airport transfers (book with us) Tips, drinks and all items of personal nature Hard and soft drinks and tips Medical Equipment which can be rented well in advance for the following costs: $250/group for hyperbaric chamber, $210/group for an emergency Oxygen cylinder and $140/group for a stretcher. Please note these prices include a porter to carry the equipment. Please note these prices include a porter to carry the equipment. Portable toilets: If you do not want to use public toilets which some of climbers have been complaining about being dirty, and then add $110/person (or $180/group) for a portable toilet. Kindly, let us know at the time you make a booking and not afterwards.
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