6-Day Climbing Kilimanjaro Mt via Marangu Route

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Marangu Gate to Mandara Hut

After breakfast, you will be driven to the Marangu gate and collected from your lodge in Arusha. Once all the documentation is completed, you can begin your tour and soon find yourself hiking through dense rainforest. You may be lucky enough to spot some primates along with the breathtaking vegetation on your trip to the Mandara Hut. After you have taken some much-needed rest, your guide can drive you to the Maundi Crater, where you can enjoy the breathtaking landscape of the interior of Kenya.

8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) of ground covered.

Almost five hours passed.

Breakfast, lunch, and supper are the meal times.

Main Destination:

Marangu Gate (Mt Kilimanjaro)

Accommodation:

Mandara Hut

• Budget mountain hut located on Mt Kilimanjaro

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mandara Hut to Horombo Hut

To start the day, we eat an early breakfast. You will cross the timberline and enter the heath and moor zone shortly after departing Mandara Hut. Horombo Hut, which is 3,700 meters high, will take 4 to 6 hours to show. From the hut, take in breath-taking views of Kibo, Mawenzi, and the vast Masai steppe plain.

Distance travelled: 7.8 miles (12.5 kilometres).

It required almost nine hours.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Horombo Hut

• Budget mountain hut located on Mt Kilimanjaro

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Trekking to Zebra Rock for Acclimatisation and Back to Horombo Hut

It's time to get acclimated today. You should not undervalue this as it boosts your chances of reaching the peak. After a leisurely breakfast, a leisurely 4-hour hike goes to the Zebra Rocks (4020m). The name of the rock structure comes from its distinctive black and white stripes. When you return to Horombo Hut, a nice lunch will be waiting for you. You can relax and regain your strength for the trek the following day throughout the afternoon.

travelled 3.1 miles, or 5 kilometers.

Nearly four hours passed.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Horombo Hut

• Budget mountain hut located on Mt Kilimanjaro

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Horombo Hut to Kibo Hut

This step is challenging and lengthy. The "Last Water Point" and the so-called "saddle" are both reached along the well-constructed trail. This almost completely barren plateau connects Mawenzi and Kibo, the major summit. The Kibo Hut is today's destination, and it often takes five to six hours to get there. Because the night will be brief, you will eat in the early evening and go to bed early.

Covered distance: 9.5 miles (5.9 km).

It took about seven hours.

Meals: dinner, lunch, and breakfast.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Kibo Hut

• Budget mountain hut located on Mt Kilimanjaro

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Kibo Hut to Uhuru Peak and Down to Horombo Hut

This is "the big day"; this is the pinnacle stage. It will be close to midnight when you begin your final, difficult climb. The climb steadily intensifies after reaching the Hans Meyer Cave at 5220 meters. When you reach Gillman's Point (5681m), the edge of Kilimanjaro's crater, it will be dawn and the ground will start to warm. When you reach Uhuru Peak, which is situated at an elevation of 5895 meters, you will have forgotten the chill of the previous night after another hour or two of hiking. Following your return to Kibo Hut, you will enjoy a hot meal and have a one- to two-hour break before descending again to Horombo Hut.

22 km/13.7 mi was covered.

About 12 to 15 hours are needed.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Horombo Hut

• Budget mountain hut located on Mt Kilimanjaro

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Horombo Hut to Marangu Gate

The final section travels over moorzone and heath to the Mandara Hut (2700m), where a hot meal is served. After a total of six hours of walking, you will soon pass the tropical rainforest once more and arrive back at the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (1860m). Following your farewell to your mountain guides, you will have a brief transfer back to Arusha. After that, you can enjoy your achievement of reaching Kilimanjaro's summit and have a warm, soothing shower.

travelled a distance of 20.8 kilometers (12.9 mi).

It took about eight hours.

Main Destination:

Marangu Gate (Mt Kilimanjaro)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.