5 Day Marangu Route
Package Overview
It is known as “Coca-Cola” route, Marangu approaches Kilimanjaro from the southeast of the Mountain.
It is the oldest established route. Many favor the Marangu route because it is considered to be the easiest route on the mountain. The minimum days required for this route is five, although the probability of successfully reaching the top in that time is a bit low. Spending an extra acclimatization day on the mountain is highly recommended, maximizing the chance of reaching to the summit. Marangu is the only route which offers sleeping huts in dormitory style accommodations. We start the trek from Marangu gate at 1820m.
Tour Highlights
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Tour Timeline
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We will pick you up from the airport, Arusha, Kilimanjaro airport or Moshi and transfer you to the hotel where you will spend a night. If the time of arrival will allow us, you will meet with your Mountain guide for the briefing. It you arrive is late at night then the briefing will be done in the morning before departure. Your guide will check all your climbing equipment and if there any thing missing for one reason or another he will make arrangement with the office to make sure that you all have appropriate climbing gear for your safety.
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Altitude: 2,750m / Distance : 9km. / Hiking Time : 3 hours / Habitat : Montane Forest to moorland and heath vegetation.
You will be transferred to Marangu gate from the hotel and do a registration at the gate. Afterwards, you will begins trekking through the rainforest to Mandara hut. Here you will have an acclimatization opportunity of visiting Maundi Crater. Dinner and overnight at Mandara Hut.
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Altitude 3,670m / Distance : 13km / Trekking Time : 5-6 hours / Habitat : Moorlands
After breakfast you will out climb the rainforest and continue trekking to Horombo hut where you will trek through rolling moorlands and get your first clear view of towering Kilimanjaro. Stop halfway for lunch, where you can enjoy amazing views of Mawenzi. Arrive at the Horombo Huts by 3 PM, where you can see Kibo’s summit. Rest, unpack, and prepare for dinner. Bathrooms with running water are available. You may start to feel the effects of altitude here, and to aid your acclimatization, you can choose to spend an extra day resting at Horombo or climbing to a basecamp below Kibo’s sub peak Mawenzi.
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Altitude: 4725m / Distance : 10km / Hiking Time : 5-6 hours / Habitat : Desert
Wake to breakfast as usual, but if you wake early you can get some great photos of the sunrise. The first part of the day’s hike climbs through the dwindling heathland that blends into a moonscape as you enter the sweeping saddle connecting Mawenzi and Kibo. When you stop for lunch, and later when you cross this surprisingly large saddle, you can examine the summit climb up Kibo that you will be starting in just a few hours. Be careful to notice any signs of altitude sickness. There is no running water at the Kibo Huts.
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Elevation : 39Altitude : 4,725 m to 5,895 m to 3,670m / Distance : 4km up, 14km down / Hiking Time : 10-15 hours Habitat : Alpine Desert.
Wake at midnight to a light breakfast then prepare for your summit ascent. Because you will climb to the summit in the dark you will need to have your headlamps / flashlights. It will also be very cold until you start descending, so you will need to have all of your warm layers. This is an important time to keep on slowly slowly (pole pole in Swahili). The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 4 and 6 am. At this point, you will have a views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro’s true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend some times for taking photos. After your summit photos and taking in the view, descend back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment and continue down through re-cross the saddle to the Horombo Huts. Have dinner and overnight at Horombo Camp.
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Altitude / 3,690m to 1,820m / Distance : 18km / Hiking Time : 5-7 hours
After a long sleep you will be awaked for breakfast and pack, continue your descent through the moorland to Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch then proceed your triumphant recessional down through lush forest to Marangu park gate. After the gate sign out, a vehicle will take you to back to the hotel where it is definitely time for your certificate presentation and celebration!
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Depending on your international departure flight and time, we will transfer you to the airport for your departure. If you flights leaves in the evening then you will have free time by your own for shopping, lunch etc. If you have booked a Safari or Zanzibar extension, then will be the starting day in the morning.
Included
- Kilimanjaro trekking according to the itinerary
- Professional, English-speaking Wilderness First Responder & CPR certified Guide
- Proper Ration of Mountain crew (Cook & Porters 4.5)
- Before and after the climb accommodation (2 night’s Bed and Breakfast) the room allocation in 2 or 3 people sharing a room. Single room supplement is 60$ for the 2 nights.
- Airport Transfers
- Meals according to the itinerary
- Filtered drinking water and Full Board meals during the climb
- All National Park & Camping Fees, Crew Permits a VAT
- Rescue Fees and Emergency Evacuation Coverage with AMREF
- Fair and Sustainable Salary Crew Wages
- To and from the hotel to the park entrance gates transfers
- Complimentary Oxygen Cylinder
- Portable Private Toilet and Porter
- Gas, cooking and dinning utensils
Excluded
- Flights
- Visa fees
- Travel Insurance (Required)
- Gamow Bag
- Medication
- Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.
- Tips for porters and mountain crew (10% Industry Standard Recommended)
- Energy food & beverages, alcoholic and soft drinks
- Personal hire gear such as trekking poles, sleeping bags, etc.
- Additional lodge nights and transportation if early decent from the mountain and leave other members continuing with the climb. If all members of the group descend all together no, extras from the original charges.
Accommodation
- Out Post lodge in Arusha
- Green Mountain Lodge in Arusha
- Pamoja Expeditions Lodge in Aruha
- Crest Safari Lodge in Arusha
- Mvuli Lodge Arusha
- Chanya Lodge in Moshi
- Ameg Lodge in Moshi
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