6 DAYS MARANGU ROUTE

Duration

6 Days 5 Nights

Tour Type

Adventure
Trekking

Group Size

10+ Person

Tour Guide

2 Mentor

Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

6 DAYS MARANGU ROUTE

Marangu Route is the oldest and most popular route. One time the route was dawning over 80% of trekkers on Kilimanjaro, as a result come to be known as coca cola route, this has led potential climber to think that it is an easy route to the summit but this it is not true. The fact is it requires a minimum of 5 or 6 days to complete. It is the only route up where you sleep in huts as opposed to tents. Due to this an advance booking of hut accommodation is required to avoid any inconveniences.

The trail goes through tropical rainforest, health and moorland zone to alpine desert then the arctic zone at the peak and same route down.

PRICING

Prices (quoted in USD/per person)

6 DAYS MARANGU ROUTE

GROUP SIZE	PRICE PER PERSON
1 person	$ 1650/person
2-4 people	$ 1600/person
5-9 people	$ 1550/person
10 + people	$ 1450/person

Destination	Marangu Route, Mount Kilimanjaro
Departure	Yes Required
Departure Time	01 April, 2021 10.00AM
Return Time	08 April, 2021 10.00AM
Included	Two nights accommodation in the hotel; first night includes dinner & breakfast, last night includes dinner Private transport to / from Kilimanjaro International Airport to your hotel in Moshi Qualified guides with mountain crew National park fees 18% VAT on tour fees and services All camping accommodations Mountain tents Transport Rescue fees All needs on the mountain (breakfast, lunch and dinner) Guides and porters accommodations and their entry fees on the mountain Pulse oximeter First aid kit Emergence oxygen Sleeping bag and sleeping mats Katady filtered water through the trek Fair wages to guides and porters as approved by Kilimanjaro National Park authority
Excluded	Flights Visa Tips to mountain crew (usual: guides $20, Cook $15, porter $10 per day) Items of personal nature Laundry services A doctor of a group Portable flush toilet with a toilet tent is extra ($150)

Details

Meals: breakfast and dinner included Pickup at Kilimanjaro international airport and transfer to your hotel in Moshi town, thereafter our experienced guide will come to brief you about the trek and do an equipment check to make sure you have all the necessary mountain gear. Then you will spend overnight in your hotel for dinner and breakfast.

Distance covered: 8 km Approximate time taken: 5 hours Habitat: Rain forest Meals: breakfast lunch and dinner included After breakfast you will be picked up at hotel around 8:00 am then drive to Marangu Gate. After registration formalities this is the point for your 5 hour hike to Mandara Hut in which you cover 9 km. In the dense rainforest you will have the chance to see some primates such as blue monkeys and Colobus monkeys as you head to the Mandara Hut.

Distance covered: 12 km Approximate taken: 8 hours Habitat: Moorland Meals: breakfast lunch and dinner included After breakfast, we will start our trek that will take us to Horombo Hut. Approximately 4-6 hours later, the Horombo Hut will come into sight, standing at an attitude of 3700 m. From the Hut you will have fantastic views of Kibo and Mawenzi.

You will spend a second night at Horombo. This is an extra day which has been added to improve your chances of reaching the peak which is your ultimate goal. The entire day will be spent here acclimatizing, in the morning trek up for about 3 hours up to Zebra Rock, then start descending to arrive at your base in time for lunch, after lunch relax, spend rest of the day relaxing, in the evening have a small walk along the valley. Then dinner and overnight at Horombo Hut.

Distance covered: 9 km Approximate time taken: 5 hours Habitat: alpine desert Meals: breakfast lunch and dinner included As usual after breakfast we will start another beautiful day. The first part of the day hike through the dwindling health land that behind into a moonscape as you enter the sweeping saddle connecting Mawenzi and Kibo. After lunch and cross this surprisingly large saddle, you can examine the summit climb up Kibo that you will start in just few hours. Therefore you will have an early dinner then long rest before summit.

Distance covered: 21 km Approximate time taken: 13 hours Meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner included This is the day you have been waiting for, you are nervous but excited. Wake up at 1:00 am to start the summit. It will take you about 4-5 hours to reach at Gilmans Point at 5681 m above sea level the crater rim of Kilimanjaro where the sun will slowly start to warm up the land. Then after a further hike of 1 hour and 30 minutes you will reach Uhuru Peak at 5895 m, spend some time taking photos and watching the African sunrises form the horizon afterwards decent to Kibo Hut having a warm lunch and short rest for 1-2 hour. Then going back to Horombo Hut to spend your last overnight on Kilimanjaro.

Distance covered: 21 km Approximate time taken: 13 hours Meals: breakfast and lunch Included Wake up as usual, descent through the moorland to the Mandara Huts. You will have a hot lunch there and you will continue going down through the tropical rainforest to the park gate. A vehicle will take you to the hotel in Moshi where it’s definitely time to celebrate.

Later in the evening or the next day you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro International Airport to board your home bound flight. Also Bahati Travel can organize an affordable cultural tour or safaris trip to one of the best wildlife parks in Tanzania such as Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti National Park