5-Day Marangu Route Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

• 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 transferred from your lodge in Arusha or Moshi and taken to the Marangu Gate. Once the necessary paperwork has been completed, your trek will begin, and you will soon be hiking through the dense rainforest. Alongside the impressive vegetation, you will have the chance to catch a glimpse of some primates as you head to Mandara Hut. After a well-earned rest, your guide can take you to Maundi Crater, where you can enjoy a wonderful view of the Kenyan interior.

• Distance covered: 8.3 km / 5.2 mi
• Approx. time taken: 5 hours
• Accommodation: Hut
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.

Main Destination:

Mount Kilimanjaro

Accommodation:

Mandara Hut

• Budget mountain hut located on Mt Kilimanjaro

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Mandara Hut to Horombo Hut

The day begins with an early breakfast. Shortly after leaving Mandara Hut, you will reach the timberline and then enter the heath and moorland zone. Approximately 4 to 6 hours later, Horombo Hut will come into sight, standing at an altitude of 3,700 m. From the hut, you will have fantastic views overlooking Mawenzi, Kibo, and the wide plains of the Maasai Steppe.

• Distance covered: 12.5 km / 7.8 mi
• Approx. time taken: 9 hours
• Accommodation: Hut
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.

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)

Horombo Hut to Kibo Hut

Today’s stage is long and challenging. The well-built trail passes the “Last Water Point,” followed by the so-called “saddle,” a nearly vegetation-less plateau that connects the main summit of Kibo with Mawenzi. Today’s destination is Kibo Hut, which is usually reached in about 5 to 6 hours. Here, you will enjoy an early evening meal followed by an early night, as the night will be short.

• Distance covered: 9.5 km / 5.9 mi
• Approx. time taken: 7 hours
• Accommodation: Hut
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.

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 then down to Horombo Hut

Today is “The Big Day” — the summit stage. You will begin your final ascent around midnight, which will be long and strenuous. Passing Hans Meyer Cave at 5,220 m, the climb slowly but steadily continues upward. At sunrise, you will reach Gillman’s Point (5,681 m) — the crater rim of Kilimanjaro — where the sun will begin to warm the land. You will soon have forgotten the cold of the night, and after a further hike of 1 to 2 hours, you will reach Uhuru Peak at 5,895 m. On your return to Kibo Hut, a warm meal awaits you, followed by a 1 to 2-hour break before continuing back down to Horombo Hut.

• Distance covered: 22 km / 13.7 mi
• Approx. time taken: 12 – 15 hours
• Accommodation: Hut
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner included.

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

On our last day, we have a long trek, mostly downhill, through the tropical rainforest. Once at the park headquarters at Marangu Gate, we will collect our summit certificates. A vehicle will meet us there and drive us back to our hotel in Moshi.

• Distance covered: 20.8 km / 12.9 mi
• Approx. time taken: 8 hours
• Meals: Breakfast and Lunch included
• Accommodation: Hotel.

Main Destination:

Mount 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.