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6
DAYS
MARANGU ROUTE
Full Itinerary
This route has a moderate
slope, making it less difficult to climb. It is the most popular way up
Mt Kilimanjaro, and is the only route with emergency evacuation service.
Also, it is the only route with huts, having dormitory and simple dining
rooms.
DAY 01:
Arrival in
Arusha. Meet with guide and a short briefing will follow. Overnight in
Arusha with dinner and breakfast.
DAY 02
Breakfast, drive from your hotel to Marangu gate, you 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). Dinner and an overnight stay at Mandara hut.
DAY 03:
Breakfast, ascend through the alpine meadow, and grassland and
moorland 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.
DAY 04:
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.
DAY 05:
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 fifth 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.
DAY 06:
Breakfast,
Descend from Horombo hut to Marangu gate. The waiting car will take you
to your hotel in Arusha for b/breakfast.
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