mount kilimanjaro Marangu Route: oldest, easiest and well-established route, and also the only route with sleeping huts. Minimum days required for this is route are five though six can be recommended.
Also Known as the Coca-Cola route, Marangu is the easiest and most famous route compared to all routes to Kilimanjaro Summit.
Arrive at the Kilimanjaro international Airport. You will be meet at the Airport and transferred to the Hotel in Moshi or Arusha or any hotel for your overnight. for your mount kilimanjaro climb
Following breakfast at your hotel then drive 1hour to Marangu Gate on the eastern side of mount kilimanjaro register with national park and begin Hiking at 10:30 Am. In the rain forest, look for towering eucalyptus trees, bird life and colobus monkeys at the lower elevations it can be wet and muddy. So gaiters and trekking poles will help short and t -shirts should be sufficient, rain gear and warmer clothing handy. Stop halfway for lunch and reach the Mandara huts at 6 or 7pm. Unpack rest and have some tea or coffee. A 15 minutes side trip to Maundi crater is a good way to see the surroundings including northern Tanzania and Kenya. Dinner is served during the early evening at 7pm. Bathroom water are available rest and wait for another day of mount kilimanjaro
Wake to 7:30 am breakfast and pack for your next trek. Break camp by 8:30am, like for an hour through rain forest glades, then follow an ascending path through heath land where you can look for giant lobelians and groundsels continue up to open moorland where small shrub are the main vegetation. Stop halfway for lunch, where you can enjoy amazing views of Mawenzi. Arrive at the Horombo huts by 3pm, where you can see Mawenziand Kibo’s summits Rest, unpack, and prepare for dinner. waiting another day of mount kilimanjaro climb
Today we walk mount kilimanjaro to the mawenzi hut by passing the zebra rocks, this extra day and night at horombo is for additional acclimatization. We recommend drinking of water and walk slowly all mills for day are provided to horombo hut. and wait for another day of mount kilimanjaro climb
We take mount kilimanjaro climb Kibo hut. It’s a very gradual toward the lunar desert of the saddle between Mawenzi and Kibo. This seeks to seven hours walking will be taken at slow pace until we reach Kibo hut where we will spend the night in a comfortable hut. There is no running water at Kibo hut. The remainder of the day is spend relaxing in preparation for the final ascending before very early night.
Woke up before midnight in the curve of darkness. We begin a steep mount kilimanjaro climbing over loose volcanic scree has some well graded zigzag and a slow but steed pace will take us to rim of the main crater, gilmans5685M. We will rest there for few minutes to enjoy the sunrise over Mawenzi. Those who are steel feeling good can continue to mount kilimanjaro climb slowly to make the three hours round trip from here along the catering to uhuru peak 5895M which is the highest point in Africa, after a few minutes to appreciate your accomplishment, we descend to Kibo hut is amazingly fast and we stop at kibo hut for some refreshment we continue to descend to reach horombo hut.
Today we will walk descend past mandara hut to marangu national park gate. Successful climbers will receive their summit certificates. From here you will be transferred to your hotel.
