Marangu Route
Marangu Gate (1860m) – Mandara hut (2715m) The drive from Moshi to the Kilimanjaro National Park gate, takes about 50 minutes. The journey passes through marangu hotel and village of Marangu, which is located on the lower slopes of the Mountain.
The Marangu Route is the most popular route, and also considerably easier than any of the other trips to the summit.
Route and Acommodation
Climbers usually cover the 34km each way over a period of at least four or five nights on the mountain, making use of the three stages of wooden huts for overnight accommodation on route. These three stages provide shared accommodation for a number of climbers in rather close wooden quarters, but they are at least dry and sometimes warm, and standards of accommodation and privacy are not reasons for being here!
The first two of these huts are manned by permanent staff, and the easy climb and sales of soft drinks along the way have given this path a reputation as the Coca Cola route. This climb is the least strenuous, (although it’s by no means a merry dance!), and follows excellent gravel pathways recently laid out through the Forest Reserve to Mandara Huts at 2700m at the end of the first leg. The second day continues through the heather to the edge of the short cropped moorland plains to Horombo Hut at 3,760m, from where Moshi township and the Pare ranges can be seen on a clear night.
On day three walkers press on across a clear and fresh expanse of moorland for around a three-hour stretch, and then the landscape changes again beyond the last water point at 4200m, from where the walk continues across the barren stretch of alpine desert to Kibo Huts.
The fourth day final ascent from Kibo is the most arduous part, including a hard climb of about 6km with little oxygen under fierce climatic conditions. The final ascent is normally timed to arrive at the summit (Uhuru peak) for Dawn. There-after there is a descent for the night at Horombo hut. Finally it is a mornings descent to the Marangu Gate. Then perhaps on for a Tanzania Safari.
Possible Itinerary Suggestion
Marangu Route Kilimanjaro
Day 1: Arrive at the Kilimanjaro International Airport. You will be met at the airport and transferred to Tourist Inn.
Day 2: After breakfast and a briefing from your guide, leave Moshi at 9 AM, drive for 50 minutes to the Marangu Gate on the eastern side of Kilimanjaro, register with the national park, and begin hiking at 10:30 AM. In the rainforest, look for towering Eucalyptus trees, bird life, and Colubus monkeys. At these lower elevations, it can be wet and muddy, so gaiters and trekking poles will help. Shorts and t-shirts should be sufficient, but keep your rain gear and warmer clothing handy. Stop halfway for lunch, and reach the Mandara Huts at 2 or 3 PM. Unpack, rest, and have some tea or coffee. A 15 minute side trip to Maundy Crater is a good way to see the surroundings including Northern Tanzania and Kenya. Dinner is served during the early evening at 7 PM. Bathrooms with running water are available.
Day 3: Mandara Huts (2,740 m/9,000 ft).to Horombo Huts (3,690 m/12,100 ft).11 km, 6-8 hours Heath land Wake to a 7:30 AM breakfast, and pack for your next trek. Break camp by 8:30 AM, hike for an hour through rainforest glades, then follow an ascending path through heath land where you can look for giant lobelias and groundsels. Continue up into open moorlands where small shrubs are the main vegetation. 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.
Day 4: Horombo Huts (3,690 m/12,100 ft)to Kibo Huts. (4,695 m/15,400 ft).10 km, 6-8 hours. Alpine 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 heath land 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 sinkness. There is no running water at the Kibo Huts.
Day 5: Summit Day! Kibo Huts(4,695 m/15,400 ft to Uhuru Peak (5,895 m/19,340 ft)to Horombo Huts (3,690 m/12,100 ft)4 km up, 14 km down.10-15 hours
Alpine Desert
Wake at midnight to a light breakfast, and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly after sunrise. Leave at 1 AM, switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 5 and 7 AM. Here, views of the fabled crater and its icecaps greet you. Another 2 hours of hiking along the crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro true summit, Uhuru Peak, by 9 AM. This is Africa’s highest point, and you would have to travel more than 3,000 miles toward the Himalayas to find a higher peak! Be sure to have your picture taken at the summit to show your friends. After your summit stay, descend back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your things, and re cross the saddle to the Horombo Huts. Eat dinner and get some well-deserved sleep!
You do the beginning of this climb in the dark with headlamps or flashlights. It will be very cold until you start descending, so you will need all of your warm layers. This is, by far, the most difficult part of the trek. Slowly slowly, or, “pole pole,” and an optimistic attitude will get you there!
Day 6: Horombo Huts (3,690 m/12,100 ft)to Marangu Gate (1,830 m/6,000 ft)to Arusha(890 m/2,920 ft).18 km, 5-7 hours
Wake as usual, pack, and descend through the moorland to the Mandara Huts. Have lunch there then continue your triumphant recessional down through lush forest to the park gate, which you should reach around 2 or 3 PM. Remember to tip your guide, cook and porters since you will be leaving them here. A vehicle will take you Arusha, where it is definitely time for celebration. Dinner and Overnight Tourist Inn.
Price: USD $ 1794 per person
The Following are therefore our all – inclusive package prices. These cover the following
- Pick up at Kilimanjaro Airport and transfer to your hotel in Arusha
- A night’s accommodation both before and after your climb.
- All climb costs, salaries, food, fees.
- All transfers to the mountain and back to your Arusha hotel again.
- Transfers back to Kilimanjaro Airport for your return flight.
- Accommodation is based on B&B in our standard range hotels ie either at Tourist inn, outpost hotel or
- Le Jacaranda. If you wish to upgrade to either a mid-range or Luxury option a surcharge is payable.
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