6 Days Marangu Route
Kilimanjaro Trekking
Six days of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro through the Marangu Route is awesome! Marangu route has a moderate slope, making it less difficult to limit an amazing and the most popular way up Mountain Kilimanjaro, and is the only route with an emergency evacuation service. Also, it is the only route with huts, dormitory, and simple dining rooms.
Day 1: Arrival
Arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport/Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Transfer by normal (0800am or 0200pm) shuttle Bus to Arusha.
Day 02: Hotel – Marangu Gate
For breakfast, drive from your hotel to Marangu gate, we 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: Marangu Gate – Horombo Hut
Breakfast; ascend through the alpine meadow 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: Horombo Hut – Kibo Hut
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: Kibo Hut – Uhuru Peak – Horombo Hut
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 starting descending after picture taking on the top to Horombo hut for dinner and an overnight after a short break at Kibo hut.
Day 06: Horombo Hut – Marangu Gate
Breakfast, Descend from Horombo hut to Marangu gate. The waiting car will take you to our hotel in Arusha for b/breakfast.
NOTE: Extra day always spent at Horombo hut is charged per day per person.
