7-Day Mount Kilimanjaro Bike Trek
Highlights
Moshi, Mount Kilimanjaro
nature, photography, bike tours
Group Tour
7 Days
Medium
English
Description
Kilimanjaro bike trek is our new product! Experience Mount Kilimanjaro on a bike and explore the Kilema route, the only route cyclists can use to reach the top of the mountain. Our experienced guides have done Kilimanjaro bike trek many times, so you are in good hands. In our team, we have the first Tanzanian and African to do the whole trip to summit Mt Kilimanjaro 5895M by bike, the trip took 5 days with proper acclimatization.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Kilimanjaro Airport – Moshi | Springlands Hotel
Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, where you will be picked up and transferred to Springlands Hotel for an overnight bed and breakfast.
Overnight Springlands Hotel (bed and breakfast) or Similar.
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Day 2: Marangu Gate/Kilema Hut (1800 m) | Horombo Hut (3720 m)
Cycling distance: 19 km
You will be picked up from Springlands Hotel at 8:30 am. This morning we drive through Kilimanjaro’s semi-tropical foothills to Marangu Gate, where we will spend a few minutes registering and getting the permit and then drive to Kilema Gate and enter Kilimanjaro National Park. Start riding up to Horombo Hut. Today is 100% cycling by bike. The cycling distance of 19 km, and the expected vegetation is forest and moorland.
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Day 3: Horombo Hut (3720 m) | Mawenzi Hut (4310 m) | Acclimatization Day
Cycling distance: 19 km
After breakfast, you start your cycling, riding through the alpine desert. Some of the areas you will be riding will be on small stone pathways up to Mawenzi Hut and back to Horombo. With a cycling distance of 10km, today’s vegetation is 90% “Alpine desert”.
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Day 4: Horombo Hut (3720 m) | Kibo Hut (4720 m)
Cycling distance: 9 km
After breakfast, you will continue cycling to Kibo Hut on stony paths. The vegetation will be a more alpine desert.
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Day 5: Kibo Hut (4720 m) | Summit (5895 m) | Horombo Hut (3720 m)
Cycling distance: 21 km
At 4 am, you will be woken up by your guides to start the zigzag trek up a long screen slope. After roughly two hours, you should reach Hans Meyer’s Cave, and from here, the gradient gets steeper. Continue your climb for approximately another 3 hours to Gilman’s Point. You will take your bike from Porters and start riding to Uhuru Peak. Arriving at Uhuru Peak, spend a few minutes taking in the views and taking photos to then ride down to Stella Point. After lunch, ride down to Horombo hut. Today cycling is from Kibo hut to Uhuru and then back to Kibo hut, where you will descend back to Horombo hut. Vegetation expected will be the alpine desert and ice caps.
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Day 6: Horombo Hut (3720 m) | Kilema Gate (1800 m) | Springlands Hotel
Cycling distance: 19 km
After a leisurely breakfast, make your final ride down to Kilema Gate across the alpine and the rain forest, where you will be transferred to Marangu Gate for check out and then to Springlands Hotel.
Overnight Springlands Hotel (bed and breakfast) or similar.
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Day 7: Kilimanjaro Airport | Depart
After an early breakfast, transfer to Kilimanjaro airport for your departure flight back home.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price
| Adult | |
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| 1 to 100 | /person |
| Child | |
| 1 to 100 | /person |
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This is a group tour |
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