Itinerary

1. Day 1: Moshi - Marangu Gate - Kilema Gate - Horombo Hut

   • Pick up from the hotel at 8:30 a.m. 
   • Drive through Kilimanjaro's semi-tropical foothills to Marangu Gate, then spend some time registering and getting the permit, and then drive to Kilema Gate to enter Kilimanjaro National Park and start riding up to Horombo Hut. Today is 100% cycling by bike. 
     • The cycling distance is 19 kilometres, and the vegetation is forest and moorland.

   Accommodation: Horombo Hut

   Meal: Lunch and dinner

   Overnight stay

2. Day 2: Full Day Horombo Acclimatization (Horombo Hut - Mawenzi Hut - Horombo)

   • After breakfast, you start your cycling, riding through the Alpine desert. You will ride on a small stone area up to Mawenzi hut and back to Horombo hut. Today is 90% riding on Alpine desert vegetation, and the cycling distance is 10 kilometres.

   Distance Covered: 5.7 miles

   Time to be used: 6 -7 hours

   Accommodation: Horombo Hut

   Meal: Breakfast, lunch and dinner 

3. Day 3: Horombo Hut - Kibo Hut

   • Early wake up and ensure your duffel bags are packed and ready to go.
   • After breakfast, meet your guide, and we head back up to Kibo hut. 
   • Again, the first 3km would require you to push and carry your bike a lot, with the final 7km to Kibo Hut offering a good biking trail. We will enjoy lunch and then aim to rest. 
   • At around 16:00 hours, depending on how you feel, it is possible to hike partially up the summit path to orientate yourself for the summit attempt later that night. Situated in the barren Alpine desert is Kibo hut, a stone-built block house that has bunk beds for 60 climbers but no streams with water nearby. There are platform toilets behind the hut. The summit (Uhuru Peak) is now 1195m up, and you will make your final ascent the same night. 
   • Prepare your equipment, thermal clothing, etc., for your summit bid. This should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries, and make sure you have a spare set available as well.
   • To prevent freezing, it will be wise to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at around 19:00 hours and try to get as much rest and sleep as possible until 22:00 hours. 

4. Day 4: Kibo Hut - Summit then Horombo Hut

   • At 4:00 a.m., your guides will wake you to start the zigzag trek up long screen slop. 
   • After roughly two hours, you should reach Hans Meyer’s Cave, and the gradient gets steeper from here. 
   • Continue your climb for approximately another three 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 or take photos and then ride down to Stella Point. After lunch, ride down to Horombo hut. 
     • From Kibo to Horombo is 100% Alpine desert vegetation /Icecap.

   Accommodation: Horombo Hut

   Meal: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

   Overnight stay

5. Day 5: Horombo Hut - Kilema Gate - Marangu Gate to Moshi

   • After breakfast, make your final ride down to Kilema Gate across the alpine and the rainforest to Kilema Gate. 
   • Then, you will be transferred to Marangu Gate for check out and back to Moshi.

   Meal: Breakfast and lunch