Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival

   • You will meet the driver at the airport. Transfer to Moshi, then particularly take you to Sal Salinero Hotel where you will be served dinner, shower and spend the night.

2. Day 2: Marangu (1,843m) Gate To Mandara Hut (2,700m)

   • You will be served breakfast, and after, you shall be taken to Marangu gate. After reaching the gate, you will be registered and introduced to our porters and team that will company you when climbing the mountain. After registration, the porters will pack your properties, and the trekking will begin.
   • You start the ascent route on a clear ridge trail through the tropical rainforest with a lunch box. You will be hiking through a biodiverse zone home to the endemic flower and the Montane forest. Luckily enough, you can see some animals, like blue monkeys, at the upper edge of the forest line. The trekking continues, and we are finally exposed to a beautiful hillside until we reach Mandara Hut. You can walk to Maundi Crater, with a great view of Mawenzi Peak. You can also see white, blue and black monkeys or relax at the camp and enjoy the beautiful scenery.

   We shall have dinner and overnight at Mandara Hut- FB.

3. Day 3: Mandara Hut (2,700m) To Horombo Hut (3,720m)

   • After breakfast, we move forward, leaving the forest towards the high moorland vegetation zone. Heather and Lobelia Deckenii dominate the area with good weather conditions. At this point, we can view the appearance of the two volcanic peaks, Kibo and Mawenzi.
   • It will be a full day of climbing with a lunch box for you.

   We will arrive at Horombo Hut after six hours to get dinner and spend the night. 

4. Day 4: Horombo Hut (3,720m) To Kibo Hut (4,703m)

   • You shall have breakfast, then depart for a full day climbing to Kibo Hut with your lunch box. This gradual extra day is the moment of acclimatization on Mawenzi Ridge. There won’t be any to pack your properties after reaching the peak; you will return to this camp and stay another night. You will be taken on an acclimatization walk to zebra rocks and the base of Mawenzi Peak.
   • We continue by climbing the mountain crossing the lunar desert and meeting Kibo Camp at the bottom of the Kibo Crater Wall.

   We shall have an early dinner and spend the night at Kibo Hut preparing for the summit day- FB.

5. Day 5: Kibo Hut (4,703m) To Uhuru Peak (5,895m) To Horombo Hut (3,720m)

   • On this day, you shall have a midnight tea with cookies at the hut, then after ascending to Uhuru Peak. This is where your determination will be called upon. However, your gift is the most amazing sunrise of the day you may have never seen before. We will push the dark trekking though it is a state of great cold and strong wind until Gilman’s Peak.
   • At Gilman’s Peak, you shall be grateful because the sun will rise by that time. We shall finally reach Uhuru Peak via Stella Point a few minutes later. We shall spend a few moments at the peak, then descend to Horombo Hut.

   Dinner and overnight.

6. Day 6: Horombo Hut (3,720m) To Marangu Gate (1,848m)

   • On our last trek on the mountain, we shall have a long time going through the tropical rainforest. We shall descend a further 1740m to Marangu Gate, where you will be awarded your summit certificate from the park headquarters.
   • At Marangu Gate, we will be met by the driver and travel back to Moshi. The journey to Moshi will particularly end at Sal Salinero Hotel, where you will be served dinner, shower, and comfortably spend the night- HB.

7. Day 7: Departure

   • In the morning, you shall have a relaxed breakfast and be taken to Kilimanjaro International Airport for your flight home.