5 Days Marangu Hiking Walking Tour to Kilimanjaro Summit

Marangu Route is also known as the “Coca Cola” or “tourist” route. It is the easiest and shortest route to the summit. This is also the only route with the comforts of sleeping huts at every camp site with solar lights and comfortable beds. The huts are communal, and the bunks have a sponge mattress and pillow.

Itinerary

Day 1: Marangu Gate – Mandara Hut (Marangu Route

Stop At: Marangu, Marangu, Kilimanjaro Region
Breakfast, drive from the hotel to Marangu gate, after registration start climbing through dense semi-tropical to the first hut- Mandara hut (9,000ft). Dinner and an overnight stay at Mandara hut
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Mandara camp

Day 2: Mandara Hut – Horombo Hut Marangu Route

Stop At: Marangu, Marangu, Kilimanjaro Region
Breakfast; ascend through the alpine meadow, and 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
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Horombo Hut

Day 3: Horombo – Kibo Hut Marangu route

Stop At: Marangu, Marangu, Kilimanjaro Region
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
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Kibo Hut

Day 4: Kibo – Uhuru Peak – Horombo

Stop At: Marangu, Tanzania
Wake up at midnight for a snack and 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 start descending after picture taking on the top to Horombo hut for diner and an overnight after a short break at Kibo hut
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Kibo Hut

Day 5: Horombo – Marangu – Gate – Moshi

Stop At: Moshi, Moshi, Kilimanjaro Region
Breakfast, descend from Horombo hut to Marangu gate, the waiting driver will take you to moshi town.
Duration: 7 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.