To climb Mount Kilimanjaro via Marangu route doesn’t need any professional. accommodation on the way up and down is provided in mountain huts with all the basic necessities. There are 60 bunk beds each (for 60 people each) at Mandara Hut (2700m) and Kibo Hut (4700m), and 120 bunk beds (for 120 people) at Horombo Hut (3720m) which is also used for descent. Climbers are supplied with mattresses and pillows, but sleeping bags should be brought along. There are communal dining halls, washrooms and toilets. The trek can be taken in 6 days/5 nights to add acclimatization with an extra day at Horombo Hut. The supplementary cost for an extra day is indicated separately as an option.

This is the Tour combination of Mount Kilimanjaro Trekking via Marangu Route and the incredible wildlife experiences at Northern Tanzania circuits.

Day 1: Arusha (1400 m) – Marangu gate (1,980 m) – Mandara Hut (2700 m)

Hiking time: 5 hours

Distance approx. 12 km

Vegetation type: Montane Forest & moorland

After breakfast at your lodge in Arusha, we pick you up and drive be Marangu gate. It will take you about 2.5 to 3 hrs. of driving along chagga villages, and farms of sweet potatoes, cassava, beans, maize & through coffee & banana plantation. On arrival at the gate, you will sign in at the park office and your guide will work on park formalities. The actual number of potters to support you will depend on things to be carried but from the office we will weigh all the luggage and have a rough idea of the number of porters. According to park rules & regulation each potter should carry not more than 20 kg, you will carry your lunch box, drinking water, some clothes and all your valuable. Potters are hiking first so once they carry any of your things you will meet them at the camp.

Today, your Kilimanjaro climb on Marangu route 6 days starts by trekking up to Mandara hut at (2700 m), your will hike through beautiful landscape of the mountain forest & along little streams and water falls. Kisamboni picnic area the place for lunch can be reached after 1.5 hrs walk from the park gate. From Kisamboni another 1.5 hrs will be needed to reach Mandara hut (2,700). The vegetation type at the campsite is of low alpine zone and moorland, with shrub and trees accompanied with lots of lichens.

Mandara hut is placed at a clear forest with wooden A-shaped framed and here is where your will first night on Kilimanjaro Mountain will be spent here. Mandara huts is having a capacity 60 people sleeping in bunks, each hut has 6-8 sleeping bunks. Water around this area is from the spring and can be used for cooking, drinking & flushing toilets. At the camp you will have hot water to wash, tea/coffee & snakes before changing the clothes that you have been hiking with & put on dry cloth, on the mountain we say stay warm all the time. This procedure will be carried out in almost all camps.

You can have a short walk to the Maundi crater where you can enjoy a good weather and possibly a great view Mawenzi peak. Blue Monkeys, black and white coloubus Monkeys can be spotted around this place.

Overnight at Mandara Hut (2700 m). All meals included.

Day 2: Mandara Hut (2700 m) – Horombo Hut (3,720 m)

Hiking time: 6 hours

Distance approx. 15 km

Vegetation type: moorland zone

After light breakfast, your second hiking day on Kilimanjaro Mt. Marangu route starts, this day you will hike along the last patches of the mountane forest past the other side of Maundi crater and soon you will reach the moorland vegetation zone.

The area is more dominated by heather, Lobelia Deckenii and lovely Dendrosenecio kilimanjari. With a good weather condition, you can have a stunning view of both Kibo and Mawenzi peaks. Later   you will arrive at Horombo huts and if you wish you can bath with hot water before dinner followed by sleeping in a luxurious bed.

Horombo huts can accommodate 120 people all sleeping in beds and it is like a small village and the only huts on Kilimanjaro with beds. You have one day here for relaxing and acclimatization be prepared as nights here tends to be crazy cold.

Climbing Marangu route 6 days itinerary continues as you start your 4th day. Come on you will make it!

Day 3: Marangu route 6 days Itinerary -Horombo Hut (3720 m) – Acclimatization day

After breakfast Horombo Hut, spend a day here allowing your body to adjust to high altitude. If you wish you can have a day hike to Mawenzi Hut (46 00 m) for further acclimatization with your guide. Your preference for this day will decide on where to have lunch if you will hike to Mawezi then you will take packed lunch.

Overnight at Horombo Hut (37,20 m). All meals included.

Day 4: Horombo Hut (3,720 m) – Kibo Hut (4,700 m)

Hiking time: 6 hours

Distance approx. 15 km

Vegetation type: Alpine desert

Your hiking day will start after breakfast.

Saddle the area in-between Mawenzi and Kibo can be reached in two different routes, through the upper route which is eroded and stomy or by taking the lower route which is easier and most recommended where you can pass near the water point at (4200 m) which is the last in this route.

We will fill your bottles with enough drinking water as this will be the last water point before reaching Horombo huts again, otherwise you can buy mineral water or soft drinks at Kibo huts. If you wish you can take a short break at this last water point and perhaps sit at the picnic site for lunch.

You will reach Kibo huts at (4700 m) after 2 walking hours. Kibo hut is at the barren Alpine desert with only grasses and everlasting flowers. Kibo huts are built with stone blocks and have 60 bunk beds and platform toilets. Reaching the camp same procedures will follow as per previous days.

Overnight at Kibo Hut (4,700 m). All meals include.

Day 5: Kibo Hut (4,700 m) – Uhuru Peak 5,895 m & back to Horombo Hut (3,720 m)

Hiking time:  8 hours to Uhuru Peak, 6 hours to Horombo hut

Distance approx. 6 km ascent 21 km descent

Vegetation type: Stone scree / ice-cap summit

This is the final part of your Mt Kilimanjaro climbing on Marangu route will, you will start at midnight. On this day after early dinner your guide will give you a detailed briefing on how you can successfully get to the summit, what to pack, what to wear and on so. You will then prepare all needed gears before going to sleep as the starting hours will be around mid-night depends on your pace. Things to be prepared for this attempt are mostly thermal clothing, ski-stick, thermal flask for water, hand warmers, batteries and headlamp among others. Your guide will point them pot during briefing.

Since your guide has been watching your pace on previous days, he will schedule the staring time which will likely to be at 23:00 or 23:30, you may have some tea and biscuits before starting. You will face a challenging part of your Mt Kilimanjaro climbing at the beginning which is rough and rocky path.

On the way you will pass Williams Point at (5,000 m), Hans Meyer Cave at (5,150 m) and Gillman’s point at (5,681 m) positioned on the crater’s rim. To reach Hans Meyer Cave from Kibo hut you will spend almost two and a half hours. Gilman’s point is placed just a short distance from Hans Meyer Cave, it is about an hour to get there.

From Gilman’s point you will possibly need not less than 1 hour and a half to reach the summit. The rest of your climbing all the way up to Uhuru Peak will be covered with snow and the walking will be along the rim of crater’s. Stella point at (5,752 m) will be passed on the way and this is the point where other Kilimanjaro routes reach the rim.

Mt Kilimanjaro climbing tours continue and at this point your about to reach the summit but it can be of a great challenge. Getting there weather how you feel will determine the time to be spent at the summit enjoying & taking pictures but it will not be much longer at this altitude before starting your way down and back to Kibo hut at (4700 m) for lunch break. After lunch you will stretch further down to Horombo hut at (3720 m), it will take you not less than 3 hours to get there. At the camp same procedures of hot water to wash & so forth will take place. Later you will be served dinner and spend a night at the luxurious beds.

Overnight at Horombo Hut (3,720 m). All meals included.

Day 6: Horombo Hut (3,720 m) – Marangu gate at 1,980 m – then drive to Moshi/Arusha

Hiking time: 6 hours

Distance approx. 27 km

Vegetation type: Low alpine zone, moorland and montane forest.

You will have breakfast at Horombo hut before starting your last day down from Kilimanjaro. Hot lunch will be served at Mandara hut (27,00 m), little rest before starting your way, hopeful the path is familiar as you have passed here on your first day.

Reaching Marangu gate, you will provide some details to the register on where you have reached. Certificate for reaching Gilmann’s Point is in green color & gold certificate (big Diploma) for reaching Uhuru Peak the actual summit of Kilimanjaro Mountain. This will be the time for celebration singing & dancing followed by tips session, you may start with potters, cook & lastly the guides.

Congratulation you are among the heroes who have successfully Climbed Mt Kilimanjaro Marangu route in 6 days.

Afterward meet you driver at the gate who have already be there & drive back to Moshi.

Day 7: Moshi – Arusha to Lake Manyara National Park

We depart from Your Lodge and drive to Lake Manyara National Park via Arusha. Although it is small in size, this park is one of the most diverse reserves in the country. Lake Manyara covers two-thirds of the park. At the backdrop is the wall of the Great Rift Valley, before which lies the groundwater forest, areas of open grassland near the lake foreshore, and the Soda Lake. We enjoy a picnic lunch in this area, which consists of open grassy areas, hot springs, dense woodlands, and steep mountainsides. Lake Manyara National Park is a birding paradise that has more than 350 species of bird. The Park is also famed for its unique and elusive tree-climbing lions.

Dinner and overnight at Bougainvillea Safari Lodge

 Day 8: Manyara to Serengeti

The Serengeti is a home to a staggering 1.6 million animals have been recorded moving through the park. We will do game drive until 1pm, when we break for lunch. After eating, there’s time for a little rest. then we’re back out on the plain looking for more big game. We follow the trail of the migrating wildebeest through the afternoon, then venture back to overnight at Katikati Tented Lodge.

Day 9: Serengeti Full Day Game Drive

We have another full day in this wonderful park, rising early to make the most of our time. Our guides will choose the best spotting locations for the time of year; we can spend time at the Hippo pool watching these majestic animals laze about in the cool water happily living alongside the crocodiles, watch a big pride of lions, be in the middle of the migration, sometimes surrounded by wildebeest, sometimes by zebras, which travel with the wildebeest. We journey from the wide-open plains to the kopjes: these volcanic rocky outcrops provide protection and shelter for a wide variety of animals and from the top, we can look out across the vast grasslands of the Serengeti. This diverse and interesting landscape will provide us with the ultimate in game viewing, we will hopefully see all of the plain games; elephants, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, lions and if you are lucky the elusive leopard and cheetah, as well as huge amounts of the interesting birdlife, from the elegant secretary birds to the flightless ostrich. We return to our special tented camp for the night.

Dinner and overnight at Katikati tented Camp

Day 10: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Morning game drive in Serengeti; afternoon drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

We have a final game drive in the Serengeti before heading back into the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and to the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater where we spend the night.

Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Farm House.

Day 11: Ngorongoro Conservation Area to Tarangire

We start the day with an early morning game drive before heading to Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Ngorongoro is a special place in that it is a Conservation Area, not a National Park; this means that the whole area is managed for both the animals and the local Masai people who graze their cattle alongside the indigenous wildlife. During the drive-in Ngorongoro, we have a chance to glimpse something of the Masai way of life. After stopping at the entrance gate, where there is a chance to learn more about this fascinating volcanic landscape, we will drive around the rim of the Crater itself, and from here we can look down and see the herd of wildebeest or buffalos. Finally, we descend into the crater. The crater walls provide a natural sanctuary for the animals, which means there is plenty to see: lions, elephants, buffalo, rhino, and leopard (if you are lucky). The only animal you won’t see here is a giraffe, whose long legs are unable to cope with the steep’s sides of the crater.

Dinner and overnight at Swala Camps

Day 12: Tarangire National Park – Arusha – kilimanjarp International Airport

After your morning Breakfast, drive slowly to Tarangire National Park. Tarangire is the sixth largest national park in Tanzania that covers an area of approximately 2,600 square kilometers. Tarangire is famous for its huge numbers of elephants, baobab trees and pythons. Here you will do game drive the later you will head back to Arusha depending on your flight Schedule our driver will be on hand to transfer you to Kilimanjaro International Airport to catch your Flight back home.

Bon Voyage/ Safiri Salama/ Good Bye

Included in cost:

• Bottled water
• Airport transfers
• Flying doctors’ service
• All Park or reserve entry fees
• Guide and porters’ allowance and salaries
• Driver’s and allowances and park fees for vehicle
• Game drives or sightseeing as detailed on the itinerary
• All meals as mentioned in the itinerary (Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner)
• Pick up from airport on the day of arrival and drop off to the airport on the day departure
• Full board Accommodation and If the mentioned accommodation is full booked, we’ll suggest for you the very comparable alternative

Excluded:

• Travel insurance
• Tips and Gratuities
• International flights
• Mountain climbing gears
• All items of a personal nature

• Balloon Flight over the Serengeti National Park and Tarangire National Park
• Night Game Drives at Lake Manyara National Park and Tarangire