6-Days Marangu Route Climbing on Kilimanjaro offers a memorable journey to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. Also known as the “Coca-Cola” route, it provides a unique experience with comfortable sleeping huts instead of camps. The trek begins at Marangu Gate, winding through lush montane forests and gradually ascending to Mandara Huts. As you continue, the landscape transitions, revealing stunning vistas. Acclimatization is crucial during the initial days, emphasizing a slow pace. The ultimate challenge awaits on summit day, culminating at Uhuru Peak. The descent back to Horombo Hut is filled with joy and accomplishment. note that the price for 6 Days Marangu Route Kilimanjaro Climbing Is the same when it is Sharing, Joining ,Private and Luxury.
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Your journey begins with your arrival in Marangu, where you will be greeted by your experienced Kilimanjaro climbing tour guide from Rede Tours (Amore Safari). You'll have a chance to settle in and rest before commencing on your adventure.
• Meals -lunch & Dinner
• Elevation -1,700 m to 2,740 m
• Distance covered -7kms(4-5 hours)
• Accommodation -Mandara Hut
The second day on the mountain starts just after breakfast with a steep climb through the last swathe of rainforest, though this soon gives way to rolling alpine meadow dotted with giant heather. Once you leave the forest sunshade, Kilimanjaro’s two peaks snow covered Kibo and rocky Mawenzi – lie straight ahead overlooking the skyline.Further on you cross a zone of open moorland with diminutive vegetation, today you gain roughly 1,000m altitude; the walk can take five to seven hours depending on your pace but always POLE POLE. Tonight for Dinner and overstay at Horombo Hut.
• .Meals -Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Elevation -2,700 m to 3,700 m
• Distance covered -11kms (6-8 hours)
• Accommodation -Horombo Hut
A day here provides an opportunity for you to acclimatize step by step to the altitude, Information show that an acclimatization day effectively doubles the chance of succession to reach the summit, thus the time is well spent! The day is not precisely wasted as there is several walks you can take just in the locality of the hut, but we will take the most famous walk of which most people take for acclimatization which leads you to the base of Mawenzi Peak the dramatic eastern summit of Kilimanjaro. The walk takes 4-5 hours a round trip and will go till to an altitude of 4,600Mts then you will return back to Horombo Hut for Dinner and Overnight this walk will put you in good shape later on.
• Meals - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Elevation -3,700 m to 4,700 m
• Distance covered-10kms (6-8 hours)
• Accommodation -Horombo Hut
Acclimatization Day at Horombo Hut
The scenery turn out to be more rocky and rough as you leave behind kibo ,everlasting flower and other bizarre alpine plants Massive groundsels and lobelias appear in the sparse moorland. The trail up to Kibo will take between five and seven hours. Skirting Mawenzi Peak ass you pass the Last Water point then you cross a stark, almost lunar landscape to the Saddle which is a wide tundra desert between the two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo. Here you will start getting fantastic views of the upper ranges of the mountain before arriving at Kibo Hut (4,705m), a dry-stone-walled hut with dorms and limited facilities.
Tonight you prepare for tomorrow’s final assault – THE SUMMIT – re-packing to leave any non-essential items with the porters; you need to summon all your energy to get to the summit so there’s absolutely no point in carrying anything you don’t need! An early night is imperative as you must make a midnight start in order to reach the summit in the morning before the cloud cover settles, and then have time to get back down to the hut. Overnight stay at Kibo Hut for 1 night (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
• Meals -Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Elevation -4,700 m to 5,895 m then 5,895 m to 3,700 m
• Distance covered -9.5km (7 hours)
• Accommodation -Kibo Hut
This is a long and demanding day! The guides wake you soon after midnight and you start out in darkness, zigzagging up a long scree slope by the light of your torch in the extreme cold. At this time of day the scree is still frozen – which makes it easier to walk on! After roughly two hours you should reach Hans Meyer’s Cave – named after the German geologist who made the first successful ascent in 1889 – where he found the remains of a frozen leopard. The gradient gets steeper and three hours on (this is the hardest stretch of the climb! you should reach the crater rim at Joanna’s Notch. From here it’s a short scramble to Gillman’s Point (5,685m) in time for Your reward is the dramatic spectacle of the sun rising over the ice fields and craggy peaks of Mawenzi – the profusion of colors and shapes make all the suffering seem worthwhile! For those who still have the energy and drive, it takes another couple of hours along the crater rim to reach Uhuru (Freedom) Peak (5,896m). Your descent (approx. 3 hours) retraces the route back down past Kibo Hut to Horombo Hut for a well-deserved rest. Overnight stay at Horombo Hut for 1 night (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
• Meals -Breakfast and Lunch
• Elevation -3,700 m to 1,700 m
• Distance covered- 22kms(12-15 hours)
• Accommodation -Horombo Hut
The last day of these Marangu route climb, pace quickens as you continue your triumphant way back down across alpine meadow and past Mandara Hut through the rainforest to Marangu Gate where you board the vehicle for the journey back to Moshi.
• Meals -Breakfast and Lunch
• Distance covered -20kms(8 hours)
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