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5 Days Kilimanjaro Hiking Tour via the Rongai Route

5 Days
Max Guests: 100+
Soweto, Moshi - Tanzania, 25114

From $1300

5 Days Kilimanjaro Hiking Tour via the Rongai Route

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The 5 days Rongai Mount Kilimanjaro Trail Trek offered by Tanzania Safari Manager will leave your own experience in your mind forever as it will be the best adventure of your life. You will be taken from Arusha/Moshi Town to Rongai Gate. It is an easy route on the Kilimanjaro trekking trails, even for a beginner. On the third day, you will encounter the Marangu route at Kibo hut camp, where accommodation is in tents. On the trail on the first day, wild animals such as antelope, elephant, buffalo and monkey are seen in the vegetation zone during the trek. Hikers have more of a clear view of Kilimanjaro, so this day will be your best adventure. The descending route is via Marangu route where our driver will take you from Marangu gate to your hotel in Arusha/Moshi.

ITINERARY

Day 1: Rongai gate to Simba camp

Elevation: 1387/915 m to 1950 m to 2750 m, Distance: 7 km, Hiking Time: 3 hours, Habitat: Montana Forest

Drive from Moshi/Arusha to Rongai Gate starting point. The treks start from the village of Nale Moru before entering the rainforest or vegetation zone of Mount Kilimanjaro. The first day of the trek is very easy; Expect wildlife such as elephants and buffalo along the way.

Day 2: Simba camp to Mawenzi tarn via Kikelewa tarn.

Distance: 16km, Hiking Time: 9 hours, Habitat: Semi-Desert

Long day trek, rest halfway at Kikelewa Tarn for hot lunch, arrive at camp early evening, rest, dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Mawenzi tarn to Kibo hut camp, summit overnight.

Elevation: 4330 m to 4695 m, Distance: 5km, Hiking Time: 5 hours, Habitat: Alpine Desert

After an early breakfast, traverse the lunar saddle desert between Kibo Peak and Mawenzi Peak to Kibo Huts at the foot of the Kibo Crater Wall. You must spend the memory of the day resting and preparing for your trek to the summit.

Day 4: Kibo Huts camp to Uhuru Peak to Horombo Huts camp

Elevation: 4695 m to 5895 m to 3690 m, Distance: 6 km up, 14 km down, Hiking Time: 10-15 hours, Habitat: Alpine Desert.

Wake up at midnight for a light breakfast, then get ready for your climb to the summit. The goal is to run before sunrise so you can reach Uhuru Peak just before or after sunrise. Exit the top at 12; 12:00 a.m., zigzag up steep scree or possibly snow and reach Gilman's Point. At this point you will have a view of the iconic crater and its polar caps. After 2 hours hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the famous snow, you will get to the true summit of Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend few moments to take photos but it depends on how you feel. After your summit activities, you will descend back to Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your gear and continue the descent crossing the saddle to Horombo Huts. Dinner and overnight at Horombo Camp.

Day 5: Horombo Huts camp to Marangu Gate to Arusha/Moshi

Elevation: 3690 m to 1830 m to 1387 m, Distance: 18 km, Descending Time: 5-7 hours

After a long and comfortable sleep, you will be woken up for breakfast and picked up to begin the descent through the moorland to the Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch and then continue your triumphant descent through the lush forest to the gate of Marangu Park. Here you check out and then a vehicle will take you back to the hotel where it is definitely time to present the certificate and celebrate departure!