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7 Days Kilimanjaro Hiking Tour via the Rongai Route

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

From $1650

7 Days Kilimanjaro Hiking Tour via the Rongai Route

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Rongai Route Mount Kilimanjaro 7-Day Climbing is more adventurous which makes you very interesting when you reach the top of an African roof. In contrast to the Marangu route, where you sleep in huts, on the Rongai route you sleep in clear tents, the porters have set up your tent and are waiting for you at the end of each climbing day. This route starts in the north of Kilimanjaro. The Rongai route merges with the Marangu route for the ascent to the summit. The descent follows Marangu Route on the southeast side of the mountain, giving you good views of Mount Kilimanjaro from many vantage points. Rongai Mount Kilimanjaro Route 7 Days Package is detailed below which will make your adventure more thrilling and exciting than expected.

ITINERARY

Day 1: Moshi/Arusha to Rongai gate to Simba Camp

Elevation: 3690 m to 1830 m to 1387 m, Distance: 101 km, Descending Time: 5 hours

After finishing your early breakfast at your hotel in Arusha/Moshi, our vehicles will drive you through many villages and coffee plantations for a 2-3-hour drive to Rongai Gate. After checking in and getting your porters ready, begin your ascent on a wide trail that winds through corn and potato fields and then into the Montana forest. You then begin a gentle but steady climb through an attractive forest that is home to a large variety of wildlife. The forest begins to thin out as you reach Camp Simba.

Day 2: Simba Camp to Kikelewa Camp

Elevation: 2750 m to 3600 m, Distance: 11 km, Hiking Time: 6 hours, Habitat: Moorland

After an early breakfast you will ascend steadily to the second cave where you will stop for lunch. You leave the direct trail at this point and cross the Paramo on a smaller trail to Mawenzi side peak to Kikelewa camp in a sheltered valley. At Camp Kikelewa you will be content with your evening meal and your night's sleep.

Day 3: Kikelewa camp to Mawenzi turn hut

Elevation: 3600m to 4330m, Distance: 5km, Hiking Time: 4 hours, Habitat: Semi-Desert

After breakfast, tackle a short, steep climb up grassy slopes; rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view, immersed in the vast nature of the area. Soon leave the bush behind and arrive at Mawenzi Tarn Camp, nestled in a spectacular cirque just below the soaring peaks of Mawenzi Peak. After this trek you will reach the Mawenzi Turn hut camp where you will also see the amazing undried lake with no entry or exit. You will have lunch and rest, then have dinner and spend the night in this camp.

Day 4: Acclimatization Day at Mawenzi Tarn

This is your bonus day on Kilimanjaro via the Rongai route and you will spend two nights at Mawenzi Tarn. You will hike to Mawenzi for a great acclimatization walk. Then after return to camp for lunch, dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Mawenzi Tarn hut to Kibo Huts camp

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 base of the Kibo Crater Wall. You must spend the memory of the day resting and preparing for your trek to the summit.

Day 6: Kibo Huts camp to Uhuru Peak (summit area)¬ 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 on the rim of Kibo crater near the famous snow, you will get to the actual 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 7: Horombo Huts camp to Marangu Gate to Moshi/Arusha

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 moor 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!