5 Days Marangu Route - Kilimanjaro Trekking Tour
Experience the ultimate Kilimanjaro trekking adventure with our professional 5 Days Marangu Route tour. Expert guides, quality equipment, and guaranteed summit success.
5 Days Marangu Route - Tour Overview
5 Days
12+
Private Tour
Budget Accommodation
5 Days Marangu Route - Detailed Overview
The 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 offers
accommodation in huts at every point you spend your night with solar lights and
comfortable beds. Bathrooms and running water are available at the two lower
huts.
The route takes only five days to go to the
summit at the minimum (to the summit and back), BUT it can be done better by doing it
in six days that way allowing a day of acclimatization. That even increases the
chances of reaching the summit. It is also likely that people prefer
this because it is the only route that offers accommodation in Mountain
Bunker houses also referred as Mountain huts. The huts are set like dormitories
with 6 persons sharing one hut at the maximum. The huts however have to be booked
well in advance because they can accommodate a maximum number of persons at any
given time.
5 Days Marangu Route - What's Included
5 Days Marangu Route - Daily Itinerary
You will be picked up from the airport. From there you will
go to the hotel in Moshi for an orientation on your trek. Your guides will be
there to provide you with details on your trek and will also check your
trekking gear.
- Distance:
7km
- Hiking Time: 3 hours
You will be picked up from your hotel in the morning and
driven to the Mount Kilimanjaro National Park Gate. Once signed in at the park
and final preparations are complete, we start ascending on a cleared ridge
trail through the rainforest. Our first night is at Mandara Hut camp set in a
forest clearing. This camp consists of a group of wooden A-framed huts and
flush toilets behind the main hut.
- Distance:
12km
- Hiking Time: 6 hours
In the morning we leave camp and trek through a short
stretch of forest through to moorland, circumventing the base of the Maundi
Crater. In the afternoon we will reach the Horombo Hut where will we stay
overnight.
- Distance:
10km
- Hiking Time: 5 hours
Today we continue our ascent into the Alpine desert zone to
Kibo Hut. This afternoon we will have an early dinner, prepare your personal
gear for the summit and then get some sleep. Our summit trek starts around
midnight.
- Distance:
21km
- Hiking Time: 6-7 hours
You will be woken around 23:30pm, and after a hot breakfast
we will start our final summit. The first section of the trail consists of a
rocky path to Hans Meyer point (5250m). The path then zigzags up to Gillmans
point (5681m) on the crater rim. This section is very steep with a lot of
scree. From Gillmans Point we could encounter snow all the way up to Uhuru
peak (5895m), the highest point in Africa. After taking photos at the summit we
start the 3 hours descent back to Kibo Hut. After a short rest we pack up all
your personal gear and trek down to Horombo Hut (3 hours). Tonight is our last
night on the mountain.
- Distance:
18km
- Hiking Time: 6 hours
This morning we make our final descent down to Marangu Gate
where we started. You will be taken for lunch and here you will receive your
summit certificate to commemorate your great achievement. We will then drive
you back to your hotel where we will say our farewell.
5 Days Marangu Route - Pricing per Person
| Season | Solo | 2 Persons | 3 Persons | 4 Persons | 5 Persons | 6 Persons | 6+ Persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January to December |
$1680 | $1640 | $1600 | $1580 | $1550 | $1530 | $1510 |
