Africa's highest point.

Kilimanjaro

Day 1: (hiking from Marangu gate to Mandara Hut)  After breakfast in your hotel a car with driver and guide will be waiting you outside. An hour private drive from Moshi Town to Kilimanjaro Mountain Marangu Gate will start. At the gate the registration and payment process will be done, while porters are organizing the luggage ready to start a tour.   It takes 4hrs hike to the first hut, through verdant scenery, the forest stems with bird life, and colobus monkey and other monkeys might be seen.   Elevation: 1860m/ 6100ft to 2700m/ 8875ft Habitat: mountain Forest.  

DAY 3: ACCLIMATIZATION DAY. You will spend 3hrs walking to zebra rock for acclimatization and after, hike down to Horombo hut for lunch, rest, dinner, and overnight.  

Day 5: DESCEND FROM SUMMIT TO KIBO TO HOROMBO HUT The beginning of

Kilimanjaro

Day 6: DESCEND FROM HOROMBO HUT TO MARANGU GATE. (Final day of the tour)  Descend from Horombo hut to Marangu Gate for exit. Driver will pick you from the gate to the hotel in Moshi for lunch and rest but if the departure is the same day then driver will drop you to airport for depart.   Price charged includes 1)    Airport transfer on arrival and depart day 2)    Two night hotel in moshi (arrival and a day you descend from mountain) 3)    Transfer to and from Mountain starting point/gate 4)    Food for those 6 days 5)    Salary to guide, porters and cook 6)    All park entrance fee, rescue fee and 18% VAT 7)    Hut fee for 5 nights   PRICE DO NOT INCLUDE 8)    Personal items 9)    Hiking equipment and gears 10)         Tipping    ESSENTIAL MOUNTAIN CLIMBING GEARS 50L waterproof duffle, small-size backpack, warm clothes including trouser, sweater, thermal underwear, and enough pair of warm socks, Balaclava, snow goggles, or ski sun glasses and scarf, waterproof layers, sun roof hat, warm sleeping bag, mattress, warm jacket, and a pair of gloves. Comfort mountain boots, and walking poles, Sun cream, first aid kit, a knapsack, a pair of getters and water-bottle, minimum 2litres each. Mount Kilimanjaro climb: Tips for safe and successful Kilimanjaro summit. -Choose the best route that offers good acclimatization, oxygen decreases as you climb to higher elevation, choose the routes that offer the acclimatization throughout to avoid the possibility of experiencing higher altitude mountain sickness. In this case Rongai, Lemosho, and Machame routes are highly recommended. -Be well prepared and full equipped for Kilimanjaro trekking, do not forget to carry all necessary trekking equipments and gears. Remember, weather in the mountain is not precisely predictable; having with you the all weather gears is the best decision. -Do not carry too much heavy day-pack. Most of your item luggage will be carried by Kilimanjaro porters; you will just carry your light day pack bag, which contains the most necessary personal use for a day only. -Listen carefully to your guide, do not ignore the little advice from your guide, our Kilimanjaro guides are having more than 10-years experience, they have a broad working knowledge of Mount Kilimanjaro, please listen to what they direct you to do. -Eat enough food and drink more water so that your body won’t run out of energy, long day working requires body energy, make sure you eat as much as you can. Do not forget to go to bed early so that you will wake up with new energy to continue climbing. -Choose the best time to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Your chance to summit Kilimanjaro peak is highly influenced by the external factors like bad weather, knowing the best time to go for Kilimanjaro trekking will help you plan your adventure accordingly. Best time of the year to go for Mount Kilimanjaro Climbing: •          June to October-peak of high season, most of the Kilimanjaro routes and hotels are crowded. •          October to December-Most of the Kilimanjaro routes are less crowded, this season may be associated with seasonal rainfall so not that much good for climbing. December to end of February-High season most of the routes and hotels are crowded. •          March to early of June-Low season, it’s the peak of the wet season as these months are associated with heavy rainfalls so not ideal for climbing.