5-Days Marangu - UNFORGATTABLE AFRICA HOME OF BIG FIVE

ROUTE DETAILS

Marangu route is the oldest trekking route on Mount Kilimanjaro. Is a classic trek, as majority favor the Marangu path since it is considered to be the easiest path on the mountain as it is of gradual slope. Sometimes known as “Coca-Cola “route. It is the most routes which offer huts as a sleeping dormitory means of accommodations. This route spends 5minimum days though probability of summiting point under given time is pretty limited. Spending extra day for climber’s acclimatization over mountain trekking from this route is highly acclaimed.
Marangu is the mostly favored route when comes to rainy seasons, where the hut accommodations are highly preferred. However this route is of least scenic diversity of all the routes as the ascent and descent are done on the same track and it is the most crowded route for that reason

ROUTE ITINERARY

Upon arrival, you will meet with our guide at the airport. Your guide will drive you towards the assigned hotel for overnight at Moshi town. You will have some little rest whereby after some little rest you will meet with your guide to brief you on your upcoming trek and hiking gears check in so as to be assured that all necessary equipment’s you have them while having more time to buy or rental whatever will be missing.

Distance covered:	Approx. time	Meals
35 KM	1hrs	-

Get picked up from the Hotel and heading to Marangu Gate, have little stopover for climbers registration formalities. Soon after gate pass start climbing over the dense rainforest. If lucky you will experience a couple herds and troops of primate’s mostly white and black colobus monkey while heading to Mandara Hut. After a while stopover for a little rest guide will take you at Maundi Crater where you will speculate the beautiful Paranomic view watching Kenyan landscape.
These below are climbers reminders recommended in first night on this elevation
• Do not drink any alcohol and get little caffeine intake.
• Drinking more than 4 liters of water at a day retains climbers hydrated.
• We inspire climbers to takes Diamox in mornings earlier before hiking to control altitude sickness symptoms. Check doctor of Diamox prior sendoff for the trip.
• “The higher the discomfort the higher the acclimatization”. Though, as soon you feel sense of headaches and nausea and other symptoms, get notify your guide immediately.

Distance covered:	Approx. time	Meals
8.3km / 5.2mi	5 hrs	Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Vegetation Zone;

Have transitory from Mandara Hut heading Horombo primes over the timberline and then enter the heath and moorland zone. Almost 4 – 6 hours in advanced, you will stopover at the Horombo Hut which ranges at an altitude of 3700m. Get a little rest and overnight stay while enjoying the beautiful Paranomic views towards Mawenzi, Kibo and the wide plain of the Maasai steppe from the hut.

Distance covered:	Approx. time	Meals
12.5km / 7.8mi	6 hrs	Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Vegetation Zone;

Getting from Horombo heading to Kibo is of long and tough route, Covers about 5 - 7 hours. Explore the built trail badges the “Last Water point” that trailed by the so-called “saddle. Have little looke near vegetation fewer plateau intersections from a main summit of Kibo and Mawenzi. Stopover Kibo hut the today’s destination for a little rest and overnight stay while enjoying the star gazing and beautiful Paranomic view at the hut.

Distance covered:	Approx. time	Meals
9.5km / 5.9mi	7 hrs	Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Vegetation Zone;

Get start your final ascent about 1.00Am midnight which will be long and strenuous. Transitory over the Hans Meyer Cave of 5220m. Hike deliberately however goes up. Inn sun shine stopover at Gillman’s Point (5681m) on the crater rim of Kilimanjaro where slowly climbers and land starts to warm up. After sometimes you will experience the body worm during and after an extra hike of 1 - 2 hours. Move to Uhuru Peak at 5895m. While getting back to Kibo Hut, stopover for a hot meal and little rest of 1 - 2 hours before moving down back to Horombo Hut.

Distance covered:	Approx. time	Meals
22km / 13.7mi ,	12-15hrs	Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Vegetation Zone;

Get badges over the moorland and moor zone towards Mandara Hut (2700m) where you will stopover for a little rest and hot lunch. Once more badge over the tropical rainforest for a 6 hours trekking and stopover at a Park gate (1860m) get your awarded climbing certificate and Let acknowledge your guides for a trekking adventure and drive back to your hotel for a shower little rest enjoy some drinks and celebrate your success in reaching the summit of the Kilimanjaro while waiting to flight back at home.

Distance covered:	Approx. time	Meals
20.8km / 12.9mi	8 hours	Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included

Vegetation Zone;

Price Route

NUMBER OF PEOPLE	AMOUNT IN US DOLLAR/PERSON
1 Person	$1825
2-4 People	$1575
5-7 People	$1450
8-10 People	$1325
11+ People	$1200

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INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE:

Private transport to & from Kilimanjaro International Airport to your accommodations in Moshi.
2 nights of accommodation in Moshi in FULL BOARD (FB). (WERUWRU RIVER LODGE OR PARK VIEW HOTEL)
Transportation to & from the Kilimanjaro gate,Park entry fees,Camping fees,Crater fee (if any), Team Kilimanjaro Rescue fees
18% VAT on tour fees & services,4 Season mountain tents,Double layered Sleeping Mats 4 inches (10cm) thick,
Friendly and professional mountain guides, cook and porters,3 meals daily while on the mountain,
Enough treated & filtered drinking water throughout the trek, Hot water for washing
Fair wages for the mountain crew as approved by the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority (KINAPA),
Kilimanjaro Association of Tour Operators (KIATO)
Government taxes,Portable oxygen tanks,Ox meter,Emergency first-aid kit,Stethoscope,Portable flush toilet with a toilet and tent,
Mountain climbing certificates

EXCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE:

Note: Tipping is not included to the actual price “Needs to be paid separately”

[ Tip on Mountain Kilimanjaro is recommended for group sharing as follows:
Guide $20/guide/day
Cook $15/day
Porter’s $10/porter/day ]

Drinks at your hotel before and after climb.

Travel insurance and Flights

Laundry (Available at hotel)

Personal items and toiletries

Tips for guides, porters and cook

HIRING EQUIPMENTS

Most of kilimanjaro equipments you may hire but some is for your personal use(you must to buy it example:underwear).
The picture above shows the equipments that you may hire and belows are the categories of equipments

Clothing

Waterproof Jackets (rain jackets, hard shell jackets)
Insulated Jackets (down jackets, synthetic jackets)
Soft Jackets (fleece jackets, soft shell jackets)
Hiking Shirts (short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts, hooded shirts)
Hiking Pants (also hiking shorts, waterproof pants, fleece pants, underwear)

Headwear

Hats (caps, sun hat, beanies, balaclavas, neck gaiters)
Headlamp
Face Masks (face coverings, surgical masks, N95 masks)

Handwear

Gloves (liners, mittens)

Footwear

Hiking Boots
Hiking Shoes (trail shoes, trail runners, camp shoes)
Hiking Socks (sock liners, toe socks)
Gaiters

Accessories

Sunglasses (sport sunglasses, glacier goggles, ski goggles)
Water Bottles (Nalgene bottles, hydration bladders)
Pee Bottle

Equipment

Sleeping Bags (down bags, synthetic bags, camp pillow)
Trekking Poles
Duffel Bags (gear bags)
Daypacks (backpacks)

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