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Kilimanjaro - Rongai Route (6 Days 5 Nights).

Duration

6 Day/5 Night

Min Travellers

1+

Tour Type

Kilimanjaro Climb

You Visit: Mount Kilimanjaro Uhuru Peak Via Rongai Route.

Tour Overview.

Ndutu Green Explorers leads treks up the unique Rongai Route, which is known to be less difficult and more picturesque than the Machame Route and has an extremely high success rate. Unlike the Marangu Route, where you sleep in huts, the Rongai offers tents for you to sleep in, and the porters will set them for you. Dinner is served in a dinner tent or on a blanket outside. The Rongai starts on the north side of the mountain, just south of the Kenyan border, and is one of the less traveled routes. Following the Marangu Route down the southeast face of Kilimanjaro, where the Rongai joins the Marangu for the summit ascent, allows you to climb the mountain from multiple viewpoints!

Included/Excluded

  • Airport pick up and drop off

  • 2 Nights’ accommodation in Moshi or Arusha is included

  • All transfers to the mountain and back to your Moshi hotel

  • Professional, experienced, mountain guides

  • Guides, Porters, cook salaries and park fees

  • Quality, waterproof, four seasons private mountain sleeping tents

  • Sleeping Mattress

  • All meals while on the mountain

  • Quality mess tents with table and chairs

  • Large portions of fresh, healthy, nutritious food

  • Clean purified drinking water

  • Kilimanjaro National Park Entrance fees

  • All Government taxes and levies including 18% VAT.

  • International or Local Flights

  • Optional activities

  • Alcoholic and soft drinks

  • Visa fees

  • Tips

  • Personal spending money for souvenirs etc.

  • Travel insurance

Tour Itinerary!

Day 1: Arrival.
You will be warmly picked up and taken to the hotel in Moshi or Arusha upon your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport or Arusha. After supper, stay the night at the hotel.

Day 2: Transfer to Rongai Gate.
Proceed to the Rongai Gate after breakfast. Travel through the potato and maize fields as you pass through the wooden village. At 2,150 meters, the ascent starts at Rongai Gate and ascends steadily through a lovely forest setting. Look out for the stunning Colobus monkeys of Kilimanjaro. Situated at the periphery of the moor (2,600 meters), the initial campsite provides stunning views of the Kenyan plains.

  • Altitude: 2,150 m - 2,600 m
  • Hiking Time: 1h30-2h30 hours walking

Day 3: Ascent to Second Cave.
Start the morning with a moderate climb to the 3,450-meter-high "Second Cave," which provides breathtaking views of Kibo and the Eastern ice fields. Following lunch, veer off the main trail and head over the moorland towards Mawenzi's rugged peaks. Camp in a sheltered valley with breathtaking views, close to the 3,600-meter-high Kikelewa Caves.

  • Altitude: 2,600 m - 3,600 m
  • Hiking Time: 6-7 hours walking

Day 4: Climb to Mawenzi Tarn.
Take a quick but steep ascent up grassy slopes to be rewarded with amazing views. As you near Mawenzi Tarn (4,330 m), which sits beneath Mawenzi's towering towers, leave the vegetation behind. Have the afternoon free to explore or relax in order to help with acclimatization.

  • Altitude: 3,600 m - 4,330 m
  • Hiking Time: 3-4 hours walking

Day 5: Crossing the Lunar Desert.
Travel across the 'Saddle' lunar desert situated between Mawenzi and Kibo to arrive at the School campsite, which is situated at the foot of the Kibo crater wall (4,750 m). Take the day off to recover before the last climb.

  • Altitude: 4,330 m - 4,750 m
  • Hiking Time: 4-5 hours walking

Day 6: Summit Day and Descent to Horombo.
Around one in the morning, start the last ascent by torchlight. A switchback trail leads through loose volcanic sandstone to the crater rim at Gillman's Point (5,685 m). After a brief break to watch the sunrise over Mawenzi, proceed to Uhuru Peak (5,896 m). Go down to Kibo (4,700 m) and continue to the campsite at Horombo (3,720 m).

  • Altitude: 4,700 m - 5,896 m - 3,720 m
  • Hiking Time: 11-15 hours walking

Day 7: Descent to Marangu Gate and Transfer to Moshi.
Start the morning with a moderate climb to the 3,450-meter-high "Second Cave," which provides breathtaking views of Kibo and the Eastern ice fields. Following lunch, veer off the main trail and head over the moorland towards Mawenzi's rugged peaks. Camp in a sheltered valley with breathtaking views, close to the 3,600-meter-high Kikelewa Caves.

  • Altitude: 3,720 m - 1,830 m
  • Hiking Time: 5-6 hours walking
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