Day 1: Arrival Arriving at Kilimanjaro International Airport/Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Transfer by normal (0800am or 0200pm) shuttle Bus to Arusha where you booked in Arusha Crown Hotel/Impala hotel for the night BB Day 2: Hotel - Marangu Gate Breakfast, drive from your hotel to Marangu gate, we will spend about two hours for registration, payments of fees and final parking. Start climbing through dense semi-tropical to the first hut- Mandara hut (9,000ft). Dinner and an overnight stay at Mandara hut. Meal Plan: B, L, DÂ
Day 3: Marangu Gate - Horombo Hut Breakfast, ascend through the alpine meadow, and grassland and moorland to Horombo hut (12,000ft). Both Mawenzi and Kibo peaks can be viewed easily on the way. Dinner and an overnight stay at Horombo hut. Meal Plan: B, L, DÂ
Day 4: Horombo Hut - Kibo Hut Breakfast, further ascending to Kibo hut (15,000ft). The landscape becomes very stony and eroded. Spectacular mountain vegetation like giant cactus, groundswell and lobelia appear on the way. Dinner and an overnight stay at Kibo hut. Meal Plan: B, L, DÂ
Day 5: Kibo Hut - Uhuru Peak - Horombo Hut Wake up at midnight, and after a snack, proceed to the summit through Gilman's point (18,640ft). It is about 5-6hours and 1-2 hours from Kibo hut to Gilman's point and from Gilman's point to Uhuru Peak (19,340ft) respectively. Thus reaching the peak in the early morning of the fifth day and start descending after picture taking on the top to Horombo hut for diner and an overnight after a short break at Kibo hut. Meal Plan: B, L, DÂ
Day 6: Horombo Hut - Marangu Gate Breakfast, Descend from Horombo hut to Marangu gate. The waiting car will take you to our hotel in Arusha for b/breakfast. Meal Plan: B Â |
Date: Nov 25, 2009
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