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7
DAYS LUXURIOUS KILIMANJARO CLIMB
TMT 51
DAY
1:
ARUSHA -MARANGU
 Transfer
to Marangu. Dinner and overnight at a Hotel.
DAY
2:
MARANGU - MANDARA HUT (2,744
M)
Distance: 9 kms. Estimated
duration: 4 hours. Depart from your hotel, drive straight to Marangu National
Park gate, where the climb begins (1860m) on the edge of the mountain
forest. Walk through the semi tropical dense rain forest, with camphor,
cedar, juniper, wild olive and pillar trees festooned with lianas, lichens
and Spanish moss. Flowers of various species delight the eyes, while monkeys
shake trees and terraccos and other colourful forest birds sing in the
forest profusion. The walking takes 4 hours covering 9 km to Mandara Hut,
at 2744 m near Maundi Crater. Dinner and overnight at Mandara Hut.
DAY
3:
MANDARA HUT - HOROMBO HUT
(3,761 M)
Distance: 11kms. Estimated
duration: 5 hours. Starting early in the morning towards Horombo Hut you
walk 5 hours, to cover the first 4 km or so, the dense rain forest now
gives way to the rolling moorland, clothed in knee-high grass tussocks
dotted here and there with giant heather trees, some standing upto 9 m
high. Here is perhaps the most pleasant point, where the landscape is
decorated with tropical flowers and the sun is refreshingly warm. From
here, both Kibo and Mawenzi Peaks are magnificently viewed. Some animal
species are found here, i.e. bush duikers etc. The landscape becomes more
rugged and rocky, as you continue to Horombo Hut at 3761 m above sea level.
Dinner and overnight at the Horombo Hut. You should have warm clothes
due to strong winds here.
DAY
4:
HOROMBO HUT - KIBO HUT (4,700
M)
Distance: 10kms. Estimated
duration: 5 hours. After breakfast, continue to Kibo Hut through the euphorbia
trees and here high altitude causes difficulty in breathing and tiredness
is felt. The path leading you to Kibo Hut passes the water streams and
skirts MAWENZI before opening out into the lunar landscape of the saddle.
It forms a "U" between MAWENZI and KIBO Peaks. You will experience the
winter nights as cold and icy winds encircle the huts accompanied by frost
and snow. Dinner and overnight at KIBO Hut.
DAY
5:
UHURU PEAK - HOROMBO HUT
(3,761 M)
Distance: 24kms. Estimated
duration: 12-13 hours Wake up soon after midnight for the final attempt
to the summit. Walk for about 5 hours, the steepest and most difficult
part of the route, to GILMAN'S POINT at 5681 m above sea level, on the
Crater rim. Try again if your stamina allows, for UHURU Peak, reached
in about 2 hours. This is the highest point in Africa. After signing the
visitors book, descend to Horombo Hut, for dinner and overnight.
DAY
6:
HOROMBO HUT - MARANGU HOTEL
Descend to Marangu
Gate then transfer to Marangu or Kibo Hotel for dinner and overnight.
DAY
7:
MARANGU - ARUSHA
After breakfast, return
to Arusha by company transport.
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