Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival

   You will be picked up from Kilimanjaro airport or any other arrival point by a guide, who will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel. All the necessary information for the trip will be shared upon check-in. The rest of the day could be used for resting and exploring the city of Moshi.

2. Day 2: Marangu/Kilema Gate - Kilema camp (11 km)

   This morning, pick-up will be arranged from your hotel in Moshi and transferred to Marangu gate, where we will take care of the permit registrations for everyone. There, we will meet a team of porters who will follow us on the route.

   Then, from Marangu gate, we will be transferred to the Kilema gate, our starting point for the Mount Kilimanjaro National Park ride. We will cycle through a rainforest with a lot of different plant species, birds and animals. The ride will end in Kilema camp at 2980 meters, where we will overnight in tents inside the camp area.

   Today is 70% cycling.

3. Day 3 Kilema Camp - Horombo Camp (8 km)

   Today, the ride will take us through Kilimanjaro's semitropical foothills and then on a steep path to the Horombo camp at 3700 meters high. From there, we will have a beautiful view of Kilimanjaro with its two peaks and two brothers, Mawenzi and Kibo. We will stay overnight in the hut.

   Today is 75% cycling.

4. Day 4: Horombo Acclimatization (18 km)

   This day will be used for acclimatization, an essential part of the trip. After breakfast, we will ride through the Alpine desert to the Mawenzi Hut and then back to Horombo camp. Overnight stay is again in Horombo camp.

   Today is 90% cycling.

5. Day 5: Horombo Camp - Kibo Base Camp (11 km)

   The ride will start after breakfast. We will pass the Senecio garden with the endemic tree species and continue through the Alpine desert. The path goes in the middle of the two peaks, Kibo and Mawenzi, making this route very scenic. In the Kibo base camp, you will have a summit briefing for all information needed regarding the rest of the trip. Then, we will have time to rest in the afternoon.

   Today is 90% cycling.

6. Day 6: Kibo Camp - Summit - Horombo Camp (21 km)

   This part of the route starts in the middle of the night with a zig-zag trek climbing along the slopes. It will take approximately 2 hours to reach Hans Meyer's Cave, and the gradient gets steeper from here. The climb continues for another 3 hours to Gilman's point, where we will take our bike from porters and start riding on the crater ring to the summit - Uhuru Peak. From here, we can see the glaciers of Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru, as well as the beautiful lands of Tanzania and parts of Kenya. At the summit, you can choose if you prefer to continue riding your bicycle or walking, according to your health condition and suggestions from the guide. On the way down, we will stop at the Kibo base camp for lunch and continue to the Horombo camp.

   Today, from Kibo to Uhuru, Kibo is 20% - 80% cycling, and from Kibo to Horombo is 80% cycling.

7. Day 7: Horombo Camp - Kilema Gate - Moshi

   After the night of rest and breakfast, we will make our final ride down across the moorland and rainforest to Kilema Gate. From there, you will be transferred to Marangu gate for check out and then to your hotel. Drive back from Kilema gate to Moshi with the bicycle is optional.

8. Day 8: Departure

   Transfer back to the airport is included.