Itinerary

1. Day 1: Journey to Rongai Gate

   • After finishing your early breakfast at your hotel in Arusha/Moshi.
   • Our vehicles will drive you through many villages and coffee plantations for a 2-3 hour drive to Rongai Gate.
   • After checking in and getting your porters ready.
   • Begin your ascent on a wide trail that winds through corn and potato fields and into the Montana forest.
   • You then begin a gentle but steady climb through an attractive forest home to many wildlife.
   • The forest begins to thin out as you reach Camp Simba.

2. Day 2: Trek to Kikelewa Camp via Mawenzi Side Peak

   • After an early breakfast, you will ascend steadily to the second cave where you will stop for lunch.
   • You leave the direct trail at this point and cross the Paramo on a smaller trail to Mawenzi side peak to Kikelewa camp in a sheltered valley.
   • At Camp Kikelewa, you will be content with your evening meal and your night's sleep.

3. Day 3: Grassy Slopes to Mawenzi Turn Hut

   • After breakfast, tackle a short, steep climb up grassy slopes; rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view, immersed in the vast nature of the area.
   • Soon leave the bush behind and arrive at Mawenzi Tarn Camp, nestled in a spectacular cirque just below the soaring peaks of Mawenzi Peak.
   • After this trek, you will reach the Mawenzi Turn hut camp where you will also see the amazing undried lake with no entry or exit.
   • You will have lunch and rest, then have dinner and spend the night in this camp.

4. Day 4: Acclimatization Day at Mawenzi Tarn

   • This is your bonus day on Kilimanjaro via the Rongai route, and you will spend two nights at Mawenzi Tarn.
   • You will hike to Mawenzi for a great acclimatization walk.
   • Then, after, return to camp for lunch, dinner, and overnight.

5. Day 5: Traverse to Kibo Huts Camp

   • After an early breakfast, traverse the lunar saddle desert between Kibo Peak and Mawenzi Peak to Kibo Huts at the base of the Kibo Crater Wall.
   • You must spend the memory of the day resting and preparing for your trek to the summit.

6. Day 6: Midnight Summit to Uhuru Peak, Descend to Horombo Hut Camp

   • Wake up at midnight for a light breakfast, then prepare to climb to the summit.
   • The goal is to run before sunrise to reach Uhuru Peak just before or after sunrise.
   • Exit the top at 12; 12:00 a.m., zigzag up steep scree or possibly snow and reach Gilman's Point.
   • You will now view the iconic crater and its polar caps.
   • After 2 hours of hiking on the rim of the Kibo crater near the famous snow, you will reach the actual summit of Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak.
   • Here you will spend a few moments taking photos, but it depends on how you feel.
   • After your summit activities, you will return to Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your gear, and continue the descent crossing the saddle to Horombo Huts.

   Dinner and overnight at Horombo Camp.

7. Day 7: Descent to Marangu Gate and Return to Moshi/Arusha

   • After a long and comfortable sleep, you will be woken up for breakfast and picked up to descend through the moor to the Mandara Huts.
   • Here you will have lunch and then continue your triumphant descent through the lush forest to the gate of Marangu Park.
   • Here you check out, and then a vehicle will take you back to the hotel, where it is time to present the certificate and celebrate departure!