5-Day Kilimanjaro Rongai Route Climb to Uhuru Peak from Moshi

• Elevation: 1387/915 m to 1950 m to 2750 m, Distance: 7 km, Hiking Time: 3 hours, Habitat: Montana Forest
• Drive from Moshi/Arusha to the Rongai Gate starting point. The trek starts from the village of Nale Moru before entering the rainforest or vegetation zone of Mount Kilimanjaro. The first day of the trek is very easy; expect wildlife such as elephants and buffalo along the way.

• Distance: 16 km, Hiking Time: 9 hours, Habitat: Semi-Desert

• This is a long trekking day. Rest halfway at Kikelewa Tarn for a hot lunch and arrive at camp in the early evening.

Rest, dinner and overnight.

• Elevation: 4330 m to 4695 m, Distance: 5 km, Hiking Time: 5 hours, Habitat: Alpine Desert

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

• Elevation: 4695 m to 5895 m to 3690 m, Distance: 6 km up, 14 km down, Hiking Time: 10-15 hours, Habitat: Alpine Desert.
• Wake up at midnight for a light breakfast, then prepare to climb to the summit. The goal is to depart before sunrise to reach Uhuru Peak just before or after sunrise. Leave camp at 12:00 a.m., zigzag up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman's Point. At this point, you will view the iconic crater and its polar caps. After 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the famous snow, you will reach the true summit of Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak. Here you will spend a few moments taking photos, depending on how you feel. After your summit activities, you will return to Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your gear, and continue the descent across the saddle to Horombo Huts.

Dinner and overnight at Horombo Camp.

• Elevation: 3690 m to 1830 m to 1387 m, Distance: 18 km, Descending Time: 5-7 hours
• After a long and comfortable sleep, you will be woken up for breakfast and begin the descent through the moorland to the Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch and 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!