5-Day Mount Kilimanjaro Trek via Marangu Route to Uhuru Peak

• After breakfast and a briefing, drive to Marangu village and proceed to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate.
• Begin your trek and walk through the rainforest to Mandara Hut, located at 2,740 m.
• Spend the night at Mandara Hut.

• Have breakfast and start your hike to Horombo Hut around 8:00 am.
• After about 1 hour, you will leave the glades of the rainforest and follow an ascending path across the open moorlands to Horombo Hut.
• Enjoy views of the Kibo summit and Mawenzi.
• Spot giant lobelias and groundsels along the way.

Spend the night at Horombo Hut.

• Have an early morning breakfast and begin the trek.
• Hike onto the saddle of Kilimanjaro between the peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi. The vegetation begins in the upper heathland and then disappears into a desert-like landscape.
• Arrive at Kibo Hut, have dinner, and spend the night there.

• Wake up early in the morning and have a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate.
• Hike to the summit through Gilman's Point, located on the crater rim at 5,861 m.
• Continue ascending to Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Africa at 5,861 m.
• Take photographs and enjoy the view from the summit.
• Start trekking down to Kibo Hut and rest before proceeding to Horombo Hut for dinner and an overnight stay.

• Have an early morning breakfast and begin your hike. A steady descent takes you down through moorland to Mandara Hut, the first stopping place of the Marangu Route.
• Continue descending through lovely, lush forest on a good path to the National Park Gate at Marangu.
• A vehicle will meet you at Marangu village to drive you back to your hotel in Moshi or Arusha.