6-Day Kilimanjaro Trek to Uhuru Peak via the Rongai Route

• After an early breakfast at your hotel, your guide will pick you up for a three-hour drive to Rongai Gate, where all formalities will be handled. After that, begin your hike, first passing through maize and potato plantations and then into the montane forest.
• The climb will be comfortable and gentle, leading to your first camp, which offers a magnificent view of the Kenyan plains.

Elevation (m): 915 - 1950-2750
Distance: 9 km
Hiking time: 4 hours
Climatic condition: montane forest

• On this day, ascend to the second camp, where lunch will be served.
• After that, leave the direct path and diverge across the moorland on a smaller trail toward Mawenzi side peak to Kikelewa Camp in a sheltered valley.

Here, you will have dinner and an overnight rest.

Elevation (m): 2750- 3600
Distance covered: 17 km
Hiking time: 7 hours
Climatic condition: Moorland

• Immediately after breakfast, take on a short but steep climb up grassy slopes, which will offer magnificent, superb all-around views.
• After that, leave the vegetation behind and head to Mawenzi Tarn Camp, located in the great cirque directly beneath the towering spires of Mawenzi Peak.
• After this short hike, arrive at the camp, where you will spot the mesmerizing undried lake with neither an outlet nor an inlet.

Here, enjoy lunch and dinner followed by an overnight rest.

Elevation (m): 3,600 - 4,330
Distance covered: 7 km
Hiking time: 4 hours
Climatic condition: Semi-desert

• After breakfast, cross the lunar desert of the saddle between Kibo Peak and Mawenzi Peak to Kibo Huts at the bottom of Kibo's crater wall.
• Take as much rest as you can here and conserve your energy for the summit.

Elevation (m): 4,330 - 4,695
Distance covered: 8 km
Hiking time: 5 hours
Climatic condition: alpine desert

• Rise early around midnight and begin the challenging hike to the highest peak in Africa. The path to Gilman's Point is steep, so the hike will be steady with frequent short breaks.
• From Gilman's Point, continue traversing around the crater rim toward Uhuru Peak.
• After arriving at the peak, take pictures and then descend to Horombo Camp.

Elevation (m): 4,695 - 5,895
Distance: 22km
Hiking time: 10 -13 hours
Climatic condition: arctic
Accommodation: horombo camp

• Take a long descent trek to Marangu Gate, where certificates will be awarded to certify that you reached the highest peak, and a car will be waiting to transfer you to Moshi.

Descend (m): 3,690-1,830
Distance: 20km
Hiking time: 5-7 hours
Climatic Habitat: Rain forest