5-Day Kilimanjaro Bike Tour to Uhuru Peak via the Marangu Route

• You will be picked up from the hotel at 8:30 am. This morning, drive through Kilimanjaro's semi-tropical foothills to Marangu Gate, spend some time on registration and permit formalities, then continue to Kilema Gate to enter Kilimanjaro National Park and begin riding up to Horombo Hut. Today is 100% cycling by bike, covering 19 kilometres through forest and moorland vegetation.

Accommodation: Overnight stay, Horombo Huts

Meal: Lunch & Dinner

• After breakfast, start cycling through the Alpine desert. You will ride over a small stony area up to Mawenzi Hut and then return to Horombo Hut. Today is 90% riding in Alpine desert vegetation, with a cycling distance of 10 kilometres.

Distance Covered: 5.7 miles

Time to be used: 6 - 7 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Horombo Hut

• Wake up early and make sure your duffel bags are packed and ready to go.
• After breakfast, meet your guide and head back up to Kibo Hut.
• Again, the first 3 km will require you to push and carry your bike quite a lot, while the final 7 km to Kibo Hut offers a good biking trail.
• Enjoy lunch and then aim to rest.
• At around 16:00 hours, depending on how you feel, it is possible to hike partially up the summit path to orient yourself for the summit attempt later that night. Situated in the barren Alpine desert, Kibo Hut is a stone-built block house with bunk beds for 60 climbers, but there are no streams with water nearby. There are platform toilets behind the hut. The summit, Uhuru Peak, is now a further 1195 m up, and you will make your final ascent the same night. Prepare your equipment and thermal clothing for your summit bid. This should include replacing your headlamp and camera batteries, and making sure you have a spare set available. It is wise to carry your water in a thermal flask to prevent freezing.
• Go to bed at around 19:00 hours and try to get as much rest and sleep as possible until 22:00.

Accommodation: Overnight stay, Kibo Hut

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• At 4:00 am, you will be awakened by your guides to start the zigzag trek up the long scree slope. After roughly two hours, you should reach Hans Meyer's Cave, and from here the gradient gets steeper.
• Continue your climb for approximately another three hours to Gilman's Point. You will take your bike from the porters and start riding to Uhuru Peak, arrive at Uhuru Peak, spend a few minutes taking photos, and then ride down to Stella Point.
• After lunch, ride down to Horombo Hut. From Kibo to Horombo, the route is 100% Alpine desert vegetation and icecap terrain.

Accommodation: Overnight stay, Horombo Hut

Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• After breakfast, make your final ride down to Kilema Gate across the alpine zone and the rainforest. From Kilema Gate, you will be transferred to Marangu Gate for check-out and then continue back to Moshi.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch