Itinerary

1. Day 1: Moshi - Marangu Gate – Kilema Gate – Horombo Hut

   • You will be picked up from the hotel at 8:30 am; this morning, we drive through Kilimanjaro's semi-tropical foothills to Marangu gate, spend some minutes for registration, get the permit, and then drive to drive to Kilema gate and enter Kilimanjaro National park and start the riding up to Horombo Hut. Today is 100% cycling by bike, and the cycling distance is 19 kilometres, and the vegetation is forest and moorland.

   Accommodation: Overnight stay, Horombo Huts

   Meal: Lunch & Dinner

2. Day 2: Full Day Horombo Acclimatization (Horombo Hut – Mawenzi Hut -Horombo)

   • After breakfast, you start your cycling, riding through the Alpine desert. You will be riding on a small stone area up to Mawenzi hut and back to Horombo hut. Today is 90% riding on “Alpine desert vegetation, cycling distance is 10 kilometres.

   Distance Covered: 5.7 miles

   Time to be used: 6 - 7 hours

   Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

   Accommodation: Horombo Hut

3. Day 3: Horombo Hut - Kibo 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 3km would require you to push and carry your bike a lot, with the final 7km to Kibo hut offering a good biking trail. 
   • We will 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 orientate yourself for the summit attempt later that night. Situated in the barren Alpine desert is Kibo hut, a stone build block house with bunk beds for 60 climbers but no streams with water nearby. There are platform toilets behind the hut. The summit (Uhuru Peak) is now a further 1195m up, and you will make your final ascent the same night. Prepare your equipment, thermal clothing etc., for your summit bid. This should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries, and make sure you have a spare set available. It will be 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

4. Day 4: Kibo Hut - Summit then Horombo Hut

   • At 4:00 am, you will be awakened by your guides to start the zigzag trek up long screen slop. 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 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 is 100% “Alpine desert vegetation/Icecap".

   Accommodation: Overnight stay, Horombo Hut

   Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

5. Day 5: Horombo Hut - Kilema Gate - Marangu Gate to Moshi

   • After breakfast, make your final riding down to Kilema gate across the alpine and the rainforest to Kilema gate, then you will be transferred to Marangu gate for check out and back to Moshi.

   Meal: Breakfast & Lunch