DAY 1: Arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport, transfer to the hotel in Moshi.

DAY 2: Breakfast, drive from your hotel to Marangu gate, we will spend about two hours for registration, payments of fees and final parking. Start climbing through dense semi-tropical to the first hut- Mandara hut (9,000ft). Dinner and an overnight stay at Mandara hut, B.L.D. (3-4 hours trekking)

DAY 3: Breakfast, ascend through the alpine meadow, and grassland and moorland to Horombo hut (12,000ft). Both Mawenzi and Kibo peaks can be viewed easily on the way. Dinner and an overnight stay at Horombo hut, B.L.D. (5 – 6 hours trekking)

DAY 4: Breakfast, further ascending to Kibo hut (15,000ft). The landscape becomes very stony and eroded. Spectacular mountain vegetation like giant cactus, groundswell and lobelia appear on the way. Dinner and an overnight stay at Kibo hut, B.L.D. (5-6 hours trekking)

DAY 5: Wake up at midnight, and after a snack, proceed to the summit through Gilman’s point (18,640ft). It is about 5-6hours and 1-2 hours from Kibo hut to Gilman’s point and from Gilman’s point to Uhuru Peak (19,340ft) respectively. Thus reaching the peak in the early morning of the fifth day and start descending after picture taking on the top to Horombo hut for diner and an overnight after a short break at Kibo hut, B.L.D. (6 – 7 hours trekking)

DAY 6: Breakfast, Descend from Horombo hut to Marangu gate. The waiting car will take you to your hotel in Moshi/Arusha, B.L. (For the ones who travel at Night flight they will be transferred to the airport). (3- 4 trekking)

DAY 7: Transfer to the airport for your return flight, B.

Acclimatization

One may choose 6days/5nights, with an extra day for acclimatization at Horombo hut, which will increase his/her chance to reach the top.

• Arrival and departure airport transfers.
• 2 nights accommodations in a basic hotel (Bed and Breakfast), before and after the climb
• Accommodation in mountain huts
• Meals as indicated on itineraries (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
• All park fees, including mountain rescue fees, hut fees, and government taxes
• Services of our own trained English-speaking mountain guide, and a skilled cook, and enough numbers of porters for your luggage, food, and water, and a dinning tent
• Transport from your hotel to the mountain, and back to your hotel
• Use of cell phones to increase your safety
• Discount available for group of 8 or more!
  

Excluded:

• Beverages, laundry and items of a personal nature
• Passport, visa, traveler’s insurance, medical evacuation insurance.
• Tips to guides and porters.
• International airfare