RONGAI / MARANGU – 8 DAYS

Day 1: Arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) and transfer to Arusha / Moshi in a hotel for overnight.

Day 2: After breakfast, transfer from Moshi to Snow-Cap Cottages at Naleimoru/Rongai starting point. Clients check in their rooms, wash and have lunch in the restaurant. Short program of culture tour can be arranged to fill your day, and sight seeing. Clients go back to the cottages for evening coffee where briefing with guides is followed by dinner and overnight.

Day 3: After breakfast, climb starts through pine forest where the Colobus Monkeys can be viewed. The walk will take 4 hours to reach Sekimba campsite at the edge of forest, lunch will be taken in between. Overnight will be spent in tents at the first cave (2800m).

Day 4: You start in morning walking through the Moorland heading on the 3rd caves (3900m). The climb takes about 6 hours with lunch break at the second caves (3300m). Overnight will again be spent in tents.

Day 5: After the last good rest before the summit ascend, you hike to School Hut at (4750m) where you have dinner and rest in the hut.

Day 6: After a short night and a hot drink, the final ascend starts at about 1:30 a.m. The path leads through gradually steeper getting screed to the Gilman's point (5685m) where you can watch the sunrise and the magnificent ice fields. After a short break, you now proceed along the crater rim to the Uhuru Peak (5895m) reaching there at about 9:00a.m. After your summit photo, you then descend to Kibo Hut for lunch before dropping to Horombo Hut (3720m) where the night will be spent.

Day 7: After breakfast, the final leg that takes about 6 hours starts heading for Marangu gate (1800m). You will be awarded a certificate for successful climb. You then proceed to Moshi / Arusha for a hot shower before dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Transfer to departure Kilimanjaro International Airport or by shuttle to Nairobi or your next safari destination.