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Marangu Route - Affordable packages for Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro on the Marangu Route. Tailor-made and Budget Mount Kilimanjaro Climbing for you. |
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| Adler Adventure & Trekking offers affordable packages for Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro on the Marangu Route (the "Coca Cola" or "tourist" route). It is the easiest, shortest route and most popular route to the summit of Kilimanjaro. This is the least expensive and the only route with the comforts of sleeping huts at every camp site with solar lights and comfortable beds. |
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The Marangu Route is also known as the "Coca Cola" or "tourist" route. It is the easiest and shortest route to the summit. This is also the only route with the comforts of sleeping huts at every camp site with solar lights and comfortable beds. The huts are communal, and the bunks have a sponge mattress and pillow. There are 60 beds at both Mandara and Kibo Huts and 120 beds at Horombo Hut. Bathrooms and running water are available at the two lower huts. Mens' and ladies' latrines are available at the last camp but are very basic
Day 1: Arrive in Moshi or Arusha. Evening briefing and packing of mountain gear.
Day 2: After breakfast transfer to Marangu gate (1km-1850m) where your hike starts after an introduction to your crew. The day's hike takes 3-4 hours through the natural forest to the Mandara Hut at 2774m. If you have sufficient time and energy, you can visit the Maundi Crater close by.
Day 3: Today's hike takes 6-7 hours covering a total of 15km and leads you soon out of the shadows of the natural forest to grassland where you can first view the sprawling plains below. After a lunch break at "Kimangi Marangu" once an important rainmaking site, your walk takes you to Horombo Hut at 3550m surrounded by giant lobelia and groundsels.
Day 4: You leave Horombo Hut after breakfast for a hard day's hike of 13km through the alpine dessert leaving the moorland behind at the last water point. The hike ends at the Kibo hut, which is at 4750m. Here you'll have a chance to rest and enjoy the view over the saddle to the majestic Mawenzi before you retire for the night prior to the summit ascent.
Day 5: After a short night and a hot drink, the final ascend starts at about midnight. The path gets gradually steeper finally taking you to the Gilman's point (5685m) from where you can watch sunrise and the magnificent ice fields. After a short break, you then proceed along the crater rim to the uhuru peak 5895m reaching there at about 9.00am. After your summit photo, you then descend to Kibo hut for lunch before dropping to Horombo Hut.
Day 6: Covering the last section of the mountain, the trek continues down through the forests to Marangu gate where you will be awarded your certificate before proceeding to the Hotel for a hot shower, dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Transfer to Kilimanjaro airport for departure. Tailor made safari options after your climb can be organized for interested parties. |
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