Moshi, Tanzania
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Moshi, Tanzania +255 742 596 234 generoustours@gmail.com
6 days Marangu Route Kilimanjaro climbing is the most well-liked, easiest, and quickest route to Uhuru Peak. The Coca-Cola Route or the Tourist Route are other names for this route. The 6 days Marangu route Kilimanjaro climbing is taken by 70% of climbers because it comprises primarily of easy hiking. Although this path is quite simple, the last stretch to the summit is still challenging. Despite being the simplest route, it fails the most frequently because of poor planning. It is advisable to approach Marangu route with sufficient seriousness, to be well-prepared, and to implement all feasible safety measures. Each camp along this road has a radio link to the park office and sells products including chocolates, beer, soft beverages, and mineral water. This trail can be completed in 5 days, however at the Horombo Hut, the only campground on Kilimanjaro with beds and mattresses, an extra day is added for acclimatization. The most popular way to climb Kilimanjaro is by the Marangu path, sometimes known as the Coca Cola Route due to its widespread use and relative simplicity. The 6 days Marangu route Kiliamnjaro climbing is a hurried but doable approach to climb the Roof of Africa for people who are short on time.
You'll be picked up from your Moshi accommodations and make the drive to Kilimanjaro National Park. Here, you'll liaise with your guides and begin your ascent through the verdant rainforest that clothes the lower reaches of Kilimanjaro. Hiking for 5-6 hours through this ancient jungle, you'll get to go on a miniature safari as you spot wildlife such as black and white colobus monkeys along the way. You'll spend your night at the modern Mandara Huts, which boast luxuries such as solar lighting and flush toilets. You won't be seeing those again anytime.
You will set off bright and early today, as you have got a long day of hiking ahead of you! Today's hike takes you from the verdant rainforest into the stark alpine zone, as you will cover more than 11 kilometres on your way to the Maundi Crater. If the weather is clear, you will find stunning views of Kibo Glacier from here before settling down for the evening.
A day here provides an opportunity for you to acclimatize step by step to the altitude, Information show that an acclimatization day effectively doubles the chance of succession to reach the summit, thus the time is well spent! The day is not precisely wasted as there is several walks you can take just in the locality of the hut, but we will take the most famous walk of which most people take for acclimatization which leads you to the base of Mawenzi Peak the dramatic eastern summit of Kilimanjaro. The walk takes 4-5 hours a round trip and will go till to an altitude of 4,600Mts then you will return back to Horombo Hut for Dinner and Overnight this walk will put you in good shape later on.
The scenery turn out to be more rocky and rough as you leave behind kibo ,everlasting flower and other bizarre alpine plants Massive groundsels and lobelias appear in the sparse moorland. The trail up to Kibo will take between five and seven hours. Skirting Mawenzi Peak as you pass the Last Water point then you cross a stark, almost lunar landscape to the Saddle which is a wide tundra desert between the two peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo. Here you will start getting fantastic views of the upper ranges of the mountain before arriving at Kibo Hut (4,705m), a dry-stone-walled hut with dorms and limited facilities. Tonight you prepare for tomorrow's final assault – SUMMIT – re-packing to leave any non-essential items with the porters; you need to summon all your energy to get to the summit so there's absolutely no point in carrying anything you don't need! An early night is
This is a long and demanding day! The guides wake you soon after midnight and you start out in darkness, zigzagging up a long scree slope by the light of your torch in the extreme cold. At this time of day the scree is still frozen – which makes it easier to walk on! After roughly two hours you should reach Hans Meyer's Cave – named after the German geologist who made the first successful ascent in 1889 – where he found the remains of a frozen leopard. The gradient gets steeper and three hours on (this is the hardest stretch of the climb!) you should reach the crater rim at Johanne's Notch. From here it's a short scramble to Gillman's Point (5,685m) in time for dawn. Your reward is the dramatic spectacle of the sun rising over the ice fields and craggy peaks of Mawenzi – the profusion of colors and shapes make all the suffering seem worthwhile! For those who still have the energy and drive, it takes another couple of hours along the crater rim to reach Uhuru (Freedom) Peak (5,896m). Your descent (approx. 3 hours) retraces the route back down past Kibo Hut to Horombo Hut for a well-deserved rest. Overnight stay at Horombo Hut for 1 night (Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner).
The pace quickens as you continue your triumphant way back down across alpine meadow and past Mandara Hut through the rainforest to Marangu Gate where you board the vehicle for the journey back to Moshi.
