Itinerary
Naremuru Gate 1800mts-Simba Camp 2600mts:
Transfer from Hotel to Marangu Gate for payment of the park fees and registration formalities.
Drive 55kms to Rongai Gate with Picnic Lunch (1hr30mns), climb to Simba camp 2633mts for dinner and overnight in the mountain tents.
The route goes within the man-made forest of Pine trees and after an hour it enters the Natural forest that has Columbus monkeys with different species of birds. It takes less than an hour to walk out of the indigenous forest to enter the heather zone and it takes almost another hour to the camp. It is 6kms easy regular climb. Sweating is normal.
Simba Camp 2633mts-3rd Cave 3952mts (13kms 7-8hrs)
Wake-up at 6:30am for morning call in your tent with breakfast at 7:30am and start the climb at 8:00am towards 3rd Cave with hot Lunch stoppage at 2ndCave 3491mts. Proceed to 3rd Cave camp for dinner and overnight in mountain tents.
3rd Cave 3952mts-Kibo Hut 4700mts (7kms 4hrs).
Wake up at 6:30am for morning call inside your tent. Have breakfast at 7:30am and at 8:00am start ascending gradually within the moorland and alpine desert to Kibo Hut. Arrive by mid-day at Kibo Hut for hot Lunch with dinner and overnight in Mountain tents.
Kibo Huts 4700mts – Uhuru point 5895mts-Horombo huts 3700mts: You will wake up at mid night for breakfast before the start of a 7kms to the summit attempt. You will start ascending very regularly and later steeply as the trail goes up within the Volcanic Ashes. You will take almost 5hrs to the first highest point ‘Gilman’s Point’ 5686mt. Some meters before reaching Gilman’s point will really need good mental preparations; it is steep and rocky and you need to volunteer and stay positive. From here, it takes up to 1hr30mins to Uhuru point. After the summit Uhuru point, you descend easily to Kibo base camp taking less than 2hrs30mns with some people taking 1hr 30mns. Later you will descend to Horombo Hut for the last night at the mountain.
Horombo Huts 3720mts -Marangu Gate 1800mts (24kms 6-7hrs) Wake-up at 6:30am with breakfast at 7:00am restart descending at 7:30am with hot Lunch at Mandara Hut. Proceed to Marangu Gate for a short ceremony together with the team and award diplomas to mark our success then transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight.
