|
SUGGESTED ITINERARIES-KILIMANJARO CLIMBING
Day 1:
Arrive
at Kilimanjaro International Airport, transfer to Kijenge Farm House
in Arusha
DAY2: 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.
DAY3: 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.
DAY4: 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.
DAY5: 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.
DAY6: Breakfast, Descend from
Horombo hut to Marangu gate. The waiting car will take you to
Kijenge Farm House in Arusha, B.L.
DAY7: Transfer to the airport
for your return flight, B.
Option: One may choose 6days/5nights, with an extra day for
acclimatization at Horombo hut, which will increase his/her chance
to reach the top.
|
