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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.
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