Trip Overview of the Marangu Route Kilimanjaro Climb 7 Days Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to hotel in Moshi
Day 2: Moshi – Marangu Gate (1860m) – Mandara Hut (2700m)
Day 3: Mandara Hut (2700m) – Horombo Hut (3700m)
Day 4: Horombo Hut – Zebra Rocks (4020m) – Horombo Hut (3700m)
Day 5: Horombo Hut (3700m) – Kibo Hut (4700m)
Day 6: Kibo Hut (4700m) – Uhuru Peak (5895m) – Horombo Hut (3700m)
Day 7: Horombo Hut (3700m) – Marangu Gate (1860m) – Marangu
Detailed Itinerary of the 7 Days Marangu Route Kilimanjaro Climb
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to hotel in Moshi
You arrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport where you are welcomed and picked up by a driver guide to transfer you to your hotel in Moshi. You shall relax in your hotel then later continue to be briefed about your hiking expedition to the top of the Mountain. Springlands Hotel Moshi.
Day 2: Moshi – Marangu Gate – Mandara Hut
Breakfast then transfer to the Mountain Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (1860m) and on reaching here do documentation clearance while porters organize your gear then later you shall start your trek.
En-route on hike, you shall reach the misty forest and view trees, ferns, flowers and birds then blue monkeys, white-tailed black and white colobus monkeys. You shall reach the Mandara Hut after walking for 4 hours on a guided nature walk to the Maundi Crater. View Kenya at a distance and then return back to the Mandara Hut for Dinner and Overnight.
Day 3 of the Marangu Route Kilimanjaro Climb 7 Days Itinerary : Mandara Hut– Horombo Hut
Breakfast in the morning then transfer on trek out of the forest to a region of shrubs, grass then after you get to the moorland zone where you have lunch break. After a while you continue for a few hours to the Horombo Huts at 3700m. While here, have scenic views of the farms and plains beneath. You shall have altitude sickness with headache, nausea and later have Dinner and Overnight at the Horombo Hut.