| Daily information and program | Overnight | ||||||||
| Day 1: Arrival and pre-climb briefing day
Today has no planned activities and is only an arrival day for you to reach your base lodge in time for a pre-climb briefing (time to be confirmed) with your mountain guide.
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Chanya Lodge
Style: Mid-range lodge |
| Day 2: Moshi town to Rongai gate to Simba (First Cave) Camp
You will be transferred by road from Moshi town (09:00am) to Rongai gate. After registration you begin your trek through the rain forest zone with your guide. The forest thins out quickly on this remote and drier side of the mountain and you reach your camp on the edge of the forest and heather zone near the caves.
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Simba (First Cave) Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 2625m or 8610ft
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| Day 3: Simba (First cave) Camp to Kikelelwa Cave Camp
Today’s hike takes you further up towards the Kibo cone and into the lower alpine heather & moorland zone through a more barren landscape than the day before and heading past the second group of caves near the Second cave camp where you may stop for lunch. From the second group of caves you divert south east heading towards the jagged Mawenzi peaks. You stop near the Kikelelwa caves for your nights camp.
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Kikelelwa Cave Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 3630m or 11910ft No websites |
| Day 4: Kikelelwa Cave Camp to Mawenzi Tarn Camp
Today’s hike is a short and steep one through a grassy slope and into the alpine desert. You continue your movement south-east towards the Mawenzi cone where the landscape dramatically changes. Your camp for tonight is inside of the Mawenzi ridge and near the tarn lake. You can also optionally venture out further with your guide for acclimatization walks.
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Mawenzi Tarn Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 4310m or 14140ft No websites |
| Day 5: Mawenzi Tarn Camp (acclimatization day)
Today is an extra accliamtisation day in the alpine desert at the base of the Mawenzi peak and will take you for a walk in the area and up to a higher point at the Mawenzi ridge before descending back down to camp again. This day helps you acclimatize further and rest before the summit days ahead.
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Mawenzi Tarn Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 4310m or 14140ft No websites |
| Day 6: Mawenzi Tarn Camp to School Hut Camp (or alternatively Kibo Camp)
Your hike today takes you back towards the Kibo cone steadily climbing up and over the edges of the alpine desert journeying through the ‘saddle’ between the Kibo and Mawenzi peaks. The environment becomes more barren and air thinner as you ascend to your base camp where you will rest for the summit journey starting tonight.
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School Hut Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Location: Alpine desert, Kilimanjaro National Park Altitude: 4715m or 15470ft No websites No reviews |
| Day 7: School Hut Camp to Gilman’s point to Uhuru peak to Horombo Hut Camp
In the early morning (around 00:00am) you begin your final ascent to the summit of Uhuru peak through the arctic zone. The trek is a steep hike over loose volcanic scree through the dark and cold night and takes a slow pace in a zig-zag pattern towards Gilman’s Point (5681m or 18640ft) which is your first stop on the Kibo crater rim. From here a short (but difficult) hike remains to take you past Stella point (the first stop on the rim for those summiting from Barafu camp / the Southern circuit) and further around till Uhuru Peak (5895m or 19341ft), the highest point in Africa. You usually don’t spend that long at the peak due to the extreme altitude and will descend back down to the base camp for your breakfast / brunch. After your gear is packed up you continue the descent through the alpine desert, heather and moorland where you stop for the night.
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Horombo Hut Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 3700m or 12220ft No websites |
| Day 8: Horombo Hut Camp to Marangu gate
Your final day on Kilimanjaro is a descent through the southeastern rain forest zone until Marangu gate where our vehicle will be waiting to take you back to Moshi town. Usually, the crew will leave you at Marangu gate and it’s a perfect opportunity to say goodbye and a great location to hand your optional tip to the crew as a token of your appreciation.
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Chanya Lodge
Style: Mid-range lodge |
| Day 9: Departure day or continue with next activity
Today has no planned activities and our services end after check-out (10:00am)
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None included but optionally available | |||||||||
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| Daily information and program | Overnight | ||||||||
| Day 1: Arrival and pre-climb briefing day
Today has no planned activities and is only an arrival day for you to reach your base lodge in time for a pre-climb briefing (time to be confirmed) with your mountain guide.
|
Chanya Lodge
Style: Mid-range lodge |
| Day 2: Moshi town to Rongai gate to Simba (First Cave) Camp
You will be transferred by road from Moshi town (09:00am) to Rongai gate. After registration you begin your trek through the rain forest zone with your guide. The forest thins out quickly on this remote and drier side of the mountain and you reach your camp on the edge of the forest and heather zone near the caves.
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Simba (First Cave) Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 2625m or 8610ft |
| Day 3: Simba (First cave) camp to Second Cave camp
Today’s hike takes you further up towards the Kibo cone and into the lower alpine heather & moorland zone through a more barren landscape than the day before and heading towards the second group of caves near the Second cave camp where you will stop for the night. You may venture further up for acclimatization and views of the Kibo cone and Eastern Icefields on the crater rim or rest for the next day.
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Second Cave Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 3480m or 11420ft No websites |
| Day 4: Second Cave camp to Third Cave camp
Today’s hike is another short hike further through the heather & moorland zone ascending towards the third group of caves near the Third Cave camp. The landscape becomes even more bare at the edge of the alpine zone and You may venture further up for acclimatization and views of the Kibo cone and Eastern Icefields on the crater rim or rest for the next day. Long ago trekkers and crew used to spend nights inside these mountain caves for shelter, which is no longer permitted.
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Third Cave Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 3935m or 12795ft No websites |
| Day 5: Third cave camp to School Hut Camp (or alternatively Kibo Camp)
Your hike today takes you further towards the Kibo cone steadily climbing up and over the edges of the alpine desert journeying on the edges of the Kibo saddle. The relatively short distance today means you have plenty of time at your summit camp to rest and prepare for the summit attempt tonight.
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School Hut Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Location: Alpine desert, Kilimanjaro National Park Altitude: 4715m or 15470ft No websites No reviews |
| Day 6: School Hut Camp to Gilman’s point to Uhuru peak to Horombo Hut Camp
In the early morning (around 00:00am) you begin your final ascent to the summit of Uhuru peak through the arctic zone. The trek is a steep hike over loose volcanic scree through the dark and cold night and takes a slow pace in a zig-zag pattern towards Gilman’s Point (5681m or 18640ft) which is your first stop on the Kibo crater rim. From here a short (but difficult) hike remains to take you past Stella point (the first stop on the rim for those summiting from Barafu camp / the Southern circuit) and further around till Uhuru Peak (5895m or 19341ft), the highest point in Africa. You usually don’t spend that long at the peak due to the extreme altitude and will descend back down to the base camp for your breakfast / brunch. After your gear is packed up you continue the descent through the alpine desert, heather and moorland where you stop for the night.
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Horombo Hut Camp
Style: Shared public campsite Altitude: 3700m or 12220ft No websites |
| Day 7: Horombo Hut Camp to Marangu gate
Your final day on Kilimanjaro is a descent through the southeastern rain forest zone until Marangu gate where our vehicle will be waiting to take you back to Moshi town. Usually, the crew will leave you at Marangu gate and it’s a perfect opportunity to say goodbye and a great location to hand your optional tip to the crew as a token of your appreciation.
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Chanya Lodge
Style: Mid-range lodge |
| Day 8: Departure day or continue with next activity
Today has no planned activities and our services end after check-out (10:00am)
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None included but optionally available | |||||||||
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