Day 0: arrival to Tanzania.
In this Mount Kilimanjaro Short Trekking you will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro international airport and transferred to your hotel in moshi town, you will meet your Kilimanjaro guide who will brief you on your upcoming trek (5 Days Marangu Route Hiking and do an equipment check to make sure you have all the necessary mountain gear. The missing gear can be rented on this day. Marangu Route is one of the Kilimanjaro Easy Route.
Meals: no lunch & dinner included.
2 Days Kilimanjaro Hiking
On this trip, you will hike on the Marangu Route with one night at Mandara Hut and towards Horombo Hut before returning to Mandara for lunch and then hiking back. You will NOT reach the summit. All short treks are offered on a private basis, and you can start on any day of the year. The short treks are geared for people who like to hike but reaching the summit isn't a "must do", and allow one to experience the excitement of hiking on the highest peak on the African continent. All trekking inside of the Tanzania National Park require the services of a certified Kilimanjaro guide, and the Marangu route is the only route where short treks are allowed. For an overnight hike you will stay at the park huts.
Day 1:Hike to Mandara Hut for overnight (LD)
After breakfast at your hotel, you will meet your guide, drive to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (about 1 hour), register and commence the climb. Walk through the rainforest to the Mandara encampment. A side trip to Maundi Crater is a good way to see the surroundings including Northern Tanzania and Kenya. In the rainforest, look for towering Eucalyptus trees, bird life, and Colobus monkeys.
• 5,500 ft / 1,700 m to 9,000 ft / 2,740 m
• 7 km
• 4-5 hours
• Montane Forest
• Meals included: Lunch, Dinner
• Budget Accommodations: Mandara Hut
Day 2: Hike towards Horombo then down to park gate and return to Moshi (BL)
You leave the glades of the rainforest and follow an ascending path on the open moorlands towards the Horombo encampment. Views of Mawenzi and the summit of Kibo are amazing. Look for giant lobelias and grounsels. After lunch at Mandara, hike back to the park gate and drive back to Moshi (about 1 hour).
• 9,000 ft / 2,700 m to 12,100 ft / 3,700 m
• 11 km
• 3-4 hours up / 2+ hours down
• Heathland
• Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
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NOTE: Prices are per person in U.S. dollars based on double/triple occupancy. All quotations are based on the current rates of park fees, VAT, other government taxes, and current exchange rates. Should any of these be increased or a new tax introduced, these increases will be added on even if your trip has already been paid for.
* The climb cost includes
- Private transport to and from Kilimanjaro International Airport to your accommodation in Moshi town.
- 2 nights of accommodation in Moshi.
- Park entry fees.
- Accommodation in wooden cabins on the mountain.
- Camping fees.
- 18% VAT on tour fees and services.
- 4 season mountain tents.
- Double layered sleeping mats.
- Friendly and professional mountain guides, cook and porter.
- 3 hot meals daily while on the mountain.
- Enough treated and filtered drinking water throughout the trek.
- Hot water for washing.
- Fair wages for mountain crew as approved by the Kilimanjaro national park and Kilimanjaro association tour operator.
- Government taxes.
- Portable oxygen tanks and ox-meter.
- Emergence first aid kit.
* Not includes
- Lunches, dinners and drinks at your hotel before and after climb.
- Travel insurance.
- Flights.
- Laundry [available in hotel]
- Personal items at toiletries.
- Tips for guides, porters and cook.
- Portable flush toilet tents are available for extra charges $ 70 for entire trek.
- * Tips on Mount Kilimanjaro are recommended for group sharing as following:
- * guide $ 15-20/guide/day
- * cook $ 10-15/day
- * Porter $ 8-10/porter/day
