7 Days Rongai Route Kilimanjaro

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7 days Rongai route is the only route that approaches Kilimanjaro from the north, close to the Kenyan border. Though gaining popularity amongst climbers, this route still experiences low crowds.

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Day 1 Arrive in Tanzania

You will be picked up at the Kilimanjaro International Airport and transferred to your arranged hotel in Moshi town. You will meet your guide who will brief you on your upcoming trek.

Driving distance: 55 km/miles,

Day 2 Moshi to Rongai Gate to Simba Camp

after breakfast, Transfer our vehicle for a 2-3 hour drive to Rongai Gate, where you will start hiking on a wide path winding through fields and then enter into the montane forest. The forest begins to become thinner as you arrive at Simba Camp with fantastic views over the Kenyan plains.

Distance: 9 km

Day 3 Simba Camp to Kikelewa Camp

After an early breakfast, you will have a steady ascent to the second cave where you will stop for lunch. You leave the direct trail at this point and strike out across the moorland on a smaller path towards the Mawenzi side peak to Kikelewa Camp in a sheltered valley. At the Kikelewa Camp, you will settle for your dinner and overnight rest.

Distance: 17 km

Day 4 Kikelewa camp to Mawenzi turn hut

After breakfast, you will face a short, steep climb up grassy slopes, Soon after you leave the vegetation behind and arrive at the Mawenzi Tarn Camp. After this hike, you will reach the Mawenzi turn hut camp where you will also see the amazing un-dried Lake with no inlet as well as an outlet here you will have lunch and rest, dinner, and overnight at this camp.

Distance: 7km

Day 5 Acclimatization day

This is your extra day on the mountain, and you will spend two nights at Mawenzi Tarn. You will hike up towards Mawenzi for a splendid acclimatization hike. Then after returning to the camp for lunch, dinner, and overnight at the camp.

Day 6 Mawenzi Tarn hut to Kibo Huts camp

You should spend the remainder of the day resting and preparing for your summit climb.

Day 7 Summit Day! Kibo Huts camp to Uhuru Peak to Horombo Huts camp

after breakfast and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12; 00 AM, switch back up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman's Point between 4 and 6 AM. At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near Uhuru Peak here, you will spend some time taking photos but it will depend on how you feel. and back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, and continue going down to the Horombo Huts. Have dinner and overnight at Horombo camp.

Distance: 4 km up, 14 km down

Day 8 Horombo Huts camp to Marangu Gate to Moshi

After breakfast and packing up, start descending through the moorland to Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch then proceed with your triumphant recessional down through the lush forest to Marangu Gate. Here you will sign out, then a vehicle will take you back to the hotel where it is time for the certificate presentation and celebration!

Distance: 18 km