6 Days Rongai Route – Tanganyika Travels

Duration

6 Days

Destination

Mt Kilimanjaro

Travellers

50+

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Kilimanjaro Climb Via Rongai Route

Rongai route located eastern side of the mountain and it begins just south of the Kenya-Tanzania border through farmland and forest to several other climate zones, adding interest to the trek. There are magnificent views over the Kenyan Plains and genuine possibilities for wildlife viewing. This route normally takes 6 days or 7 days depend with your time and budget, but all option guaranteed success summit. Kilimanjaro Climb-6 days Rongai Route Rongai 6 days climb is the quick summit via the Eastern side of the mountain, I this schedule you will skip one camp compare to 7 days where there is no camp which will be skipped.

What's included

Destination

Mt Kilimanjaro Discover Mt Kilimanjaro

Tour Start Date & Time

Everyday

Additional Information

Visas: Visas are required for all visitors

Price includes

Accommodation in single twin share room
All Government taxes and levies including 18% VAT.
All meals while on the mountain
All transfers to the mountain and back to your Moshi hotel
Beautifully illustrated souvenir map
Community Development Fund
Conservation Fund
Fair Wages
First class or best available hotels in the area
Guides, Porters, cook salaries and park fees
Increases in airfares or Government imposed taxes
Kilimanjaro Certificates after Trek
Kilimanjaro National Park Entrance fees
Large portions of fresh, healthy, nutritious food
Medical insurance and emergency insurance
Professionally guided tour
Quality mess tents with table and chairs
Quality, waterproof, four seasons private mountain sleeping tents

Price does not include

Departure Taxes or Visa handling fees
International Air, unless expressly paid for
Other International flights
Personal expenses
Tips to guide and driver
Visa arrangements

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6

Day 1

Drive from hotel to Rongai gate and hike to Simba camp 3000m

Today we will drive about 3 hours from your hotel to Rongai gate for registrations. You will have hot lunch and meet your Kilimanjaro crew, after hiking will start through crossing village of Nalemuru fields of maize and potatoes before entering the alpine trees forest. The climb is consistently and gently through attractive forest that shelters a variety of wildlife like blue monkeys and black and white Colobus Monkeys. You will reach the first campsite at the edge of rain forest and overnight.

Day 2

To Kikelewa camp 3650m

Today after breakfast we will start steady walk ascent up to second cave for lunch. After lunch we will start walking in a flat area then a bit steep and descend down a bit before arrive at the camp for dinner and overnight. Today we will be able to seeing Kibo peak and eastern ice fields from the crater rim.

Day 3

To Tarn Hut 4315m

Today after breakfast we will start with short steep climbing up grass slopes, which are rewarded with superb circular views and tangible sense of wilderness before reaching Mawenzi Tarn hut for lunch. After lunch we will do a nature walk for acclimatization to the slopes of Mawenzi and back to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 4

To Kibo hut 4727m

Today we will trek crossing the saddle area between Mawenzi peak and Kibo peak and it will be our last water point and on our way we will be able to see the remain of plane crash, and we will stop at the middle of alpine desert for picnic lunch before getting to the camp for earlier dinner and earlier sleep wait for the summit.

Day 5

To Uhuru summit 5895m and descend to Horombo Hut 3727m

Around 11:00pm you will wake up for tea and some snacks and dress up warm for the summit, The summit will start with gradual ascent through volcanic screed meet zigzag trail starting to getting steep and keep moving to crater rim known as Gilman’s point 5685m rest for a while and headed to Stella point 5756m rest for a while again for pictures and view of sun rise also we will join other hikers from Barafu base camp and join together heading to Uhuru peak 5895m. At the summit we will stay for 10-15 minutes for pictures and view and start descending back via the same trail to Kibo hut for resting, brunch and after descend to Horombo hut for overnight.

Day 6

To Marangu gate 1890m

After breakfast we will descend to Marangu gate about 18 km for 4-7 hours, crossing moorland and rain forest zones, you will sign out in Kilimanjaro national park log book, our guide will collect our certificate for those who manage successful summit and enjoy your hot lunch. After lunch you will meet Eastland adventures Kilimanjaro crew for group pictures and Kilimanjaro songs after we drive to your hotel in Moshi for long hot shower and Kilimanjaro beer. 7 Days climbing via Rongai Route

More about Mt Kilimanjaro

MT KILIMANJARO

Kilimanjaro. The name itself is a mystery wreathed in clouds. It might mean Mountain of Light, Mountain of Greatness or Mountain of Caravans. Or it might not. The local people, the Wachagga, don’t even have a name for the whole massif, only Kipoo (now known as Kibo) for the familiar snowy peak that stands imperious, overseer of the continent, and the summit of Africa. Kilimanjaro, by any name, is a metaphor for the compelling beauty of East Africa. When you see it, you understand why. Not only is this the highest peak on the African continent; it is also the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, rising in breathtaking isolation from the surrounding coastal scrubland – elevation around 900 metres – to an imperious 5,895 metres (19,336 feet). Kilimanjaro is one of the world’s most accessible high summits, a beacon for visitors from around the world. Most climbers reach the crater rim with little more than a walking stick, proper clothing and determination. And those who reach Uhuru Point, the actual summit, or Gillman’s Point on the lip of the crater, will have earned their climbing certificates. And their memories. But there is so much more to Kili than her summit. The ascent of the slopes is a virtual climatic world tour, from the tropics to the Arctic. Even before you cross the national park boundary (at the 2,700m contour), the cultivated foot slopes give way to lush montane forest, inhabited by elusive elephant, leopard, buffalo, the endangered Abbot’s duiker, and other small antelope and primates. Higher still lies the moorland zone, where a cover of giant heather is studded with otherworldly giant lobelias. Above 4,000m, a surreal alpine desert supports little life other than a few hardy mosses and lichen. Then, finally, the last vestigial vegetation gives way to a winter wonderland of ice and snow – and the magnificent beauty of the roof of the continent.