Overview of 6 days Kilimanjaro Trekking tours trips and packages via Rongai route
Explore 6 days Rongai route Trekking Kilimanjaro tours with Apple Safaris. This Packages for 2023, 2024, and 2025 that are ideal for 6 days 5 nights Kilimanjaro hiking on the Rongai route. The starting point for this 6 days Kilimanjaro climbing tour trips is either Moshi or Arusha. Rongai route is the only route that approaches the mountain from the northern side near the Kenyan border the route is still new and not very popular. You may start your 6 days climb up Kilimanjaro on any date in 2023, 2024, or 2025 during the months of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, or December.
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Day One (1): From Moshi to Kilimanjaro Nalemuru Gate to Simba Camp
• Elevation (m): 915 – 1950m - 2750m
• Distance: 9 km
• Hiking time: 4 hours
• Climatic condition: montane forest
After an early breakfast in your hotel, your guide will pick you up and start with a three-hour drive to the Rongai gate where all formalities will be handled thereafter start our hike will first pass through maize and potatoes plantations and then the montane forest. Our climb will be consistent but gentle and will lead us to our first camp which offers a magnificent view of the Kenyan plains.
Day two (2): Kilimanjaro Trekking From Simba Camp To Kikilewa Camp
• Elevation (m): 2750m - 3600m
• Distance covered: 17 km
• Hiking time: 7 hours
• Climatic condition: Moorland
We climb to the second camp today, where lunch will be served. Afterward, we will deviate from the normal route and take a smaller track through the moorland in the direction of the Mawenzi side peak to reach the Kikelewa camp in a secluded valley. We will have dinner and spend the night here.
Day three (3): Kilimanjaro Trekking from Kikilewa Camp to Mawenzi Tarn Camp
• Elevation (m): 3,600 – 4,330
• Distance covered: 7 km
• Hiking time: 4 hours
• Climatic condition: Semi desert
After breakfast, we will immediately face a brief but challenging ascent up grassy hills that will reward us with breathtaking views in all directions. After that, we leave the forest behind and travel to the spectacular cirque beneath the soaring spires of Mawenzi Peak, where the Mawenzi Tarn Camp is situated. After a short climb, we reach Mawenzi Tarn Hut Camp, where we can see the captivating undried lake that has neither an exit nor an inlet. We eat lunch and dinner here before retiring for the night.
Day four (4): Kilimanjaro Trekking from Mawenzi Tarn Camp to School Camp
• Elevation (m): 4,330 – 4,695
• Distance covered: 8 km
• Hiking time: 5 hours
• Climatic condition: alpine desert
After breakfast we cross the lunar desert of the saddle in the midst of kibo peak and mawenzi peak to kibo huts at the bottom of kibo’s crater wall. Take as much rest as you can here, and preserve your body energy for summit.
Day five (5): Kilimanjaro Trekking to Uhuru Peak and descent to Horombo Camp
• Elevation (m): 4,695 – 5,895
• Distance: 22km
• Hiking time: 10 -13 hours
• Climatic condition: arctic
• Accommodation: horombo camp
An early rise around midnight and begin our challenging hike to the highest peak in Africa. The path to Gilman’s point is steep, so the hike will be steady and we will have frequent short breaks. From Gilman’s point we keep traversing around the crater rim heading to uhuru peak. After arriving at the peak pictures will be taken and will descend to horombo camp.
Day six (6): Descent from Horombo Camp to Marangu Gate
• Descend (m): 3,690-1,830
• Distance: 20km
• Hiking time: 5-7 hours
• Climatic habitat: Rain forest
We will have a long descend trek to marangu gate where certificates will be offered and a car will be waiting to transfer us to Moshi.