Kilimanjaro 5895m - Tanzania
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Kilimanjaro ascent:
✪ Rongai-Mawenzi route
✪ Professional Guides & Team
✪ Safe and easy route
✪ Majestic and symbolic
✪ Summit: over 98% success rate
Stamina - Endurance
A mountain athlete needs endurance above any other specific fitness skill. Cardiovascular fitness is of course always subject to the movement (as climbing rocks or steep ice, you will not be able to transfer your triathlete or running fitness to mountains without being solid in the required mountaineering skills).
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Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, München oder Wien.
Our trip includes everything for a successful ascent, enough time on the mountain (7 days, 6 nights) and the flight from/to Europe (economy). Excellent cuisine, a well-coordinated team and outstanding mountain guides await you on Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro - Permit
We pay about 1000 USD for the national park fees. Residents (foreigners with valid status living in Tanzania) and citizens (Tanzanian nationality) pay less. Discounts are available for children up to 15 years and Tanzanian citizens.
Tips for the team:
Our local team is paid properly and receives a real salary as opposed to many other providers. However, we have a custom of tipping them. Due to the logistics of the moving camps we hire an average of 3-4 locals per participant for the 7 days (depending on the size of the group). For the week, each participant should expect to contribute US$150-200.
Kilimanjaro - Local:
The ascent without flight, airport transfers and hotel accommodation is possible. We organise it with our local summit team and 7 days on the mountain. Please ask us for details.
The Kilimanjaro full-service-climb includes the following services:
We book your flight individually according to your desired place of departure, or you arrange your own international flights. You will be greeted by our staff at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Arusha, Tanzania. From there we will provide transportation directly to the hotel.
Day two begins with a generous breakfast while we hold our team briefing. From the hotel or lodge, a private bus takes you through a region of lush vegetation, coffee, and banana plantations to the north side of Kilimanjaro. The journey continues through the forest area to Nale Moru, the starting point for the climb. A narrow path along the corn and potato fields leads into forests and with a bit of luck, we can observe wild animals there. Finally, we leave the forest area and reach the camp at the transition from the woodland to the moorland near the first Rongai cave.
The path leads evenly up to the second Rongai cave (3,450m / 11,320 ft) and small caves appear again and again in the landscape formed by lava flows. After lunch, we leave the main trail and walk through moorlands towards Mawenzi. Finally, we reach the camp near Kikelewa Caves (3rd cave). Giant groundsels form fascinating scenery in the protected valley.
The fourth day will consist of a short, but steep climb that will take us to our camp near Mawenzi Tarn. Grass-covered slopes lead into a high alpine and almost vegetation-free-zone. The fantastic panoramic view rewards the effort of the ascent: We camp at a small lake at the foot of the dominating rock formations of the Mawenzi "the dark” (5,149 m / 16,893 ft), the small neighbor of Kibo "the light" (5,895 m / 19,341 ft), respectively the second-highest and highest peaks of Kilimanjaro.
Day five provides an opportunity to relax at our beautiful campsite and acclimatize. If you feel the mountain calling, we will be happy to offer you short hiking options that you can take from camp. These hikes provide some truly stunning views of Mawenzi.
A desert-like plain, reminiscent of a lunar landscape, leads over the saddle between Mawenzi and Kilimanjaro to the next camp at School Hut. In the afternoon, the gear for the following day will be prepared and everything will be set up. Then, after an early dinner, an early night's rest is soon announced, in order to be rested and ready for the summit ascent shortly after midnight.
Off to the Summit: At midnight it's time to get up and hit the trail. In the light of the headlamp, we set off as a group at a common pace. You will be accompanied by the local guides and the expedition leader, all in radio contact with each other and our support team. In this way, individual groups can be formed if necessary, ascending at their own pace. The terrain leads over a gravel path and becomes steeper towards the top to reach Gilman's Point ( 5,685 m / 18,652 ft). From here, you will have to hike along the summit plateau's outer crater rim, where the terrain is forgiving and flat to reach the highest point in all of Africa!
The wide, wonderful view makes you forget all the exertions of the ascent. Because of the early ascent, we have the best chances for a good view. The descent to the Kibo-Hut at 4700 m and, after a brunch brack and short rest, to the Millennium or Horombo Camp goes surprisingly fast with decreasing altitude.
A long-distance but not very exhausting, today there will be plenty of time to admire and photograph the landscape and nature. Back at Marangu Gate we sign out the visitors' record logbook. It is time to say goodbye to guides and porters. You thank them for the guidance, care, and support with a tip, provided you are satisfied with their contribution. Afterward, we drive to the hotel. For your summit success, you will be rewarded with a certificate from the National Park. The afternoon and evening remain for us to relax and celebrate.
We say our goodbyes and depart for our respective destinations. Transfer to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) and flight home (arrival in the morning of the next day could be the case).
Alternatively organization of the follow-up program (e.g. Safari or Zanzibar).
Varied and interesting route - reach the summit of Kibo (5895m) with us, safely and comfortably.
reach down to - 15°C (summit day, early morning)
with wind chill factor down to - 25°C
Hike, 6000m, technically easy, dusty, dry, cold, well supported, beautiful.
The Rongai-Mawenzi route offers an easy and comfortable way to the Kibo summit, is varied with crossing from the north to the south side, and is well suited for active travelers and hikers.
Technical requirements: Although Kilimanjaro is almost 6,000 meters high, you don't need to have any mountaineering or climbing skills. There are no technical requirements to climb Kilimanjaro via this route.
Fitness / Endurance: An average level of fitness is sufficient to reach the summit of Kilimanjaro. Daily stages are relatively short with between two and seven hours at a moderate pace. Only the summit day is longer, at a moderate pace:
- from Kibo hut to Uhuru Summit 8 to 10 hours (ascent)
- about 2 hours to back to Kibo hut for a brunch/lunch break (descent)
- another 4-5 hours to Horombo hut (descent)
Acclimatization: Adapting to the altitude takes time, you cannot train it. The altitude profile of this route supports your acclimatization.
Tents versus huts: Our comfortable tented camps are more comfortable and hygienic than the crowded huts of the Marangu Route. This is an advantage of our tour versus the Marangu Route.
We recommend you be active at least 2-3 times a week regularly (endurance sports) to prepare for this tour. Broken-in hiking boots are worth their weight in gold. You will receive many more tips in the 1st briefing after registration.
The best seasons are considered to be:
Those are the dry seasons, and the month with the lowest precipitation. Generally in summer temperatures are 5°C colder than in winter due to the influence of the Indian Ocean.
Those months are also the peak seasons together with Christmas and New Year, hence the most expensive for accommodation, vehicles, and even park fees differ depending on the season.
In the small rainy season from mid-October to mid-December, you can still climb Kilimanjaro reasonably, while in the big rain season from mid-March to early June the highest precipitation is to be expected.
Of course, as with climate and weather, this can be different every year.
"What a great Kilimanjaro trip! Weather, coordination, food, service, ground support, guides, porters… Everyone did a fantastic job, going out of their way to exceed our expectations and man did they deliver! THE ROUTE selection couldn’t have been better. We literally had the entire mountain to ourselves until our final camp at Kibu Hut. Our team of 10 Europeans and 2 Americans had a great bonding experience and supported each other when a few were having some health challenges along the way. THE MEALS were very good and filling and the times in the meal tents were fun and a great opportunity to get to know each other. It was a UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY to get to know Felix Berg and learn of his incredible mountaineering experiences. The Tanzanian guides were also very friendly, highly personable, knowledgeable and very aware of our personal health and well-being throughout the hike. I can’t say enough about Yitzak, Paul, Michael and Frederick. They have put together a FIRST-CLASS TEAM with the porters deserving a tremendous amount of credit and our gratitude. Water was plentiful throughout the hike, and it was great to share summit day with the entire team and guides. Thank you for a wonderful experience!"
(Mark Riley, Colorado, USA - 18. September 2023 )
02. Nov - 10. Nov 2024
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The great exotic dream island
An island settled by the Arab royal families over a thousand years ago. The cultural sightseeing of Stone Town with the small alleys, gold dealers and the old slave market combined with a beach vacation on one of the dreamlike tropical beaches offers a good recreation program to Kilimanjaro, but is worth a trip to Africa on its own.
We can also offer your other programs, and different categories of accommodation.
instead of a return flight to Kilimanjaro, we go on this great safari:
The beautifully located and luxurious Hatari Lodge is at the center of this experience. Between Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro you / travel before or after the Kilimanjaro trekking the Arusha National Park, enjoy a small safari, wonderful and exclusive.
