Marangu Route 6 Days Kilimanjaro

Day 1 -7 | Tanzania

• Kilimanjaro/Arusha
• Tarangire Game Drive
• Lake Manyara Game Drive
• Serengeti- Game drive
• Ngorongoro Crater – Game drive
• Arusha /Kilimanjaro/ Departure

Trip Fact

• Trip Facts
• Tour Package: Tanzania Wildlife and Cultural Safari
  Tour code: BWS/7DLGS
  From: Kilimanjaro Airport
  To: Kilimanjaro Airport
  Airport: Kilimanjaro International Airport /Arusha Airport
  Min. number to guarantee tour: 2
  Max number of participants: 7 per vehicle (window seat guaranteed)
  Departure Day: Every Day
  Price Start: 2400 Per Person USD

ARRIVAL DAY

On arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), you will be met by Black willow Safari’s representative who will assist you with all the formality from the Airport and drive you to Arusha for a late Breakfast. After a brief introduction, the tour to Lake Eyasi starts and arrives in the evening. You will relax in your tented camp If we will reach before sunset, we will be exploring the lake helped by the locals. During the dry season, you walk through the dried lake and the bush. Return to your Camp for dinner and overnight.

DAY 02 AT YOUR HOTEL TO MARANGU GATE (1670m) TO MANDARA HUT 2720m         

Hiking time: 4 hours

Distance: About 8 km

Habitat: Montane Forest

Early in the morning after breakfast, you will drive to Marangu gate which is located at the Marangu village normal formality of registration for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro will take place. A backpack is important for you to carry a few things which will be useful for the particular day trekking such as a camera, extra cloth, skin oil, rain jacket and other things which you will be directed. Porters will carry other things for your climbing Mount Kilimanjaro such as food, drinking water, clothes, and cooking gas and normally they walk faster than you so they can be in a position to prepare dinner for you on time.

After all the formality our guide will show you a clear trail and assist you with any additional information or needs you might have. You now leave the park office and ascend on a cleared ridge route through the rainforest. The forest is covered with mist and saturated with beards of moss. This trail follows the edge of a stream through the undergrowth and offers you the option to rejoin the main trail, after three hours of hiking, you will reach Mandara Hut.

The weather at Mandara hut isn’t much cold and normal dressing and a jacket are enough. With the exception of the Kibo hut, the other huts have a group of wooden A-framed huts in a forest clearing. Each hut features 6-8 sleeping bunks with solar-generated lighting. The total capacity of the camp is 60 climbers. Water is piped into the camp from springs above and there are flush toilets behind the main hut.

DAY 03 MANDARA HUT (2720m) to HOROMBO HUT (3720m)        

Hiking time: 8 hours.

Distance: About 11 km.

Habitat: Moorland.

Early in the morning after your breakfast, you will start climbing towards Horombo hut with your picnic lunch. From Mandara hut, the trail passes through a short stretch of forest and then heads around the base of the Maundi Crater where you will leave the forest and enter the moorland.

We recommend you take a short detour up to the rim of the Maundi Crater – from here you see the impressive Kibo Crater, and on a clear day, you will also be able to see the glaciers of Kibo. This is a great photographic opportunity. In the moorlands, you will also encounter some of Kilimanjaro’s most spectacular and strange plants in the open moorland – with giant lobelia and groundsel growing to heights of 3 and 5 meters respectively! Later in the afternoon, you reach Horombo Hut to stay for a hot dinner and overnight. Your hut will be comfortable enough to ensure a good night’s rest. Temperatures during the night will be around the freezing point.

DAY 4: Acclimatization at Horombo Hut(3720m)

This is an important acclimatization day at Horombo.

We will take you on a hike towards Mawenzi which is a 1.5-hour hike up and about 1.5 hours back to Horombo Hut. We highly recommend this as it will assist with acclimatization and success towards the summit.

DAY 05 HOROMBO HUT (3720 m) TO KIBO HUT (4720m)

Hiking time: 6 hours

Distance: About 8 km

Habitat: Alpine desert

The climb is becoming more difficult as the oxygen at these altitudes begins to thin out considerably. To begin today you can take one of the two trails to the “Saddle”, located between the peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo. Stick to the lower route, which is much easier and has the added benefit of taking you past the last watering point. You should stock up with all the water you will need – the next watering point will be at Horombo hut when you return there on your descent the night after next. Once again remember to take it slowly and drink enough water. It will take from 5 to 7 hours to reach Kibo Hut where you will rest and have dinner. This is a barren area of extreme conditions, with temperatures at night sometimes dropping to the below-freezing point and daytime temperatures being relatively high. There are toilet facilities behind the hut.

Spend time this afternoon preparing your equipment as you will be making your final ascent tonight–you will need your ski stick and extra thermal clothing for your summit bid – also ensure that your headlamp and camera batteries are in order and make sure you have spare sets of batteries available as well. Carry your water in a thermal flask otherwise, it will freeze later. Make sure you are in bed by 7:00 pm – you will need all the sleep you can get before your very early wake-up call in only four hours’ time.

DAY 06 KIBO HUT (4720) TO UHURU PEARK (5895) TO HOROMBO HUT

Hiking time: 8 hours

Distance: About 11 km

Habitat: Stone scree and ice-capped summit

Today will by far be your toughest day, you will be woken just before midnight and soon head off into the cold night up a rocky path towards the Hans Meyer Cave at 5150 meters – you may take a short rest here before continuing your ascent up to Gillman’s point at 5685 meters. Probably the most demanding section of the entire route as it is very steep and stony – go slowly and carefully here. From Gillman’s Point, you will more than likely be walking through snow for the next 2 hours, when you will finally reach the summit of Uhuru Peak at 5895 meters.

Cold and fatigue will set in quickly here and you may find it very difficult to get started again. So, spend a little time to enjoy the fact that you have conquered Kilimanjaro, get the camera out, and take some pictures, then it will be best that you get moving again – it’s a long way down! The first part of your descent to Kibo hut will take almost another 3 hours. After a short rest which will be accompanied by brunch, you will begin the next part of your descent – it will take another 4 hours of hiking to get to Horombo hut. Arriving at Horombo hut in the evening for dinner and spend overnight there. You will no doubt have a good sleep, feeling exhilarated and proud of your achievement.

DAY 07 HOROMBO HUT (3720m) TO MARANGU GATE TO MOSHI /ARUSHA      

Hiking time: 7 hours

Distance: About 9 km

Habitat: Moorland + Rain Forest

After an early and well-deserved breakfast, you continue your descent passing the Mandara hut, down to the Marangu gate – this will take the best part of seven hours. At Marangu gate, you sign your name and details in a register. To make your achievement official, you will receive a summit certificate. If you reached Gillman’s Point you will be presented with a green certificate, and if you made it all the way to Uhuru Peak you will have earned yourself a gold certificate. You will have a hot lunch at the gate, you will have a celebration with your mountain crew.

After signing out at the park gate you will be transferred to a hotel in Moshi or Arusha for take some rest with Dinner and Overnight  

DAY 07 DEPARTURE    

Today will be the last day of your unforgettable experience in Tanzania, you will be collected at your accommodation at the time of your choice where you will be transferred to Kilimanjaro Airport for your International Flight back home which marks the end of your epic adventure.

ACCOMMODATION

The choice of accommodation available is mid-range to luxury-grade tented camps and lodges. Accommodations mentioned below are subject to availability on the date of booking. We will suggest alternatives in case the above-mentioned accommodations are all booked out.

MID-RANGE

• Tarangire: Octagon Lodge / Farm of Dreams Lodge / Eileens Trees Inn
• Serengeti: Tukaone Camps / Katikati Tented Camp / Osupuko Camp
• Ngorongoro: Octagon Lodge / Farm of Dreams Lodge / Eileens Trees Inn
• Lake Manyara: Octagon Lodge / Farm of Dreams Lodge / Eileens Trees Inn/Fanaka Lodge

ECONOMY

• Tarangire : Eileens Trees Inn / Farm of Dreams / Octagon Lodge
• Serengeti – Nyati Migration Camp
• Ngorongoro – Eileens Trees Inn / Farm of Dreams / Octagon Lodge
• Lake Manyara – Eileens Trees Inn / Farm of Dreams / Octagon Lodge

STANDARD

• Tarangire – Burunge Tented Lodge / Sangaiwe Tented Lodge / Tarangire Simba Lodge
• Serengeti – Tortilis Camps / Tukaone Camps / Kati Kati / Tanzania Bush Camps / Mawe Tented Camps / Serengeti Heritage Camps
• Ngorongoro – Rhino Lodge / Tloma Lodge / Endoro Lodge / Karatu Simba Lodge
• Lake Manyara – Tloma Lodge / Endoro Lodge / Karatu Simba Lodge

COMFORT

• Tarangire – Tarangire Osupuko Lodge / Kirurumu Tarangire Lodge
• Serengeti – Seronera Wildlife Lodge / Ang’ata Serengeti Camps / Serengeti Wilderness Camps
• Ngorongoro – Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge / Ngorongoro Tortilis Camp / Ngorongoro Farm House / Farm House Valley
• Lake Manyara – Burudika Manyara Lodge / Manyara Wildlife Safari Camp / Oremiti Manyara

PREMIUM

• Tarangire – Maramboi Tented Lodge / Tarangire Safari Lodge / Tarangire Sopa Lodge / Kitela Lodge
• Serengeti – Serena Safari Lodge / Sopa Lodge / Kiota Camps / Kubu Kubu Tented Lodge
• Ngorongoro – Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge / Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge / Pakulala Luxury Safari Camp / Ngorongoro Oldeani Mountain Lodge (Deluxe Room) / Kitela Lodge
• Lake Manyara – Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge / Escarpment Luxury Lodge / Lake Manyara Tortilis Camp

LUXURY

• Tarangire – Nimali Africa Tarangire Camp
• Serengeti – Melia Serengeti Lodge ( Lagoon View) / Ole Serai Luxury Camps (Deluxe Room)
• Ngorongoro – Gibbs Farm (Garden Cottages) / Neptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge
• Lake Manyara – Gibb’s Farm (Garden Cottages) / Neptune Ngorongoro Luxury Lodge

ADVENTURES

Group Safari Adventure

The price per person for group expeditions are fixed based on a group size. However, we have optional arrangements for individual private and tailor-made preferences best suited for you, your family and friends. Request for Group Prices

Tailor Made Safari Adventure

Based on individual tour preference, Black Willow Safaris  welcomes ideas and all sorts of clients’ options for their expedition. Our consultation team will bring your ideas and options creating an unforgettable trip. For your Tailor booking requests, please Contact us

Private Safari Adventure

We understand that some clients want their adventure expedition to be a private affair, so that it would enable them to spend some of their memorable moments with their near and dear ones at their own Schedule. Considering this, Black  Willow Safaris organizes private journeys as well. For your private booking requests, Contact Us

1. General FAQs:

   1.      What is Black Willow Safaris? Black Willow Safaris is a tour company specializing in providing unique and immersive wildlife and adventure experiences in various destinations.

   2.      Where do you operate tours? We offer tours in a variety of locations, including national parks, wildlife reserves, and culturally rich areas. Our destinations may vary depending on the type of tour you’re interested in.

   3.      What types of tours do you offer? We offer a range of tours, including wildlife safaris, birdwatching expeditions, photography tours, adventure hikes, cultural immersions, and more. Each tour is carefully designed to provide a memorable and educational experience.

   4.      Are your tours suitable for all ages? Our tours are designed to cater to a diverse range of participants, including families, couples, solo travelers, and small groups. However, the specific age suitability may vary depending on the tour type and destination. Please refer to individual tour descriptions for more details.

   5.      Do you offer custom tours? Yes, we offer custom tour options where you can tailor the itinerary to your preferences, interests, and travel dates. Contact our team to discuss your requirements.

   Booking and Reservations FAQs:

   1.      How do I book a tour with Black Willow Safaris? You can book a tour through our website by selecting your desired tour, providing necessary details, and making a secure online payment.

   2.      Is a deposit required to secure a booking? Yes, a deposit is typically required to confirm your reservation. The deposit amount and payment details will be provided during the booking process.

   3.      What payment methods do you accept? We accept major credit cards and online payment platforms. Payment details will be provided during the booking process.

   4.      Can I make changes to my booking after it’s confirmed? Depending on availability and the specific circumstances, we may be able to accommodate changes. Please contact our customer service team for assistance.

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   1.      What’s included in the tour package? Each tour package includes details about what’s included, such as accommodations, meals, transportation, guided activities, and any additional inclusions. Please review the specific tour details for accurate information.

   2.      What should I pack for the tour? Packing lists will be provided before your tour begins, outlining essential items such as clothing, footwear, personal items, and any special equipment required for specific activities.

   3.      Is travel insurance required? While travel insurance is not mandatory, we highly recommend it to cover unexpected events such as trip cancellations, medical emergencies, and lost baggage.

   4.      What’s the group size for your tours? Group sizes can vary depending on the tour type and destination. Some tours are designed for intimate experiences with smaller groups, while others may accommodate larger groups.

   5.     All Prices are per person in a party of 2 adults sharing a double room