DOTTO TREKKING SAFARIS TANZANIA

Specializes in Mountain Climbing / Trekking, Safaris and Zanzibar Beach Holidays

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MARANGU ROUTE
 5 day
6 day

 This route is well known as the Coca Cola route.
  Accommodation will be in huts.

  Day The Walk Overnight Camp  
  1 An early start with a drive to Marangu gate from Arusha. Start trekking through the rain forests for 3-4 hours to Mandara hut.
  Mandara Hut  (2700 m)  
  2 After breakfast, leave the rain forest and continue trekking past the Maundi crater into open rolling moorland. Good views of summit and valley. The walk takes about 5-6 hours to Horombo hut for overnight. (An extra day for acclimatization is recommended at this point). An additional aclimitisation day is recommended at this point Horombo Hut(3807 m)  
  3 After a good nights rest, trek past the last water point to reach Kibo saddle with a veiw of the broad desert zone between the two peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi. Reaching Kibo huts in 5-6 hours. Overnight. Kibo Hut(4725 m)  
  4 You start for the summit  just after midnight. The steepest part of the route is to Gillman's point (5700m), which takes 5-6 hours. Another 30 to 50 minutes through the snow and past the glacires,  you are at Uhuru peak (5895m)  - the highest point in Africa! The descent takes about 5-6 hours to Horombo hut. Overnight. Horombo Hut(3807 m)

 

 

  
  5 The day is spent descending to the Marangu gate. Transfer to Arusha included. End of your tour!    

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