7 Days Kilimanjaro climbing Rongai route

7 days Kilimanjaro trekking Rongai route

7 Days, 6 Nights

About 7 Days Kilimanjaro climbing Rongai route

7 Days climbing Kilimanjaro via Rongai route from Arusha or Moshi. Rongai route begins on the northern side of Kilimanjaro Mountain, 45km from Moshi town or 69km from Arusha town. The Rongai route is the easiest in Kilimanjaro, and it has become an increasingly popular route in recent years. Rongai route can be used to climb Kilimanjaro by all people including very old people. Rongai route is located on the northern side of Mount Kilimanjaro with a variety of spectacular landscapes together with different plants and animal species. Adding an acclimatization day and make it a 7-day climb with higher summit success rate. The Rongai route is more scenic and easier than other camping routes in climbing Kilimanjaro and the success rate on the Rongai route is very high. Unlike the Marangu route where you sleep in huts, on the Rongai route you sleep in tents, the porter will have your tent pitched and waiting for you at the end of each day’s trek. This route starts on the north side of the mountain just south of the Kenyan border and is one of the least traveled routes. The route merges with the Marangu route for the summit climb. The descent follows the Marangu route on the mountain’s southeast side, so you will ably see Kilimanjaro from many viewpoints.

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Day 1: Moshi to Rongai gate to Simba Camp

Elevation: 1387ft/915 m to 1950 m to 2750 m

Distance: 9 km

Hiking Time: 4 hours

Habitat: Montana Forest

You will have an early breakfast and be transferred by our vehicles through many villages and coffee and plantations for a 2–3-hour drive to Rongai gate (1,950 m/6,398 ft). After signing in and preparing the porters, you will start hiking on a wide path winding through fields of maize and potatoes and then enter into Montana forest. You will then start to climb gently but consistently through an attractive forest that shelters a variety of wildlife. The forest begins to thin as you arrive at Simba Camp (2,600 m/8,530ft) with fantastic views over the Kenyan plains.

Day 2: Simba Camp to Kikelewa Camp.

Elevation: 2750 m to 3600 m

Distance: 17 km

Hiking Time: 7 hours

Habitat: Moorland

After an early breakfast, you will have a steady ascent to the second camp where you will stop for lunch. You leave the direct trail at this point and strike out across the moorland on a smaller path toward the Mawenzi side peak to Kikelewa Camp in a sheltered valley. At the Kikelewa Camp, you will settle for your dinner and overnight rest.

Day 3: Kikelewa camp to Mawenzi turn hut

Elevation: 3600m to 4330m

Distance: 7km

Hiking Time: 4 hours

Habitat: Semi-Desert

After breakfast you will face a short, steep climb up grassy slopes; rewarded by superb all-round views, immersed in the vast surrounding wilderness. Soon after, you leave the vegetation behind and arrive at the Mawenzi Tarn Camp, which is situated in a spectacular cirque directly beneath the towering spires of Mawenzi Peak. After this hike, you will reach the Mawenzi turn hut camp where you will also see the amazing undried Lake with no inlet as well as outlet here you will have lunch and rest then dinner and overnight at this camp.

Day 4: Acclimatization

This is your extra day on the mountain, and you will spend two nights at Mawenzi Tarn. You will hike up towards Mawenzi for a splendid acclimatization hike. Then after return back to the camp for lunch dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Mawenzi Tarn hut to Kibo Huts camp

Elevation: 4330 m to 4695 m

Distance: 8km

Hiking Time: 5 hours

Habitat: Alpine Desert

After an early breakfast, you will cross the lunar desert of the saddle between Kibo peak and Mawenzi peak to Kibo Huts at the bottom of Kibo’s crater wall. You should spend the remainder of the day resting and preparing for your summit climb.

Day 6: Summit Day! Kibo Huts camp to Uhuru Peak to Horombo Huts camp

Elevation: 4695m to 5895m to 3690m

Distance: 4km up, 14 km down

Hiking Time: 10-15 hours

Habitat: Alpine Desert

Wake at midnight to a light breakfast and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12; 00 AM, switch back up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 4 and 6 AM. At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snow takes you to Kilimanjaro's true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend some time taking photos but it will depend on how you feel. After your summit activities are done, descend back to the Kibo Hut, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue down, re-crossing the saddle to the Horombo Hut. Have dinner and overnight at Horombo camp.

Day 7: Horombo Huts camp to Marangu Gate to Moshi

Elevation: 3690m to 1830m to 1387m

Distance: 18 km

Descending Time: 5-7 hours

After a long and enjoyable sleep, you will be awakened for breakfast and pack up, starting to descend through the moorland to Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch then proceed with your triumphant recessional down through the lush forest to Marangu park gate. Here you will sign out then a vehicle will take you back to the hotel where it is time for the certificate presentation and celebration!