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Mount Kilimanjaro day hike


Kilimanjaro short hike tours, at Marangu and Shira route

Day hike through Marangu gate One day or 2 days trekking Shira route west Kilimanjaro

Day hike tours and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro tours are organized by Kilimanjaro Tanzanite Safaris Co.Ltd

A specialist Safari tour bookings, adventures, budget travel deals, wildlife safaris, vacation beach Zanzibar and cultural tourism DMC in Tanzania.

 Trekking go up through the rainforest to visit Maundi Crater and the Mandara encampment. This half-day trip gives you an opportunity to spot colobus monkeys and a startling array of birdlife in their natural habitat.

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All trekking inside of the Tanzania National Park require the services of a certified Kilimanjaro guide, and the Marangu route is the only route where short treks are allowed. For an overnight hike you will stay at the park huts.

Day 1: Hike to Mandara Hut for overnight

After breakfast at your hotel, you will meet your guide, drive to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (about 1 hour), register and commence the climb.

Walk through the rainforest to the Mandara encampment. A side trip to Maundi Crater is a good way to see the surroundings including Northern Tanzania and Kenya. In the rainforest, look for towering Eucalyptus trees, bird life, and Colobus monkeys.

• 5,500 ft / 1,700 m to 9,000 ft / 2,740 m

• 7 km and  4-5 hours

• Montane Forest

• Meals: LD

• Budget Lodging: Mandara Hut

 

Day 2 : Hike towards Horombo then down to park gate and return to Moshi

You leave the glades of the rainforest and follow an ascending path on the open moorlands towards the Horombo encampment. Views of Mawenzi and the summit of Kibo are amazing. Look for giant lobelias and grounsels. After lunch at Mandara, hike back to the park gate and drive back to Moshi (about 1 hour).

• 9,000 ft / 2,700 m to 12,100 ft / 3,700 m

• 11 km

• 3-4 hours up / 2+ hours down

• Heath-land

• Meals: BL

Price is Inquire for price, price vary depending on number of people

CONTACT, email: info@kili-tanzanitesafaris.com

Price includes:

• National Park gate fees

• Transport from Moshi to starting point on mountain and return to Moshi

• Certified, experienced, English-speaking guide

• Lunch, dinner and breakfast, plus daily water (bottled mineral water)

 

Excludes:

• Tips for guide

• Airport transfers

• Accommodation and meals in Moshi

• Personal expenses (visas, airport taxes, Internet, etc.)


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