• Elevation (m): 2750- 3600

 • Distance covered: 17 km

 • Hiking time: 7 hours

 • Climatic condition: Moorland

After a leisurely breakfast in your hotel, your guide will pick you up and drive you the three hours to the Rongai gate, where all necessary paperwork will be completed. We will then begin our hike, which will first take us through potato and maize crops before heading into a mountain forest on Kilimanjaro. Our steady but gradual ascent will bring us to our first camp, which has a stunning perspective of the Kenyan plains.

  • Elevation (m): 3,600 – 4,330

 • Distance covered: 7 km

 • Hiking time: 4 hours

 • Climatic condition: Semi desert

 We will start our short but challenging climb up grassy hills right after breakfast, which will reward us with breath-taking vistas in all directions. After that, we depart the forest and make our way to the Mawenzi Tarn Camp, which is located in the breathtaking cirque beneath Mawenzi Peak's towering spires. We reach Mawenzi Tarn Hut Camp after a little hike, where we can view the alluring undried lake that has neither an entrance nor an outlet. Here, before turning in for the evening, we have lunch and dinner.

  • Elevation (m): 4,330 – 4,695

 • Distance covered: 8 km

 • Hiking time: 5 hours

 • Climatic condition: alpine desert

After breakfast, we go over the lunar desert to the Kibo huts at the base of the Kibo crater wall, which are situated in the saddle between Kibo Peak and Mawenzi Peak. Rest as much as you can to save your body's energy for the summit.

  • Elevation (m): 4,695 – 5,895

 • Distance: 22km

 • Hiking time: 10 -13 hours

 • Climatic condition: arctic

 • Accommodation: Horombo camp

Around midnight, we wake up early and start the arduous walk to the highest point in Africa. The hike will be steady, and we'll stop frequently for brief rests because the route to Gilman's Point is steep. In order to get to Uhuru Peak, we continue traveling from Gilman's Point around the crater rim. Pictures will be taken once at the summit before continuing to the Horombo camp.

 • Descend (m): 3,690-1,830

 • Distance: 20km

 • Hiking time: 5-7 hours

 • Climatic habitat: Rain forest
 

After a strenuous climb Kilimanjaro, we will descend to Marangu Gate, where certificates will be distributed, and a waiting car will drive us to Moshi.