Kilimanjaro Marangu Day Trip

This single day trip may offer you the perfect alternative, you can walk via the Marangu route up to Mandara Hut, which is 2,700 meters above sea level where there is a small crater. The trip will take around 7 Hrs. 

Day 1: Moshi - Marangu gate - Mandara hut 2,700 meters 

After having a breakfast you will meet your guide and transfer to the marangu gate where you begin your Kilimanjaro climb. it is about 1 hour driving from Moshi to marangu gate. The journey passes through the village of Marangu, which is located on the lower slopes of the mountain. Once you reach the park gate, you will sign in at the Park office and start to hike on the rain-forest. Make sure that you have all your day-pack items (containing at least drinking water, your lunch pack and extra clothing.

Our guides will be available to assist with any additional information or needs you might have. then you will ascend on a cleared ridge trail through the rain forest. The forest, suffused with mist and dripping with beards of moss, also most of the Kilimanjaro’s animals are found. An alternative and more scenic parallel forest trail branches off to the left a few minutes after the gate. This trail follows the edge of a stream through the undergrowth and offers you the option to rejoin the main trail either after 1.5 hours hiking, or 1 hour before Mandara hut.

Your will stop at Mandara hut which consisting of 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. Then you will back to marangu gate where the driver will pick you and drive to your hotel.