8 DAYS,7 NIGHTS MT KILIMANJARO CLIMB VIA RONGAI ROUTE

Climbing Kilimanjaro via the Rongai Route is a thrilling, fun, exciting and beautiful experience, and I will guide you over the course of 6 days through fascinating African landscape, scenery and terrain, whilst taking plenty of time to admire the truly amazing views we will be exposed to, as well as hopefully encounter wild animals such as antelope, elephant and buffalo.

Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s highest mountain, standing at 5895m above sea level, and is located in Tanzania, with access from the North via Kenya. It is a very popular climbing location, with people from all over the world attempting to scale its summit every year.

Our journey begins at the Rongai Gate (1950m), with the first stretch being a trek up to 1st Caves Camp (2600m) through tall cornfields and pine forest.

The following 3 days are spent making our way to Kibo Hut (4700m) via Kikelewa Cave (3600m) and Mawenzi Tarn Camp (4330m), with highlights along the way including moorlands with exotic plants, a trek through an alpine desert and numerous jaw-dropping and breath-taking views of the mountains around us.

There will be in-built acclimatization time on every day leading up to the summit day to help prepare you for the difficulty of the high altitudes in the upper reaches of the mountain, which are extremely mentally and physically draining.

Day 5 is when we tackle the crowning glory of the trip, the summit, as we first head to Gillman’s Point (5681m) via a steep and rocky path at very high altitude, before we reach the glorious summit, Uhuru Peak (5895m), enabling us to look out over the African plains and feel like we’re on top of the world. You will definitely want pictures at this spot!

We finish our adventure on day 6 back at our starting point, thrilled and proud at having scaled this mighty peak.