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KILIMANJARO BIKING TO MARANGU ROUTE VIA KILEMA ROAD.


Kimanjaro Bike Tour Operators for 5 / 6 days Marangu Route

About 5 Days Kilimanjaro bike Tour Unforgettable 5 Days Kilimanjaro Bike Tour Via Marangu route 2022-2023 packages with Foot On Kili Tanzania. Bike trek is one of our products of trekking the Kilimanjaro Mountain, Marangu route is the only route of Mount Kilimanjaro that bike trek can be done to the top with accompany of our experienced guides all the way to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro 5895M, took 5 days with proper acclimatization. This activity provides physical exercise and recreational use of the natural environment with minimum impact while enhancing visitors’ experience. Summit bound visitors will use Kilema route (19km) and cyclists will meet their porters at Horombo Hut and continue to the summit. For non-summit bound visitors cycling starts from Londorosi gate or from Moramu Picnic Site then back to Moramu (44km ride).

Day 0: Arrival (Arusha / Kilimanjaro airport)– Moshi Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro airport, your Foot On Kili Tanzania guide will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel (Kilimanjaro White House Hotel) in Moshi. Settle into your accommodation, relax and get used to the African atmosphere. Ready to start your Mount KILIMANJARO Bike Tour in the morning.

Accommodation:

  • Meal: Bed & Breakfast
  • Overnight stay
  • Moshi- Kilimanjaro White House Hotel
  • Day 1: Moshi – Marangu Gate – Kilema Gate – Horombo Hut You will be picked from the hotel at 8:30 am, this morning we drive through Kilimanjaro semi-tropical foothills to Marangu gate, spend some minutes for registrations and get the permit and then drive to Kilema gate and enter Kilimanjaro National park and start the riding up to Horombo Hut, today is 100% cycling by bike. Cycling distance is 19 kilometers and vegetation is forest and moorland.
  • Accommodation:
  • Meal: Lunch & Dinner
  • Overnight stay
  • Horombo Huts
  • Day 2: Full Day Horombo Acclimatization (Horombo Hut – Mawenzi Hut -Horombo)After breakfast you start your cycling, riding through Alpine desert, you will be riding on small stone area up to Mawenzi hut and back to Horombo hut. Today is 90% riding on “Alpine desert vegetation, cycling distance is 10 kilometers.
  • Distance Covered: 5.7 miles
  • Time to be used: 6 – 7 hours
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
  • Accommodation: Horombo Hut
  • Day 3: Horombo Hut – Kibo Hut Early wake and make sure your duffel bags are packed and ready to go. After breakfast, meet your guide and we head back up to Kibo hut. Again, the first 3km would require you pushing and carrying your bike a lot, with the final 7km to Kibo hut offering a good biking trail. We will enjoy lunch and then aim to rest. At around 16:00 hours depending on how you feel it is possible to hike partially up the summit path to orientate yourself for the summit attempt later that night. Situated in the barren Alpine desert is Kibo hut, a stone build block house which has bunk beds for 60 climbers, but no streams with water nearby. There are platform toilets behind the hut. The summit (Uhuru Peak) is now a further 1195m up and you will make your final ascent the same night. Prepare your equipment, thermal clothing etc for your summit bid. This should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries and make sure you have a spare set available as well. To prevent freezing it will be wise to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at round about 19:00 hours and try to get as much rest and sleep as possible, until 22:00 hours.
    Accommodation:
  • Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
  • Overnight stay
  • Kibo Hut
  • Day 4: Kibo Hut – Summit then Horombo Hut At 4:00am, you will be awakened by your guides to start the zigzag trek up long screen slop. After roughly two hours you should reach Hans Meyer’s Cave and from here the gradient gets steeper. Continue your climb for approximately another three hours to Gilman’s Point, you will take your bike from Porters and start riding to Uhuru peak, arriving at Uhuru peak spends some few minutes or take photos and then riding down to Stella Point. After lunch ride down to Horombo hut.From Kibo to Horombo is 100% “Alpine desert vegetation /Icecap.
    Accommodation
  • Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
  • Overnight stay
  • Horombo Hut
  • Day 5: Horombo Hut – Kilema Gate – Marangu Gate to Moshi After breakfast, make your final riding down to Kilema gate across the alpine and the rainforest to Kilema gate, then you will be transferred to Marangu gate for check out and back to Moshi.
  • Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

Not Included

  • Local and International flights
  • Tips (Gratitude’s) to Guides, Cook and Porters
  • Medical insurance
  • Visa
  • Expenses of a personal nature


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