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Tour
no. VE-101: This route is well known as the "Coca Cola route".
Your accommodation will be in huts.
| Day | Activities | Overnight |
| 1 | An early start with a drive to Marangu gate. Begin trekking through the rain forests for 3-4 hours to Mandara hut. |
Mandara Hut (2700 m)
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| 2 | After breakfast, leave the glades of the rain forest and continue trekking past
the Maundi crater into open
rolling moorland. The trek takes about 5-6 hours to Horombo hut for overnight. (Here, an extra day for
acclimatization is recommended).
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Horombo Hut (3807 m) |
| 3 | After a good nights rest, trek past the last water point to reach Kibo saddle, a
broad desert zone between the two
peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi. Kibo hut is reached in 5-6 hours. Overnight.
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Kibo Hut (4725 m) |
| 4 | The start for the summit is made just after midnight. The steepest part of the
route is to Gillman's point (5700m),
which takes 5-6 hours. Another 90 minutes of groveling through the snow, and you are at Uhuru peak (5895m)
- the highest point in Africa! The descent takes about 5-6 hours to Horombo hut.
Overnight..
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Horombo Hut (3807 m)
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| 5 | The day is spent descending to the Marangu gate. Transfer to
Arusha.
End of tour! |
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