Cycling to The Kilimanjaro
ROUTE OVERVIEW
The Kilimanjaro bike trek is our new product for trekking on Mount Kilimanjaro. The Kilema route is the only route that Bike Trek to Kilimanjaro can reach the top by mountain bike. Our experienced guides have done a good number of successful bike treks to summit Mt Kilimanjaro 5895M, the trip 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 the Kilema route (19km), and cyclists will meet their porters at Horombo and continue to the summit. For non-summit-bound visitors, cycling starts from the Londorosi gate or from the Morum Picnic Site, then back to Morum (a 44km ride)
Price Per Person
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1 to 2 People |
3 to 4 People |
Group of 5+ |
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$3,100 |
$3,050 |
$3,000 |
Trekking Highlights
- Summit approach via Horombo Huts to Uhuru Peak
- Gradual ascent for good acclimatization
- Steady climb suitable for beginner and intermediate trekkers
- Beautiful views of Maundi Crater, Kibo, and the surrounding landscapes
Summary Route Description
- DIFFICULTY – Medium
- SCENERY – Good
- TRAFFIC – Medium
Route Map
DAY TO DAY ITINERARY
- ARRIVAL
- Welcome to Tanzania
Upon arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), you will be transferred to your hotel in Moshi. After check-in, you will meet with your guide for a briefing about the trek, gear check, and discussion of the next day’s plans. The rest of the day is free to relax, explore Moshi, and prepare for the climb.
- Altitude: 915m/3,000ft
Accommodation Options (Before and After the Hike):
- DAY 1:
- Marangu/Kilema Gate – Horombo Hut
You will be picked up from the Salinero Hotel at 8:30 am. This morning, we drive through Kilimanjaro’s semi-tropical foothills to Marangu Gate. Spend some minutes on registration and get the permit, and then drive to Kilema gate, enter Kilimanjaro National Park, and start the ride. Up to Horombo Hut, Today is 100% cycling by bike.
- Cycling distance 19km
- Vegetation: Forest and Moorland
Accommodation:
- Horombo Hut
Meal Plan:
- Dinner & BreakFast
- DAY 2:
- Full Day Horombo Acclimatization
After breakfast, you start your cycling, riding through the Alpine desert, some of the areas you will ride on a small stone, up to Mawenzi Hut, and back to Horombo
- Today is 90% riding
- Vegetation: Alpine desert
- Cycling distance: 10 Km
Accommodation:
- Horombo Hut
Meal Plan:
- Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, and Dinner.
- DAY 3:
- Horombo Hut (3,720m) to Kibo Hut (4,703m)
After breakfast, you will continue riding to Kibo Hut. You will ride on a small stone in most areas
- Cycling today is 90%.
- Vegetation: Alpine Desert
Accommodation:
- Kibo Hut.
Meal Plan:
- Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, and Dinner.
- DAY 4:
- Kibo Hut (4,703m) to Uhuru Peak (5,895m) to Horombo Hut (3,720m)
At 4 am, you will be awakened by your guides to start the zigzag trek up a 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 3 hours to Gilman’s Point. You will take your bike from Porters and start riding to Uhuru peak, arriving at Uhuru peak spends a few minutes taking photos, and then riding down to Stella Point. After lunch, ride down to Horombo
Today, cycling, from Kibo to Uhuru and then Kibo 15%-20%, from Kibo to Horombo 100%. Vegetation “Alpine desert /Icecap
We continue our way to the summit in a switchback formation, trying to stay warm and focused on the amazing sense of accomplishment that lies ahead. With a switchback motion, we ascend through heavy scree and possibly snow towards Gillman’s Point on the crater rim. You will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise during your short rest here. Faster hikers may view the sunrise from the summit. From here on, your remaining 1 hour ascent to Uhuru Peak, you are likely to encounter snow all the way.
Congratulations, one step at a time, you have now reached Uhuru Peak, the highest point on Mount Kilimanjaro and the entire continent of Africa!
After photos, celebrations, and maybe a few tears of joy, we take a few moments to enjoy this incredible accomplishment. We begin our steep descent down to Mweka Camp, stopping at Barafu for lunch and a very brief rest. We strongly recommend gaiters and trekking poles for uncooperative, loose gravel, and volcanic ash terrain. Well-deserved rest awaits you to enjoy your last evening on the mountain. Overnight Mweka Camp.
Accommodation:
- Horombo Hut
Meal Plan:
- Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, and Dinner.
- DAY 5:
- Horombo Hut(3720 M) –Kilema gate (1800 M)
After a leisurely 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 then to Salinero hotel
Accommodation:
- Salinero hotel
Meal Plan:
- Lunch, and Dinner.
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