Conquer Kilimanjaro

In the morning you will be picked up from Marangu village and transferred with a car to Marangu gate where the permit registrations will be done for every cycler. There you will meet a team of porters that will follow you on the route. From the Marangu gate, we will go to the Kilema gate which will be our starting point for our ride in Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. We will cycle through an enormous, lush green rainforest with a lot of different plant species, birds, and animals. The ride will end in Kilema camp with 2,980 meters altitude where we will overnight in tents inside the camp area.

Day four’s ride will take us through Kilimanjaro’s semi-tropical foothills and then on a steep path to the Horombo camp at 3,700 meters. From there you will have a beautiful view of Mount Kilimanjaro and its two peaks- the brothers, Mawenzi and Kibo.

This day is going to be used for acclimatization which is a very important part of the trip. After the breakfast, we will  ride through the Alpine desert up to the Mawenzi Hut and then back to Horombo camp.

The ride will start after breakfast. On our way, we will pass the Senecio garden and continue through the Alpine desert. It is the path that goes in the middle of the two peaks, Kibo and Mawenzi, which make this route very scenic. In Kibo base camp you will have a summit briefing with all information needed in the rest of the trip, followed by time for resting in the afternoon.

This part of the route starts at midnight with a zig-zag trek climbing up along the slope. It will take approximately 2 hours to reach Hans Meyer’s Cave, and from here the gradient gets steeper. The climb continues for another 3 hours to Gilman’s point, where you will take your bike from porters and start riding on the crater ring to the summit – Uhuru Peak. From here you can see the glacier of Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru, and the beautiful lands of Tanzania and Kenya. From the summit you can choose to ride the bicycle or walk, according to your health condition and suggestions of the guide. On the way down we will stop at the Kibo base camp for the brunch and continue to the Horombo camp.

After the night of rest and the breakfast you will make your final ride down across moorland and rainforest to Kilema gate. From there you will be transferred to Marangu gate for check out and then be transferred your hotel. Returning from Kilema gate to Moshi with via bicycle is an option.