Kilimanjaro Marangu Route: 6-Day Trail with Comfortable Huts and Acclimatization Options

Embark on the Kilimanjaro Marangu Route, the easiest and shortest path to the summit. Enjoy comfortable huts with solar lights and beds, and choose a 6-day option for better acclimatization.

Duration: 6 days
Cancellation: 6 days
Highlights

Hotel to Mandara Hut

Mount Kilimanjaro - After breakfast and briefing, drive to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate (about 1 hour), register and commence the climb. Walkthrough the rainforest to the Mandara encampment. A side trip to Maundi Crater is a good way to see the surroundings including Northern Tanzania and Kenya. In the rainforest, look for towering Eucalyptus trees, birdlife, and Colobus monkeys.

What's Included
  • Professional, experienced mountain guides
  • All meals included: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • Private four-season mountain tents on a twin-sharing basis
  • 2 nights’ accommodation at K’s Lodge in Moshi before and after the trek
  • Transfers between airport, hotel, and trek locations
  • Park fees, rescue fees, VAT, and conservation fees
  • Quality dining…
What's Not Included
  • Meals not listed in the itinerary
  • Personal trekking equipment such as sleepings bags, hiking boots, clothes, etc (available for renting)
  • Personal Expenses (e.g. laundry, telephone, beverages, etc.
  • Travel insurance
  • Liquors, beers and bottled beverages
  • Tanzania Visa
  • Tips and gratuities
Additional Information

The Marangu Route, frequently referred to as the ‘Coca Cola’ or ‘tourist’ route, offers the simplest and swiftest ascension to the peak. Uniquely, this route boasts sleeping huts complete with solar lights and cozy beds at every campground.
These cabins are shared, and each bunk is equipped with a foam mattress and pillow.
Both Mandara and Kibo Huts can…

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 6 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 2 and 6 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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Solorolo1
Oct 25, 2024
Marangu 6 days - Hans and the team including Msolo, James, Joseph, Noelle and others are all legends!! I would not have made it to the summit of Kili without the assistance of Hans and Noelle on summit night. Thank you both and to the entire Monkey Adventures team. The meals were fantastic and varied, communication was excellent and the guides, porters and chef were all fun and helpful. Could not have asked for more. I highly recommend Monkey Adventures.
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915lizzier
Sep 11, 2024
Amazing climb up Kilimanjaro with Monkey Adventures - thank you Brighton and Alen!! - We couldn’t fault anything about our trip up Kilimanjaro with Monkey Adventures. They were very professional, and came to our hotel the evening before departure to make sure we had the right kit. They briefed us well, and were always very realistic with us in terms of what to expect. Our guides were Brighton and Alan who were amazing, we couldn’t have asked for better people to help us reach the summit. I don’t think I would have made it to the top without them! Thanks also to Deo our amazing waiter, nothing was too much for him, as well as all the porters and the chefs. It was a once in a lifetime experience and I would highly recommend Monkey Adventures to anyone wanting to climb Kilimanjaro. Thank you again!!!
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D2807ytgregt
Nov 15, 2023
Trip of a lifetime - I had an amazing time. My guides and porters were very friendly and supportive. The food was incredible and they made sure I was well fed leading up to base camp. My guide, Gasper, was very informative and helped me rent all the necessary equipment before we began the climb. I would absolutely recommend this. - Greg
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Dream67160836362
Nov 13, 2023
Stairway to Heaven - Kilimanjaro (Hakuna Matata) - We were four of us in our group and had an amazing trek experience. Except for summit day, which was a true test of physical endurance and mental grit. Pro tip - train well, minimum 3 months and avoid looking up the trail ! Our trek lead Gasper and his assistant Juma were a thorough processionals, always willing to hear you out, even go the extra mile and ensure safety is never compromised, without them we would have been dead meat ! Thanks to them - We even learnt the Hakunamatata song completely !!
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Rcorrie9
Jul 8, 2023
Amazing experience with the best guides! - This was an absolutely incredible experience that I will never forget. My friend and I found Monkey Adventures and were lucky enough to get Danny and Albert as our guides on the 6-day Marangu Route. We were served incredible food that gave us enough energy to get to the top and had some fantastic conversations with Danny and Albert about Tanzania and Kilimanjaro. Can not recommend Albert and Danny enough, they were extremely knowledgeable about anything and everything we asked about and we felt perfectly safe with the experience they had in getting people up to Uhuru Peak. It was an unbelieve experience and they made it that much better by being fun, conversational, and an all-around great time.
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596kirilla
Mar 18, 2023
Flawless - Great experience with Monkey Travel from start to finish. Guide Gasper and his team were very professional and very very helpful
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Kairu2830ec
Dec 14, 2022
Great hike, great team, incredible summit experience - I really enjoyed my 6 day hike. One big contribution to this enjoyable trip was the great team and the care they took. In November i recommend to do the Marangu Route due to the rain starting in the early afternoon - a hut is here very advisable.
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Snowboarding_mike
Nov 6, 2022
Marangu 6 day hike to Uhuru Peak/ Kilimanjaro- group of 3 - Amazing experience with Monkey Travel. Guide Gasper and his team were very professional and perfectly organized. Anything you could ask for as a support was immediately given and the entire group made it safely to the peak and back 👌 10 out of 10 👍
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1989veronicaanielka
Jun 8, 2022
Great experience and we made it to Uhuru peak! - We loved everything about going up to Kili with Monkey Adventures. We did Marangu route 6 days (including a day to acclimate to altitude, highly recommended) and our guide was Matthew and assistant guide was Gaudenz. In general we were positively surprised about the experience: Matthew was very experienced and knowledgeable, we felt comfortable going up with both guided; the supporting team was superb (cook, porters), food was amazing and plenty, the team was very nice (even being woken up everyday with a cup of coffee in bed! Such luxury for mountain life!); the huts at all camps were good, better than we expected. The best part: we made it to Uhuru peak! It wasn’t easy (especially the last day) but thanks to the great team from Monkey Adventures we made it. Highly recommended.
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226mihaiv
Aug 17, 2021
Excellent experience, they went above and beyond - I traveled to Tanzania with my brother on August 1st, 2021 to climb Kilimanjaro on the Marangu Route (6 days). We booked accommodation and were greeted by Tino and Roger a day before the scheduled start of the expedition—for a comprehensive briefing. The climb itself was not that difficult for us as we run a lot and were already fit. We took Diamox (half a pill per day, as instructed by Roger, the senior guide) and only had a small headache at the top. Climbing the Uhuru peak is a marvelous experience, it's absolutely incredible and everything is even better when you climb with a great team. In addition to our guides, we had one cook and six porters who also did amazing. We ended up going to the main gate the same day we climbed (it was a veeeery long day), and even grabbed some beers at the hotel afterwards. Would definitely recommend the company.
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