Want to climb the highest mountain in Africa (actually the highest freestanding mountain in the world)?
The Marangu Route is one of the better known routes and gives the novice hiker a good opportunity to reach the summit. The paths are clearly defined and we provide top mountain guides, porters and safari chefs to look after you. Your journey will start at the Marangu gate and take you through a tropical rain forest and ends at the Mandara Hut at 2 752 metres, close to the Maundi Crater, on day 1.
Next day, the forest soon gives way to rolling alpine meadows with giant heather trees. The altitude begins to make itself felt and it takes about five hours to walk the twelve kilometres to the Horombo Hut at 3 780 metres. From here the landscape becomes progressively more rugged and rocky, and giant groundsels and lobelias appear in the sparse moor.
The path skirts Mawenzi and then crosses the desert of the saddle towards the last hut nestling below Kibo at 4 740 metres.
The final ascent is begun before dawn – this is the most difficult and tiring part, taking some five hours to reach Gillman’s Point on the crater rim at 5 685 metres.
Get this 7 Day Safari Adventure for R8,995 per person sharing between 1 January & 30 April 2011 (with Airfare ex JNB R6 210 – return [incl. tax]). Terms & Conditions apply.
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