Best 5 Days Kilimanjaro Bike Trek Tour via Marangu Kilema Route

Overview

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120 hours

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Bike trek is one of our product of trekking the Kilimanjaro Mountain, Kilema route is the only route that Bike trek to Kilimanjaro Mountain can reach to the top of the Mount Kilimanjaro by mountain bike. With our experienced guides the whole trip to summit Mt Kilimanjaro 5895M, took 5 or 6 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 Hut and continue to the summit.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Day 1

MOSHI - MARANGU GATE – KILEMA GATE – HOROMBO HUT

Accommodations

Overnight at Horombo Hut

Food and Drinks

LUNCH

Lunch

DINNER

Dinner

Kilimanjaro National Park

Meet your guide and embark on your transfer to the Marangu Gate, which takes about 45 minutes. The journey passes through the village of Marangu, which is located on the lower slopes of the mountain. Once you reach the park gate, all hikers are required to register at the Park office. After signing-in at the Marangu gate, we drive to the Kilema gate. Upon arrival, you will ensure that you have all your day-pack items (containing at least drinking water, your lunch pack, and extra clothing) and do a final check on your mountain bike. You will then start the first route section of 16km, (with your guide also on a mountain bike) from the Kilema gate (1 950m) to the Horombo hut (3 705m). It is important to remember that the biggest cause of altitude sickness is ascending too high too quickly. We will be stopping regularly and to give your body the maximum time to adjust to the higher altitudes. We will aim to reach Horombo hut at around 15:00 pm.

6 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 2

FULL DAY HOROMBO ACCLIMATIZATION (Horombo Hut – Mawenzi Hut – Back To Horombo Hut)

Accommodations

Overnight at Horombo Hut

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

DINNER

Dinner

Kilimanjaro National Park

After breakfast you start your cycling, riding through Alpine desert, some of the areas you will be riding on a small stone up to Mawenzi hut and back to Horombo hut. Today is 90% riding on “Alpine desert vegetation, cycling distance is 10 kilometers.

5 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 3

HOROMBO HUT - KIBO HUT

Accommodations

Overnight at Kibo Hut

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

DINNER

Dinner

Kilimanjaro National Park

Early wake and make sure your duffel bags are packed. After breakfast, meet your guide and we head back up to Kibo hut. Again the first 3km, with the final 7km to Kibo hut offering a good biking trail. We will get lunch, then aim to rest. At around 16h00 depending on how you feel it is possible to hike partially up the summit path to orientate yourself for the summit attempt later that night Situated in the barren Alpine desert is Kibo hut, a stone build block house which has bunk beds for 60 climbers. The summit (Uhuru Peak) is now a further 1195m up and you will make your final ascent the same night. Prepare your equipment, thermal clothing, etc for your summit. This should include the replacement of your headlamp and camera batteries and make sure you have a spare set available as well. To prevent freezing it will be wise you Summit Potters or Guide to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at around 19h00 and get as much rest and sleep as possible, until 22h00.

6 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 4

KIBO HUT - UHURU PEAK (SUMMIT) THEN RIDE DOWN TO HOROMBO HUT

Accommodations

Overnight at Horombo hut

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

DINNER

Dinner

Kilimanjaro National Park

At four am, you will be awakened by your guides to start the zigzag trek up 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 three hours to Gilman’s Point, you will take your bike from Porters and start riding to Uhuru peak, arriving at Uhuru peak spends some few minutes or take photos, and then riding down to Stella Point. After lunch ride down to Horombo. Today cycling from Kibo to Uhuru and then Kibo 15% to 20% vegetation is alpine desert and from Kibo to Horombo 100% “Alpine desert vegetation/Icecap."

10 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 5

HOROMBO HUT - KILEMA GATE - MARANGU GATE TO MOSHI

Accommodations

Overnight in Moshi at CHANYA LODGE

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

LUNCH

Lunch

Kilimanjaro National Park

After breakfast, make your final riding down to the Kilema gate across the alpine and the rainforest to the Kilema gate, then you will be transferred to the Marangu gate for check out and then to the hotel in Moshi.

2 hours • Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

All Fees and Taxes

Hotel accommodation before and after trekking ( Can be booked direct by you or by Tour operator )

Private transportation - Gate Transfer ,Airport pick up and Drop-off

Experienced Tour guide

Local and international Flights

Gratuities

Personal Climbing Gears

Medical insurance

Visa

Mountain Trekking bike hiring

Pickup points

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