Day 1

  • Arrival
  • ✈️ Airport Pick-Up: We’ll greet you at Arusha or Kilimanjaro airport and provide transportation, including your return trip to the airport.
  • 🏨 Hotel Accommodation: Enjoy your first night in a comfortable hotel.

🛌🏻 Spend the night in a hotel, the same one as your first night’s stay.

🚌 Note: Transportation to the airport is included after your last night spent in the hotel.

Day 2

  • Meriakamba Hut
  • Driving from your Safari Lodge in Arusha to Momela Gate
  • Completing a brief registration at the gate before starting the walk
  • Walking with a fully armed ranger escort for safety
  • Possibility of encountering various wild animals, such as zebras, giraffes, monkeys, antelopes, elephants, and buffaloes along the route.

Day 3

  • Saddle Hut
  • Short but steep climb from Miriakamba Hut to the saddle below Little Meru
  • Slow walk along the ridge, providing a spectacular view of the Meru Crater and the impressive Ash Cone
  • Lunch at Saddle Hut, followed by a possible short climb to the summit of Little Meru (3,820m) for superb views just before sunset
  • Dinner and overnight stay at Saddle Hut

Day 4

  • Summit Day
  • Early start at around 1:30 a.m. for the climb to Rhino Point (3,800 m.) and onward to Cobra Point (4,350m)
  • Possibility of reaching the summit (4,566 m) in time for sunrise, with a chance to see Kilimanjaro Peak above the clouds
  • Final part of the climb along a spectacular narrow ridge line between sheer inner cliffs and the sloping outer wall of the crater
  • Taking a short rest and brunch at Saddle Hut before descending to the Meriakamba Hut.

Day 5

  • Meriakamba Hut to Momella Gate to Arusha
  • Descending quickly from Meriakamba Hut through open grassland and mixed forest
  • Possibility of encountering wildlife during the descent before reaching Momella Gate in the late morning
  • Return transfer waiting at Momella Gate to pick you up and drive you back to your lodge
  • Concluding the trek and returning to Arusha for a well-deserved rest.