Mount Kilimanjaro Bike Trek
Kilimanjaro bike trek is our new product! Experience Mount Kilimanjaro on a bike and explore the Kilema route, the only route cyclists can use to reach the top of the mountain. Our experienced guides have done Kilimanjaro bike trek many times, so you are in good hands. Our team has the first Tanzanian and African, Yesse to make the whole trip to summit Mt Kilimanjaro 5895M by bike. The trip takes five days with proper acclimatization.
TANAPA has recently introduced this activity in the Kilimanjaro National Park area. Mountain biking provides physical exercise and recreational use of the natural environment with the minimum impact on the mountain. Summit-bound cyclists will use the Kilema route and cyclists will meet their porters at Horombo and continue to the summit. For non-summit-bound visitors, cycling starts from the Londorosi gate or from Morum Picnic Site then back to Morum (a 44km ride).
If you want to hike instead, please look at the Lemosho route, the Marangu route, and the Machame route for further inspiration. If you are looking for a challenging adventure, look at our Island Peak and Everest trek in Nepal.
| Day 1 |
KILIMANJARO AIRPORT – MOSHI | SPRINGLANDS HOTELArrive at Kilimanjaro International Airport where you will be picked up and transferred to Springlands Hotel for an overnight bed and breakfast. Overnight Springlands Hotel (bed and breakfast) or Similar. |
| Day 2 |
MARANGU GATE/ KILEMA HUT (1800 M) | HOROMBO HUT (3720 M)Cycling distance: 19 kmYou will be picked up from Springlands Hotel at 8:30 am. This morning we drive through Kilimanjaro’s semi-tropical foothills to Marangu Gate where we will spend a few minutes registering and getting the permit and then drive to Kilema gate and enter Kilimanjaro National park. Start riding up to Horombo Hut. Today is 100% cycling by bike. The cycling distance of 19 Km, and the expected vegetation is forest and moorland. |
| Day 3 |
HOROMBO HUT (3720 M) | MAWENZI HUT (4310 M)| ACCLIMATIZATION DAYCycling distance: 10 kmAfter breakfast, you start cycling, riding through the alpine desert. Some of the areas you will be riding will be on small stone pathways up to Mawenzi Hut and back to Horombo. With a cycling distance of 10km, today’s vegetation is 90% “Alpine desert.” |
| Day 4 |
HOROMBO HUT (3720 M) | KIBO HUT (4720 M)Cycling distance: 9 kmAfter breakfast, you will continue cycling to Kibo Hut on stony paths. The vegetation will be a more alpine desert. |
| Day 5 |
KIBO HUT (4720 M) | SUMMIT (5895 M) | HOROMBO HUT (3720 M)Cycling distance: 21 kmAt 4 am, you will be woken up by your guides to start the zigzag trek up a long screen slope. After roughly two hours, you should reach Hans Meyer’s Cave, and the gradient gets steeper from here. Continue your climb for approximately another 3 hours to Gilman’s Point. You will take your bike from Porters and start riding to Uhuru peak. Arriving at Uhuru peak, spend a few minutes taking in the views and taking photos to then ride down to Stella Point. After lunch, ride down to Horombo hut. Today cycling is from Kibo hut to Uhuru and then back to Kibo hut, where you will descend back to Horombo hut. Vegetation expected will be the alpine desert and ice caps. |
| Day 6 |
HOROMBO HUT (3720 M) | KILEMA GATE (1800 M) | SPRINGLANDS HOTELCycling distance: 19 kmAfter a leisurely breakfast, make your final ride down to Kilema Gate across the alpine and the rain forest, where you will be transferred to Marangu Gate for check out and then to Springlands Hotel. Overnight Springlands Hotel (bed and breakfast) or Similar. |
| Day 7 |
KILIMANJARO AIRPORT | DEPARTAfter an early breakfast, transfer to Kilimanjaro airport for your departure flight back home. |
Springlands Hotel
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Included in the price:
- 1-night stay before and after the trek at Springlands Hotel in Moshi, including breakfast
- A mountain Bike
- Arrival and Departure transfers from the airport
- Quality, waterproof, four-season private mountain sleeping tents (or hut fees for the Marangu route)
- Professional, experienced mountain guides
- All Park fees
- Oxygen Tank
- Rescue fees
- All meals while on the mountain
- Clean, purified drinking water
Excluded from the price:
- International flights
- Visa into Tanzania
- Medical Insurance
- Tips for the mountain staff
- Meals other than breakfast while in Springlands Hotel
- Alcohol, beverages, cigarettes, snacks, etc
- Personal gear (Mountain equipment can be rented at Springlands Hotel)
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