Mt. Kilimanjaro climb with lodging safari and beach holidays

Day 6:
Mandara Hut – Horombo Hut
(Distance 15km, time 5-7 hours, ascend 1000m)
Proceed with the climb to Hrombo Hut (3700m).
The first part of the path leads you through rainforest, later opening to grassland. Dinner and overnight in Horombo Hut.

Day 7:
Horombo Hut (3700m) – Acclimatization day
The day is spent in preparing for the high altitude. You will take short walks around the base.
Dinner and overnight in Horombo Hut.

Day 8:
Horombo Hut – Kibo Hut
(Distance 10km, time 5-6 hours, ascend 1000m)
Walk through moorland then alpine desert to "The Saddle" between the peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo. From here, you’ll walk for about an hour to reach Kibo Hut (4700m).
Dinner and overnight in Kibu Hut.

Day 9:
Kibo Hut – Uhuru Peak – descent to Horombo Hut
(Ascend: distance 4km, time 5-6 hours, ascend 1200m
Descent: distance 14km, time 5-7 hours, descent 2200m)
This day's climb starts at 1 AM. After five hours, you’ll reach the top of the crater rim (Gilman’s Point – 5680 m), where you’ll wait for the sunrise. Continue around the crater rim, which will take about two hours, to Uhuru Peak (5896m), the highest point in Africa! Descend back to Horombo Hut, where you spend the night.

Day 10:
Horombo Hut – Marangu Gate – Moshi
(Distance 18km, time 5-7 hours, descent 1900m)
Descend from Horombo Hut. You can easily make Mandara Hut by lunchtime and then continue to the park gate and Marangu in the afternoon. You’ll be driven back to your hotel in Moshi. Enjoy the hot shower!
Overnight at Keys Annex Hotel

Day 11:
Moshi – Diani Beach (Kenya)
Depart to a palm tree fringed beach when you can have some well-deserved relaxation. You will be accommodated in Pinewood Village Beach Resort in a sandard room on a half board basis.

Pinewood Village Beach Resort 3*** to 4****

The hotel is situated directly on the beautiful, white sandy beach. It is the last hotel on Diani Beach along a stretch of 20 km of sandy beaches. Its isolated location is why it’s so special, as this hotel enjoys a really peaceful atmosphere, and the beach there is almost empty with no hotels nearby. This resort is highly recommended to all nature loving people as well as for families with small children.

It is a smaller hotel with a swimming pool, tennis court, restaurant, beach bar and snack bar. The hotel is host to one of the best centers in Diani for water sports including surfing, kiting, snorkelling, diving, and big sea fishing.

You can choose between a standard room or a suite. All standard rooms have a veranda, air conditioning, ceiling fan and bathroom with toilet and shower. Suites are bigger with a living room, minibar, telephone and kitchen where your personal cook will cook and serve dinner just for you. Standard room guests will have dinner in the restaurant.

Day 12 - 14:
Diani Beach
This is your time for rest and relaxation on the white, sandy beaches of Diani. You can simply read a book under a palm tree, do some water activities or shop around for African souvenirs around Diani.
On your request, we can organize some short trips for you which are very worthwhile. Recommended trips:

1. Shimoni, a small Swahili town not far from the Tanzanian border, is the starting point for a visit to the Kisite Mpunguti Marine National Park. Your experience begins as the traditional dhow slips gently away from the jetty. Enjoy a fascinating guided snorkeling experience in Kisite’s imposing reef system, home to dolphins, turtles and an enormous variety of coral life and hundreds of species of beautifully coloured tropical fish. The journey here in a dhow, followed by a seafood lunch on Wasini Island, makes it one of those days you will remember for a lifetime. You can either choose snorkeling or scuba diving.

2. Mombasa is Kenya's second largest city and the oldest - with a history that stretches back some 2,000 years. Mombasa is a mystical mixture of the ancient and the modern, with a cosmopolitan population blending Africa, Europe, Arabia and Asia. Fringing the dhow harbour is Old Town, a maze of narrow streets and pedestrian lanes lined with quaint shuttered houses and open-fronted shops. The smell of spices is always present.
   
   

3. The Colobus Trust is a Kenyan conservation organization established in 1997. The Trust was established to conserve and protect Diani’s primates, particularly the endangered black and white Angolan colobus monkey and their environment. It is a unique opportunity to view wild monkeys in their natural environment in a small patch of forest just on Diani Beach. During a short walk along the Trust’s nature trail, you will also be able to track other Diani primates including sykes, vervets and yellow baboons.