CYCLING ON MT. KILIMANJARO: Summit by Mountain Bike!

​We are please to announce that the Kilimanjaro mountain bike trail itinerary is our new service for summiting Mt Kilimanjaro. The Kilema route is the only route that you can reach to the summit by mountain bike. Our experienced guides have done a sufficient number of successful bike trails to summit of Mt Kilimanjaro at 5895 meters above sea level.
This activity provides physical exercise and recreational use of the natural environment with minimum impact while enhancing visitors’ experience. Summit bound visitors will use Kilema route (19km) and cyclists will meet their porters at Horombo and continue to the summit - this mountain bike trail takes 5 days with adequate acclimatization. For non-summit bound visitors, cycling starts from Londorosi gate or from Morum Picnic Site then back to Morum (a 44km ride)

The Kilema Mt bike trail runs parallel with the Marangu route. The Kilema route is mainly used as an access road by vehicles to bring supplies to the Horombo hut and to evacuate medical emergencies from Horombo hut. The route from Kilema gate to Horombo hut is a 4 x 4 gravel road, which is usually in a fair condition.
The Kilema route with first night at the Kilema camp option is shorter, less strenuous and involves more mountain-biking compared to the Kilema route option with the first night at Mandara hut. However, it is more expensive as the first night is spend camping in tents and the rest of the nights are spend in the Marangu route’s A-frame huts.

The Kilema Mt bike summit trail itinerary:
Day 1 | Marangu/Kilema Gate – Horombo Hut

• You will be picked from your Hotel at 8:30 am, This morning we drive through Kilimanjaro’s semi-tropical foothills to Marangu Gate, Spend some minutes for registrations and get the permit and then drive to Kilema gate and enter Kilimanjaro National park and start the riding, Up to Horombo H Today is 100% cycling by bike.
• Cycling distance 19 Vegetation: Forest and Moorland

Day 2 | Full Day Horombo Acclimatization

• After breakfast you start your cycling, riding through Alpine desert, some of the areas you will riding on small stone, up to Mawenzi Hut and back to Horombo
• Today is 90% riding Vegetation “Alpine desert Cycling distance: 10 Km

Day 3| Horombo – Kibo Hut (4703 M)

• After breakfast you will continue with riding to Kibo Hut, you will ride on small stone in most areas
• Cycling today is 90%. Vegetation: Alpine Desert

Day 4| Kibo Hut – Summit (5895 M) – Horombo Hut (3720 M)

• At 4 am, you will be awakened by your guides to start the zigzag trek up a 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 3 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 photos and then riding down to Stella Point. After lunch ride down to Horombo
• Today cycling, from Kibo to Uhuru and then Kibo 15%-20%, from Kibo to Horombo 100%. Vegetation “Alpine desert /Icecap

Day 5 | Horombo Hut (3720 M) –Kilema gate (1800 M)
After a leisurely breakfast, make your final riding down to Kilema gate across the alpine and the rainforest to Kilema gate, then you will be transferred to Marangu gate for check out and then drive back to your Hotel.

VALID FOR 2022/23

• Price for 2pax (US$ 2474 per person)
• Price 4-8pax (US$ 2351 per person)

Kilimanjaro Bike trek price includes:
• Two nights accommodation at Hotel in Moshi ( before and after the climb) including breakfast.
• Mountain Bike and Mountain Guide
• Transfers to and from place of accommodation to mountain gate
• Quality, waterproof, four-season private mountain sleeping tents (or hut fees for Marangu route)
• Professional and experienced mountain guides
• All Park fees
• Rescue Fees
• All meals on the Mountain ( Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
• Guides, Porters, cook salaries and park fees
• Quality Mess tents with table and chairs
• Large portions of fresh, healthy, nutritious food
• Clean, purified drinking water
• Crisis management and safety procedures
• Boiled water on the mountain
• Guides, porters, waiter, cook accommodation and entry fees on the mountain

​Price does not include:

• Single rooms supplement at Hotel (except on the 1 person rate)
• Airport transfers - can be provided at US$50.00 for one-way
• Guides, Porters, Cook & Waiters tips (Tips are obligatory $500 - $600 per person)
• Meals and drinks not specified
• Gear for your climb like sleeping bag, hiking poles, etc. (Can be rented on arrival from us)
• Items of personal nature
• Additional nights beyond the two standard hotel nights included
• Your flights/Visas
• Emergency oxygen
• Portable toilets – can be provided for US$80.00 per toilet