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 Kilema route (19km) and cyclists will meet their porters at Horombo Hut and continue to the summit.
Meet your guide and embark on your transfer to the Marangu gate, which takes about 2:30 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 and registering at the Marangu gate, we drive to the Kilema gate. Upon arrival you will ensure that you have all your daypack 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 (1950m) to the Horombo hut (3705m) . Bikers with good fitness levels, mountain biking skills and subject to road conditions, will be able to cycle all the way to Horombo hut. 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 15:00pm.
Accommodation:
Meal: Bed & Breakfast
overnight stay.
• Horombo Hut
After breakfast you start your cycling, riding through Alpine desert, some of the areas you will be riding on small stone up to Mawenzi hut and back to Horombo hut. Today is 90% riding on “Alpine desert vegetation, cycling distance is 10 kilometers.
Accommodation:
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
overnight stay.
• Horombo Hut
Dinner After an early breakfast, meet your guide and start your ascent into the Alpine desert habitat. The first 3 km of the trail is very rocky and cycling will be very difficult as this section is very stony and eroded. After about 3km the trail improves and cycling will once again be possible. The “Saddle” (which refers to the area located between the peaks of Mawenzi and Kibo) This is relatively flat and cycling is much easier. However high altitudes, low oxygen levels and cold conditions make the 7km section towards Kibo hut strenuous and challenging. The final km before reaching Kibo hut is especially strenuous.
Accommodation:
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
. overnight stay.
• Kibo Hut
After Early wake and make sure your duffel bags are packed and ready to go. After breakfast, meet your guide and we head back up to Kibo hut. Again the first 3km would require porters pushing and carrying your bike a lot, with the final 7km to Kibo hut offering a good biking trail. We will enjoy lunch and 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, but no streams with water nearby. There are platform toilets behind the hut. 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 bid. 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 to carry your water in a thermal flask. Go to bed at round about 19h00 and try to get as much rest and sleep as possible, until 22h00.
Accommodation:
• Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
overnight stay.
• Horombo Hut
After 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 to the hotel in Arusha/Moshi.
| Airport pickup and Drop up | 50 USD Per Person |
|---|---|
| 6 Days Kilimanjaro Bike trekking | Overnight in Tents | 1900 USD Per Person /6 days |
| 2 Days Hotel Accommodations | Meals – Bed and Break Fast | 50 USD Per Person/2 Nights |
| PACKAGE INCLUDES: | PACKAGE EXCLUDES: |
|---|---|
| 1. Tourist Entry Park Fees and Bike entry fee | Local and International flights |
| 2. Experienced Professional Tour guide | Tips (Gratituities) to Guides, Cook and Porters. |
| 3. All taxes | Personal mountain Climbing Gears |
| 4. Crew Wages | Medical insurance |
| 5. Private Cook and Porters | Expenses of a personal nature |
| 6. 4 Breakfast, 5 Lunch and 4 Dinner While on Mountain |
Depending on your budget and requirements, the itinerary can be altered to make use of a different standard of accommodation.