Experience of Mount Trekking
About Marangu Route
The Marangu route, also known as the "Coca-Cola" route, is the oldest, most well established route on Kilimanjaro.
This is the only route which offers sleeping huts in dormitory style accommodations in lieu of camping. There are 60 bunk beds each at Mandara and Kibo Huts, and 120 bunk beds at Horombo Hut. Guests are supplied with mattresses and pillows, but sleeping bags are still required. The huts have communal dining halls and basic washrooms, ranging from flushing toilets and running water at the lower huts to long drop toilets and buckets of water at Kibo Hut. Many favor Marangu because it is considered to be the easiest path on the mountain, given its gradual slope and direct path. However the short time frame of the route makes altitude acclimatization fairly difficult. The route approaches Mount Kilimanjaro from the southeast. Marangu is unfortunately less scenic than the other routes because the ascent and descent are along the same path. It is also the most crowded route for that reason.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
Height : 5,895 metre(19,341 ft)
Distance : 73.5 Km
Per Year Trekking : 12,289
Timing : 7-8days
Success Rate : 80%
Highlights : Cheap
Uniqueness :
It is relatively a "simple" and direct course to the top.
Accommodation in cabins, which might be a bit of leeway amid the blustery season.
Generally, cheap course – even with an acclimatization day included.
It is the only route which has accommodation facility on Kilimanjaro.
Weather & Climate :
Marangu course approaches Kilimanjaro from the southwest and clears its path through lively rainforests with high precipitation where the temperatures dive on a stormy night. Proceeding ahead you will enter a desert-like elevated zone in the Saddle, where temperatures dip under freezing point. Pushing ahead to the summit you will top at Uhuru, for the strange dawn where the scene is described by shake and ice.
Success Rate :
It is often considered to be the ‘easiest’ trekking route to the summit, however, almost every summit success rate statistic contradicts this as the rates are by far the lowest of any other route – often below 50%! Marangu route has a medium success route with around 80% success rate.
